weak pawn
I'm trying to create an automation so my children can ask Nabu if they are allowed to watch TV/play computer games (which they are allowed to do after 8am). If it's before 8am, I'd like it to ask to create a timer, and if so, create it.
I have a script that correctly asks if a timer should be started; however, the timer is never started.
This is what I have so far:
alias: Ask if screen time is allowed in morning
description: ""
triggers:
- command:
- can i go on the screen
trigger: conversation
actions:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: time
after: "08:00:00"
sequence:
- set_conversation_response: Yes, you can
- conditions:
- condition: time
before: "08:00:00"
sequence:
- action: assist_satellite.ask_question
response_variable: answer
data:
question: >-
No, it's too early. Would you like me to set a {{
minutes_until_eight }} minute timer?
preannounce: false
entity_id: assist_satellite.home_assistant_voice_090f35_assist_satellite
answers:
- id: "yes"
sentences:
- "yes"
- id: "no"
sentences:
- "no"
- if:
- condition: template
value_template: "{{ answer is defined and answer.id == 'yes' }}"
then:
- action: timer.start
data:
duration: "{{ timer_duration }}"
target:
entity_id: timer.screen_timer
- set_conversation_response: I've set a timer for {{ minutes_until_eight }} minutes
mode: single
variables:
now_hour: "{{ now().hour }}"
now_minute: "{{ now().minute }}"
minutes_until_eight: >-
{% set total_now = now_hour * 60 + now_minute %}
{% set target = 8 * 60 %}
{% set diff = target - total_now %}
{{ diff if diff > 0 else 0 }}
timer_duration: 00:{{ '%02d' % minutes_until_eight }}:00
The trace shows that this step is being performed:
Unable to start timer in conversation
bitter sinew
alternative for minutes_until_eight
{{ (today_at('08:00') - now()).total_seconds() // 60 }}
and use that value in setting the timer, like this:
- action: timer.start
data:
duration:
minutes: "{{ minutes_until_eight }}"
target:
entity_id: timer.screen_timer
however, it should work like you are doing it as well
weak pawn
alternative for `minutes_until_eight`
```
{{ (today_at('08:00') - now()).total_s...
Nice. That's much more readable .Thanks.
bitter sinew
does it work if you do this in devtools > actions
action: timer.start
data:
duration: '00:15:00'
target:
entity_id: timer.screen_timer
No, that doesn't work either.
Wait a minute. It did work.
I can see the timer entity is now running at 15 minutes, but I asked Nabu and it said there are no timers 🤷♂️
bitter sinew
That will check for timers set on the device
you will need to create a 2nd automation which triggers on the timer in HA, and then make the assist sattelite do something
e.g. announce that the timer is finished
your assist satellite won't do anything on it's own based on that timer, it isn't aware that it exists
weak pawn
Not even if I expose it?
bitter sinew
it won't act on it automatically if the timer finishes
you need to create an automation for that
weak pawn
Ahh ok. I'll do that then. I also noticed that after creating the timer, the last message saying the timer has been set doesn't happen either.