HA HVAC Pause Blueprint

hvac_pause.yaml

#ver. 1.7
blueprint:
  name: HVAC Pause V1.7
  description: Pauses HVAC when windows/doors open; resumes last state once closed
  domain: automation
  source_url: https://gist.github.com/raffy-ops/2bdf967036d8d274fb1f62572ed5e545
  input:
    climate_device:
      description: Climate entity used for climate control.
      name: Climate Device
      selector:
        entity:
          domain:
          - climate
          multiple: false
    doors_windows:
      description: Group of entities that will activate automation. (Assumes 'on'
        means 'open')
      name: Door and window sensors.
      selector:
        entity:
          domain:
          - group
          - binary_sensor
          multiple: false
    pause_delay:
      description: Time to wait before pausing the HVAC system.
      name: Pause Delay
      default:
        hours: 0
        minutes: 5
        seconds: 0
      selector:
        duration: {}
    resume_delay:
      description: Time to wait before resuming the HVAC system.
      name: Resume Delay
      default:
        hours: 0
        minutes: 0
        seconds: 30
      selector:
        duration: {}
    timeout:
      description: If set HVAC will ramain off if door/window is not closed prior to timeout value elapsing.
        Set to 0 to disable timeout.
      name: Timeout (optional)
      default:
        hours: 0
        minutes: 0
        seconds: 0
      selector:
        duration: {}
    action_first:
      description: When set to On any defined 'Pause Actions' will occur after the pause delay and prior to
        any other actions.
      name: Action First
      selector:
        boolean:
    pause_action:
      description: Optional additional action to perform when climate entity is paused.
      name: Pause Action (Optional)
      default: []
      selector:
        action: {}
    resume_action:
      description: Optional additional action to perform when climate entity resumes.
      name: Resume Action (Optional)
      default: []
      selector:
        action: {}
    timeout_action:
      description: Optional additional action to perform if the timeout value elapses.
      name: Timeout Action (Optional)
      default: []
      selector:
        action: {}
variables:
  action_first: !input action_first
  pause_action: !input pause_action
  resume_action: !input resume_action
  timeout_action: !input timeout_action
  climate_device: !input climate_device
  doors_windows: !input doors_windows
  timeout: !input timeout
  timeout_empty: {'hours':00, 'minutes':00, 'seconds':00}
  name_id: '{{ state_attr( climate_device ,''friendly_name'')|lower |replace('' '',''_'')
    | regex_replace(find=''[^\w]'', replace='''') ~ ''_snapshot'' }}'

mode: single
trigger:
- platform: state
  entity_id: !input doors_windows
  from: 'off'
  to: 'on'
  for: !input pause_delay
  id: group_open
condition:
- condition: not
  conditions:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: !input climate_device
    state: 'off'
action:
- choose:
  - conditions: '{{ pause_action is defined and action_first == true }}'
    sequence: !input pause_action
- service: scene.create
  data:
    scene_id: '{{ name_id }}'
    snapshot_entities: !input climate_device
- service: climate.set_hvac_mode
  target:
    entity_id: !input climate_device
  data:
    hvac_mode: 'off'
- choose:
  - conditions: '{{ pause_action is defined and action_first != true }}'
    sequence: !input pause_action
- if:
  - condition: template
    value_template: '{{ timeout != timeout_empty }}'
  then:
    - wait_for_trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: !input doors_windows
        from: 'on'
        to: 'off'
        for: !input resume_delay
      continue_on_timeout: true
      timeout: !input timeout
    - choose:
      - conditions: '{{ wait.trigger == none and timeout_action is defined }}'
        sequence: !input timeout_action
    - stop: ''
  else:
    - wait_for_trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: !input doors_windows
        from: 'on'
        to: 'off'
        for: !input resume_delay
      continue_on_timeout: false
- condition: not
  conditions:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: !input climate_device
    attribute: fan_mode
    state: 'on'
- condition: state
  entity_id: !input climate_device
  state: 'off'
- service: scene.turn_on
  target:
    entity_id: '{{ ''scene.'' ~ name_id }}'
- choose:
  - conditions: '{{ resume_action is defined }}'
    sequence: !input resume_action

Hey man, thanks for this great blueprint!
Been using it for a while, but back then I took the shortcut of making a copy of the blueprint and rename the scene name internally for each aircon I wanted to control. I see now you've changed the naming of the scene to change automatically. Really nice, now it's a blueprint again :)

Would you be so kind to also include

source_url: https://gist.github.com/raffy-ops/2bdf967036d8d274fb1f62572ed5e545
in the next version? That makes checking for updates much easier in the future.

Thanks for the feedback! Added in the source_url. Please feel free to keep providing suggestions to improve this!

Just a request from my side: could you also add a temperature if window is opened? So you are able to choose between climate.set_hvac_mode and climate.set_temperatur? Thx

Just a request from my side: could you also add a temperature if window is opened? So you are able to choose between climate.set_hvac_mode and climate.set_temperatur? Thx

Yes this feature would be really good. But it would need to integrate air conditioning management, because it can be in cooling mode and heating mode. Lower the temperature in winter, but raise the temperature in summer. Thank you for your work.

Thank you @raffy-ops for this blueprint! Please check my fork to find a little fix in the branch with timeout set