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my very first automation (lemmy.zip)
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I used Home Assistant to create my very first automation today. It's really stupid simple, but I feel as though things will only get crazier from here.

Context: i have an old dumb window AC that has 2 physical dials. One turns fan- low, fan-high, cool-low, and cool- high while the other is labeled from 1 to 8 with 1 being warm and 8 being coldest. This AC is either on or its not. Even if the compressor is not running the fan runs 24/7 until it is physically switched off.

My current automation checks once per hour, and if the temperature is above 80 degrees, it will notify me to turn on the air conditioner.

I intend to buy one of the third reality smart plugs soon and switch the action from notify to "turn on the third reality plug for 10 minutes". Then I will just leave the unit itself on Cool High and let the plug manage the power.

Eventually, I think I will also buy a third-reality temperature sensor and set the trigger to if the temperature sensor says that the room itself is above 80 degrees instead of using the forecast.

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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yes, but unfortunately that makes it even dumber - anyone up at that time likely has headphones on to game or listen to music without disturbing anyone trying to sleep

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Hmmm. Good point. I dont really see a way around that one though.

If the living room has smart lights you could turn them to red if a person was detected at midnight

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I would so do that if I could.

There’s a longer story but: I finished converting to LED years ago, except for this room. The lights are …. different …. And I just haven’t found anything comparable even today

[–] djmikeale@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You could perhaps just flash the lights, or if they're dimmable, turn them a lot down over eg a duration of 20 seconds

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not dimmable unfortunately, and changing that would be far more complicated and expensive than you’d believe

I actually do the slow dim in a different room- that’s an automation I’m more proud of, although most of the credit goes to Inovelli! I have the dimming rates set differently for manual dimming, automated dimming, and good night dimming

[–] djmikeale@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Nice, sounds very cool!