Automation Set-up Outside of UI

@fountain27 wrote:

I have created a few automation within the UI and after gaining confidence I have tried to write my own. And for the life of me, I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong. I read in one post the entity_id has replaced the id created by UI.

I have tried different variations changing my config file with automation: !include.yaml either active or commented out. If I commented it out I would place automation: at the top of the automations.yaml file.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. I have experience writing VBA, but yaml has been a bit tricky. I have used yamllint.com to proof my code before adding.

Here is one automation I wrote:

- alias: Porch_Light_On
  trigger:
    entity_id: binary_sensor.ecolink_door_window_sensor_sensor
    platform: device
    type: turned_on
  condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: sun.sun
    state: below_horizon
  action:
    service: switch.turn_on
    entity_id: switch.honeywell_unknown_type_4952_id_3036_switch
    type: turn_on

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