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Home Assistant Blueprint: Wake-up light alarm with sunrise effect
blueprint:
name: Wake-up light alarm with sunrise effect
description: 'A wake-up light alarm with a brightness and color temperature sunrise
effect. Note: Requires date_time_iso sensor in configuration, not manually executable!'
domain: automation
input:
light_entity:
name: Wake-up light entity
description: The light to control. Turning it off during the sunrise will keep
it off. Color temperature range is auto-detected.
selector:
entity:
domain: light
timestamp_sensor:
name: Alarm timestamp sensor
description: 'Sensor with timestamp of next alarm with device_class: timestamp
(set to ''none'' for manual alarm time)'
default: none
selector:
entity:
device_class: timestamp
manual_time:
name: Manual alarm time
description: Time to trigger alarm every day if timestamp sensor is not set.
Settings at or shortly after midnight will not work as expected!
default: '7:00:00'
selector:
time: {}
check_entity:
name: Additional entity to check before sunrise is triggered
description: If set, checks if entity is 'on' or 'home' before triggering. Use
e.g. a (workday) sensor, device_tracker or person entity.
default: none
selector:
entity: {}
sunrise_duration:
name: Sunrise duration
description: The sunrise will start the configured number of minutes before
the timestamp.
default: 25
selector:
number:
min: 5.0
max: 60.0
step: 5.0
unit_of_measurement: min
mode: slider
start_brightness:
name: Minimum brightness
description: The brightness to start with. Some lights ignore very low values
and may turn on with full brightness instead!
default: 1
selector:
number:
min: 1.0
max: 255.0
step: 1.0
mode: slider
end_brightness:
name: Maximum brightness
description: The brightness will be transitioned from the minimum to the configured
value.
default: 254
selector:
number:
min: 5.0
max: 255.0
step: 1.0
mode: slider
min_mired:
name: Minimum color temperature
description: 'The minimum color temperature to use. (0: lowest supported)'
default: 0
selector:
number:
min: 0.0
max: 500.0
step: 5.0
mode: slider
unit_of_measurement: mired
pre_sunrise_actions:
name: Pre-sunrise actions
description: Optional actions to run before sunrise starts.
default: []
selector:
action: {}
post_sunrise_actions:
name: Post-sunrise actions
description: Optional actions to run after sunrise ends (around the alarm time).
default: []
selector:
action: {}
source_url: https://gist.github.com/sbyx/96c43b13b90ae1c35b872313ba1d2d2d
variables:
light_entity: !input 'light_entity'
sensor: !input 'timestamp_sensor'
sunrise_duration: !input 'sunrise_duration'
start_brightness: !input 'start_brightness'
end_brightness: !input 'end_brightness'
range_brightness: '{{float(end_brightness)-float(start_brightness)}}'
manual_time: !input 'manual_time'
seconds: '{{float(sunrise_duration) * 60}}'
min_mired: !input 'min_mired'
start_mired: '{{state_attr(light_entity, ''max_mireds'')}}'
end_mired: '{{[state_attr(light_entity, ''min_mireds'')|int(0), min_mired|int(0)]|max}}'
tick_time: '{{float(seconds) / float(range_brightness)}}'
check_entity: !input 'check_entity'
trigger:
- platform: time_pattern
minutes: '*'
condition: []
action:
- wait_template: '{{sensor == ''none'' or as_timestamp(states(sensor), None) != None}}'
- wait_template: '{{0 < as_timestamp(states(sensor) if sensor != ''none'' else states(''sensor.date'')
~ '' '' ~ manual_time) - as_timestamp(states(''sensor.date_time_iso'')) <= float(seconds)
and states(check_entity) in [''unknown'', ''on'', ''home'']}}'
- choose: []
default: !input 'pre_sunrise_actions'
- condition: template
value_template: '{{sensor == ''none'' or as_timestamp(states(sensor), None) != None}}'
- condition: template
value_template: '{{0 < as_timestamp(states(sensor) if sensor != ''none'' else states(''sensor.date'')
~ '' '' ~ manual_time) - as_timestamp(now()) <= float(seconds) and states(check_entity)
in [''unknown'', ''on'', ''home'']}}'
- choose:
- conditions:
- '{{state_attr(light_entity, ''min_mireds'') != None}}'
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness: '{{start_brightness}}'
color_temp: '{{start_mired}}'
entity_id: !input 'light_entity'
default:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness: '{{start_brightness}}'
entity_id: !input 'light_entity'
- repeat:
while:
- '{{sensor == ''none'' or as_timestamp(states(sensor), None) != None}}'
- '{{0 < as_timestamp(states(sensor) if sensor != ''none'' else states(''sensor.date'')
~ '' '' ~ manual_time) - as_timestamp(now()) <= float(seconds)}}'
sequence:
- delay: '{{tick_time}}'
- choose:
- conditions:
- '{{0 < state_attr(light_entity, ''brightness'') | int(0) < end_brightness |
int}}'
- '{{sensor == ''none'' or as_timestamp(states(sensor), None) != None}}'
- '{{0 < as_timestamp(states(sensor) if sensor != ''none'' else states(''sensor.date'')
~ '' '' ~ manual_time) - as_timestamp(now()) <= float(seconds)}}'
sequence:
- choose:
- conditions:
- '{{state_attr(light_entity, ''min_mireds'') != None}}'
sequence:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness: '{{(float(end_brightness) - (float(range_brightness) *
(as_timestamp(states(sensor) if sensor != ''none'' else states(''sensor.date'')
~ '' '' ~ manual_time) - as_timestamp(now())) / float(seconds)))
| int(0)}}'
color_temp: '{{(float(end_mired) + (float(start_mired) - float(end_mired))
* ((as_timestamp(states(sensor) if sensor != ''none'' else states(''sensor.date'')
~ '' '' ~ manual_time) - as_timestamp(now())) / float(seconds)))
| int(0)}}'
entity_id: !input 'light_entity'
default:
- service: light.turn_on
data:
brightness: '{{(float(end_brightness) - (float(range_brightness) * (as_timestamp(states(sensor)
if sensor != ''none'' else states(''sensor.date'') ~ '' '' ~ manual_time)
- as_timestamp(now())) / float(seconds))) | int(0)}}'
entity_id: !input 'light_entity'
- choose: []
default: !input 'post_sunrise_actions'
mode: single
max_exceeded: silent
@triplepoint
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triplepoint commented Jan 21, 2024

I don't understand why this blueprint uses this idiom of states("sensor.date") ~ " " ~ manual_time to construct a string for "today at the manual_time time".

today_at(manual_time) returns an equivalent value, except that it has the timezone offset attached. But since this blueprint is always using these strings as parameters for as_timestamp(), these are all equivalent:

{{ as_timestamp(states("sensor.date") ~ " " ~ "07:01:00") }}
{{ as_timestamp(now().date() ~ " " ~ "07:01:00") }}
{{ as_timestamp(today_at("07:01:00")) }}
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I'm testing a variant that doesn't need sensor.date and sensor.date_time_iso, have a look at https://gist.github.com/triplepoint/1b9006ddec208a07fc0100a2a30110eb

@rednas201
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@triplepoint Works for me! I owe you a big thanks!! My setup is working again.

@Delvint
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Delvint commented Aug 8, 2024

The reason why this querqy manual time computation is needed is the mqtt automation over Sleep As Android.

The manual time stamp format seems deprected or whatever. That is the reason why some mentioned defaulting to 0 would solve the problem. But it does not really solve it. I could by adding a markup for the time string to begin:
{{ states(''sensor.date'') ~ '' '' ~ manual_time }}
{{ states(''sensor.date'') ~ ''T'' ~ manual_time }}

The two time stamp computation produce different outputs.
{{ as_timestamp(states('sensor.date_time_iso')) }} # 1723102440.0
{{ as_timestamp(now()) }} # 1723098900.217016
I dont know why both are used. But I replaced every occurence of now() with states('sensor.date_time_iso') and it worked.

Have a look at: https://gist.github.com/Delvint/a4203ab90ec3000c590acb7bf16f6d86

@afternet
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Sería posible añadir que además de las luces, en paralelo, se conecte la música de un 'media_player'? No se si es posible ahora mismo

Would it be possible to add that in addition to the lights, in parallel, the music from a 'media_player' is connected? I don't know if it is possible right now.

@muesli79
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I have this a Post-sunrise action, you could do it pre-sunrise.

action: media_player.play_media
target:
entity_id: media_player.nest_hub_schlafzimmer
data:
media_content_id: media-source://radio_browser/d88c0d24-adb2-11e9-88f4-52543be04c81
media_content_type: audio/aac
metadata:
title: Radio Paradise Mellow Mix AAC 320k
thumbnail: https://radioparadise.com/apple-touch-icon.png
media_class: music
children_media_class: null
navigateIds:
- {}
- media_content_type: app
media_content_id: media-source://radio_browser
- media_content_type: music
media_content_id: media-source://radio_browser/tag
- media_content_type: music
media_content_id: media-source://radio_browser/tag/alternative

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