feat: Sch departure and charging binary sensor

[InTheDaylight14]

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[InTheDaylight14]

#164 I don't think this fully closes the issue. We really need an input_time entity made available to integrations or the dedicated service calls.

[alandtse]

I'll merge this for now. We're limited by what HA exposes to us and I'm reluctant to try to hack other items like a text input to get that functionality.

[InTheDaylight14]

I think these binary sensors would still be helpful even if we had the full solution available. I'm on the fence with a number input being the "minutes after midnight". That's doesn't feel very intuitive.

[larstobi]

I think these binary sensors would still be helpful even if we had the full solution available. I'm on the fence with a number input being the "minutes after midnight". That's doesn't feel very intuitive.

@InTheDaylight14

In the Tesla app, we can only set the minutes in 15 minute increments.

If I add an Entity card with the input_datetime helper, using only time (not datetime) then I can set hour and minute. Perhaps this helper can be used to provide input to a charger input, and it just convert the hours+minutes to only minutes before sending it to the Tesla API?

[InTheDaylight14]

In the Tesla app, we can only set the minutes in 15 minute increments.

Huh, I did not know this. Guess I have never tired to set it to odd minutes in the hour.

If I add an Entity card with the input_datetime helper, using only time (not datetime) then I can set hour and minute. Perhaps this helper can be used to provide input to a charger input, and it just convert the hours+minutes to only minutes before sending it to the Tesla API?

HA integrations cannot make an input_datetime automatically. That entity type can only be added by individual users. My recommendation here is to use templates to convert an input_datetime into the equivalent minutes after midnight the API expects to receive. Then use that template in the custom_api call found in the Wiki here.

If and when integrations can add a Time entity I'd like to build out switches for scheduling.