problems about automation with new version of garbage-collection module

[pilot1981]

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Hi, until today I always used these automation to get notification of day for garbage collection at home:

garbage_organico.yaml:

` automation: alias: "Notifica ritiro organico" trigger: platform: numeric_state entity_id: sensor.raccolta_organico_mattino value_template: "{{ state.attributes.days }}" below: 1 condition: [] action:

Sets date and time to date and time from timestamp (current date and time in this example)

- service: input_datetime.set_datetime
  data_template:
    entity_id: input_datetime.datetime_organico
    date: >
      {{ now().timestamp() | timestamp_custom("%Y-%m-%d", true) }}
    time: >
      {{ now().timestamp() | timestamp_custom("%H:%M:%S", true) }}

`

notifica_organico.yaml:

` automation:

• alias: "notifica il giorno dopo il ritiro organico" trigger: platform: template value_template: "{{ states('sensor.date_time').replace(',', '')|as_timestamp >= state_attr('input_datetime.datetime_organico', 'timestamp') + 196060 }}" action:
  • service: notify.famiglia data: message: "Ciao Barbara, oggi è giorno di ritiro organico!"
  • service: notify.alexa_media data: target:
    • media_player.echo_sala_da_pranzo data: type: tts message: "Ciao Barbara, oggi è giorno di ritiro organico! Adesso puoi portare fuori il pattume!" `

Now, I have problem notification happen always the next day at wrong time....what I have to change?

[bruxy70]

In general, I'd use the time as a trigger, and use the sensor state as a condition. The integration normally updates around the midnight, which is not very practical for getting notifications. So I'd trigger a notification in the morning at specific time, and if the days attribute is 0, send the notification. Or if you want the notification the night before, you can check every day let's say 9pm, and if days is 1, send the notification. Or you can trigger that by other things, like if you come home, or when your alarm clock goes off, when your security system gets deactivated....depending on what is available in your home automation.

[pilot1981]

Hi, I need to get notification the day before garbage collection at 19 hour...what do you suggest to setup this simple automation?

[bruxy70]

Set an automation triggered by time (that runs at 19:00) every day, with a condition that days is 1. Then send notification. So it will check every day but only send the notification if the collection is tomorrow. Quite simple :)

[pilot1981]

I already done it!

• service: input_datetime.set_datetime data_template: entity_id: input_datetime.datetime_organico date: > {{ now().timestamp() | timestamp_custom("%Y-%m-%d", true) }} time: > {{ now().timestamp() | timestamp_custom("%H:%M:%S", true) }}

trigger: platform: template value_template: "{{ states('sensor.date_time').replace(',', '')|as_timestamp >= state_attr('input_datetime.datetime_organico', 'timestamp') + 196060 }}"

but it don't work anymore...

[bruxy70]

I do not know what this is supposed to do. Looks quite complicated and heavy. I'd keep the trigger simple.

Why don't you simply do it like that: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/automation/trigger/#time-string

If you need to make such a complex trigger, I think last year there were some changes in HA in the past in template sensors based on the time, I think they stopped triggering the sensor update based on now(), this is why they introduced the trigger-based templates for that - so if you need that, I'd check that.

In any case, this has nothing to do with the garbage_collection integration or any version update....