From 50ed2b566c8830d9a301ab6d849cdcef449524bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SNoof85 Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:56:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] mention helpers UI for timers (#19355) Co-authored-by: Franck Nijhof --- source/_integrations/timer.markdown | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/_integrations/timer.markdown b/source/_integrations/timer.markdown index b19bb0944c8..1d3cf1344fd 100644 --- a/source/_integrations/timer.markdown +++ b/source/_integrations/timer.markdown @@ -17,7 +17,15 @@ When a timer finishes or gets canceled the corresponding events are fired. This ## Configuration +The preferred way to configure timer helpers is via the user interface. To add one, go to Configuration -> Helpers and click the add button; next choose the “Timer” option. +You can also click the following button to be redirected to the Helpers page of your Home Assistant instance. + +{% my helpers badge %} + +To be able to add Helpers via the user interface you should have default_config: in your configuration.yaml, it should already be there by default unless you removed it. If you removed default_config: from your configuration, you must add timer: to your configuration.yaml first, then you can use the UI. + +Timers can also be configured via configuration.yaml: To add a timer to your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file: ```yaml