Triggering automation based on sensor status

[lament axle]

I'm having trouble getting an automation to trigger based on a sensor's status. Trying to trigger based on the "sensor.cm6160_program_phase" (provided by Miele integration) showing a particular state. I can see the state in the sensor history but it's not triggering the automation. The sensor will only have the trigger state for 30-40 seconds or so. Not sure if that's part of the issue. This was created in the GUI, but YAML below. Thanks!

``alias: Miele Safety Switch
description: ""
triggers:

• entity_id:
  • sensor.cm6160_program_phase
    to:
  • Espresso coffee
    trigger: state
    conditions:
• condition: time
  after: "06:00:00"
  before: "08:00:00"
  weekday:
  • mon
  • tue
  • wed
  • thu
  • fri
    actions:
• target:
  entity_id: input_boolean.miele_safety_switch
  action: input_boolean.turn_on
  mode: single
  ``

[feral surge]

You could try changing to trigger on all state changes and add a condition to check if it is the correct state. That way even if the condition fails you will get a trigger and can then look in the trace to debug why the condition fails.

[lament axle]

I'll give that a whirl, thanks!

[lament axle]

That helped; I'd entered "Espresso coffee" manually but the actual state is "espresso" despite what shows in the UI. I recreated the trigger and there's now a dropdown menu with the right options anyway. I just migrated the Miele integration from HACS to Core trying to fix this as I know the HACS version is being replaced.

Thanks again.