Presence-based lights
Home Assistant has a built-in integrationIntegrations connect and integrate Home Assistant with your devices, services, and more. [Learn more] called device_sun_light_trigger
to help you automate your lights. The integration will:
- Fade in the lights when the sun is setting and there are people home
- Turn on the lights when people get home after the sun has set
- Turn off the lights when all people leave the house
This integration requires the integrations sun, device_tracker, person and light to be enabled.
To enable this integration, add the following lines to your configuration.yaml
The configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file.
After changing the configuration.yaml
The configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file, restart Home Assistant to apply the changes.
# Example configuration.yaml entry
device_sun_light_trigger:
Configuration Variables
Specify which light profile to use when turning lights on.
Specify which group to track. The group can contain device_trackers or persons.
A full configuration example could look like this:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
device_sun_light_trigger:
light_group: group.living_room
light_profile: relax
device_group: group.my_devices
disable_turn_off: true