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[xstrex]

In the last example on your wiki, your using input_number.nighttime to show sun-up/sun-down. Would you mind sharing the HA config for that input_number?

[kalkih]

Ping @michaelblight, Would you mind sharing it? 🙂

[michaelblight]

I mainly use the Node Red add-on for automation in HA, so the field is just a simple input which NR then populates. So the HA config is:

input_number:
  nighttime:
    name: Night
    min: 0
    max: 1

And the NR flow is:

And it's a NR add-on called node-red-node-suncalc that gives me sunrise and sunset. The NR code for the screen-shot above is:

[{"id":"400e2f26.d7bb9","type":"sunrise","z":"f6747993.c9b448","name":"","lat":"-37.813630","lon":"144.9977","start":"sunrise","end":"dusk","x":170,"y":1280,"wires":[["db67ec3.d54731"],[]]},{"id":"2cc91956.57b696","type":"api-call-service","z":"f6747993.c9b448","name":"Set","server":"9a5aae17.6700c","service_domain":"input_number","service":"set_value","data":"{\"entity_id\":\"input_number.nighttime\"}","mergecontext":"","output_location":"","output_location_type":"none","x":530,"y":1280,"wires":[[]]},{"id":"db67ec3.d54731","type":"change","z":"f6747993.c9b448","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"{\t    \"data\": {\t        \"value\":\t            (payload = 1 ? 0 : 1)\t    }\t}","tot":"jsonata"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":360,"y":1280,"wires":[["2cc91956.57b696"]]},{"id":"9a5aae17.6700c","type":"server","z":"","name":"Home Assistant","legacy":false,"hassio":true,"rejectUnauthorizedCerts":true,"ha_boolean":"y|yes|true|on|home|open","connectionDelay":false}]

There's probably a simpler way to do it in straight HA automation.

[michaelblight]

I think you could do it in HA along the lines of:

  trigger:
    platform: sun
    event: sunset
    offset: "-00:45:00"
  action:
    entity_id: input_number.nighttime
    service: input_number.set_value
    data:
      value: 1

And for sunrise:

  trigger:
    platform: sun
    event: sunrise
    offset: "-00:45:00"
  action:
    entity_id: input_number.nighttime
    service: input_number.set_value
    data:
      value: 0

Adjusting the offsets as you see fit.

[shawtux]

@michaelblight i used your config, but i'm getting an error:
"Call-service API error. Error Message: Service not found."
on the set part.

Any ideas?

[michaelblight]

@shawtux Which version are you using - the first (NR) or the second (HA)? Either way, you should try using the "Services" tab under the "Developer Tools" menu in HA to ensure that everything works there first.

[shawtux]

Thanks!
Everything works until the action.
I'm using version NR because the HA I've didn't change states.

Actually, in the services I don't have input_number.set_value. could this be it?

[shawtux]

@michaelblight change from node-red (memory hog) to the home assistant.

Found out that to have this service, one needs to add in the configuration the following:

input_number:
  slider1:
    name: Slider
    initial: 30
    min: -20
    max: 35
    step: 1
  box1:
    name: Numeric Input Box
    initial: 30
    min: -20
    max: 35
    step: 1
    mode: box
  nightime:
    name: Nightime value
    initial: 0
    min: 0
    max: 1
    step: 1
    mode: box

if this isn't added, then the service called is not available.

Now it works with the HA config as well