odio-ha automation examples

These automations use the entities of three example nodes: raspodio, the streamer driving the amplifier, plus an htpc and a desktop running go-odio-api. Replace the hostnames and the non-odio entities (lights, covers, alarm, amplifier switch) with your own.

Power the amplifier with playback

The receiver counts the audio streams playing on the node in its playing_clients attribute: MPD, Spotify, AirPlay, Bluetooth, a desktop streaming over the network, anything that outputs sound. A paused stream doesn’t count.

The first automation turns the amplifier on once a stream has played for 2 minutes, so short sounds don’t wake it. The second turns it off after 15 minutes without any stream.

- alias: Amplifier on with playback
  triggers:
    - trigger: numeric_state
      entity_id: media_player.odio_remote_raspodio
      attribute: playing_clients
      above: 0
      for:
        minutes: 2
  conditions:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: switch.amplifier
      state: "off"
  actions:
    - action: switch.turn_on
      target:
        entity_id: switch.amplifier

- alias: Amplifier off when idle
  triggers:
    - trigger: numeric_state
      entity_id: media_player.odio_remote_raspodio
      attribute: playing_clients
      below: 1
      for:
        minutes: 15
  conditions:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: switch.amplifier
      state: "on"
  actions:
    - action: switch.turn_off
      target:
        entity_id: switch.amplifier

switch.amplifier stands for whatever powers the amplifier, such as a smart plug.

Lights on when the HTPC starts

The connection binary sensor turns on when Home Assistant reaches the node’s event stream, so when the machine is up and go-odio-api runs. On an HTPC, it means the HTPC was just switched on.

- alias: HTPC lights
  triggers:
    - trigger: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.odio_remote_htpc_connection
      to: "on"
  conditions:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: cover.living_room
      state: closed
  actions:
    - action: light.turn_on
      target:
        entity_id: light.living_room

Morning routine when the desktop starts

Starting the desktop in the morning disarms the night alarm, turns the amplifier on and plays a spoken message on the speakers. The message goes to the MPD MPRIS player of the streamer, which accepts text-to-speech through its queue.

- alias: Morning routine
  triggers:
    - trigger: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.odio_remote_desktop_connection
      from: "off"
      to: "on"
  conditions:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: person.resident
      state: home
  actions:
    - if:
        - condition: state
          entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home
          state: armed_night
      then:
        - action: alarm_control_panel.alarm_disarm
          target:
            entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home
    - action: switch.turn_on
      target:
        entity_id: switch.amplifier
    - action: tts.speak
      target:
        entity_id: tts.google_translate_en_com
      data:
        media_player_entity_id: media_player.odio_remote_raspodio_music_player_daemon
        message: Good morning!

Bedtime shutdown

At a fixed time, announce bedtime on the speakers, then shut down the HTPC and the desktop 5 minutes later with their power off buttons. Each machine is only shut down if it is still on. Once both are off, the night mode below takes over.

The power off button is disabled by default on go-odio-api: enable it in the power management section of each machine’s configuration.

- alias: Bedtime shutdown
  triggers:
    - trigger: time
      at: "23:30:00"
  conditions:
    - condition: or
      conditions:
        - condition: state
          entity_id: binary_sensor.odio_remote_htpc_connection
          state: "on"
        - condition: state
          entity_id: binary_sensor.odio_remote_desktop_connection
          state: "on"
  actions:
    - action: tts.speak
      target:
        entity_id: tts.google_translate_en_com
      data:
        media_player_entity_id: media_player.odio_remote_raspodio_music_player_daemon
        message: Time to go to bed, computers shut down in 5 minutes.
    - delay:
        minutes: 5
    - if:
        - condition: state
          entity_id: binary_sensor.odio_remote_htpc_connection
          state: "on"
      then:
        - action: button.press
          target:
            entity_id: button.odio_remote_htpc_power_off
    - if:
        - condition: state
          entity_id: binary_sensor.odio_remote_desktop_connection
          state: "on"
      then:
        - action: button.press
          target:
            entity_id: button.odio_remote_desktop_power_off

Night mode when every computer is off

The reverse: late at night, once the HTPC and the desktop have both been off for 2 minutes, turn off the lights and arm the alarm in night mode. Each sensor triggers the automation, and the condition waits for the last one to go off.

- alias: Night mode
  triggers:
    - trigger: state
      entity_id:
        - binary_sensor.odio_remote_htpc_connection
        - binary_sensor.odio_remote_desktop_connection
      to: "off"
      for:
        minutes: 2
  conditions:
    - condition: state
      entity_id:
        - binary_sensor.odio_remote_htpc_connection
        - binary_sensor.odio_remote_desktop_connection
      state: "off"
    - condition: state
      entity_id: person.resident
      state: home
    - condition: time
      after: "23:00:00"
      before: "08:00:00"
  actions:
    - action: light.turn_off
      target:
        area_id: living_room
    - if:
        - condition: state
          entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home
          state: disarmed
      then:
        - action: alarm_control_panel.alarm_arm_night
          target:
            entity_id: alarm_control_panel.home