Dear all:
I want to do something basic.
The set up is simple enough: I have a zooz 4-in-1 zwave sensor (temperature, humidity, brightness, and motion), and I have a zwave switch.
I want zwave switch be turn on for 10 minutes when
how to do this kind of thing? any pointer will be much appreciated. I don’t even know what keyword I should be searching for.
Thanks
Harv
Motion is the event that will triggers the automation, so you’ll create an automation with a state trigger for the motion sensor. You only want the automation to fire when it’s dark, so you’ll have to add a state condition (maybe a numeric_state condition) to the automation. The action of the trigger should be to turn on the switch, have a ten minute delay, and then turn off the switch.
With that information you should be able to find the necessary info to create the automation in the documentation. Take a stab at it! If you get stuck one of us will be happy to help.
For one of those, there’s a cookbook example to help you.
got stuck very quickly.
first thing i tried is trying to put everything into automations.yaml file.
nothing worked. the fact that original automations.yaml file has this
[]
confused me.
So, i tried the next best thing, add "automation:" to my configuration.yaml file.
Logically, it is simple. only thing that i am not sure of is how to “make the light only turn on for 10 minutes and automatically turn off” So, I leaving that part of logic out first… trying to make sure motion sensor triggers the switch.
Here is my configuration file:
automation:
- alias: bathroom night light by motion
trigger:
- platform: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.zooz_zse40_4in1_sensor_burglar_2
above: 5
condition:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.zooz_zse40_4in1_sensor_luminance_2
below: 10.0
action:
- service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.switch
(i am using zooz 4-in-1 sensor, the motion part has two values i can leverage, one of the value is simply “burglar” sensor which raise value from zero to 8 when it detect motion)
and I got stuck immediately. The error message is very cryptic:
mapping values are not allowed here
in this line:
trigger:
I have no idea what went wrong. Any idea?
thanks in advance
The problem is your indenting doesn’t reflect what’s in the docs. Try this instead - note that alias and trigger line up:
automation:
- alias: bathroom night light by motion
trigger:
- platform: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.zooz_zse40_4in1_sensor_burglar_2
above: 5
condition:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.zooz_zse40_4in1_sensor_luminance_2
below: 10.0
action:
- service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.switchthank you so much, it worked!!!
Dear all:
I am making progress!
now, my next question is as follows:
If i just want the light to be turn on for 10 minutes when motion is detected, how to do that?
I was hoping that the same trigger can just initiate 1. turn on the light, 2. delay for 10 minutes, 3. turn off the light. This is something I came up with, it passed all the syntax check:
- alias: bathroom night light by motion
trigger:
- platform: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.zooz_zse40_4in1_sensor_burglar_2
above: 5
condition:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.zooz_zse40_4in1_sensor_luminance_2
below: 10.0
action:
- service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.switch
- delay: 10:05
- service: switch.turn_off
entity_id: switch.switch
the turn off part of the this automation script is not working. Any idea?
That should work, I’ve done similar - though I now use multiple automations, as in the cookbook link, since otherwise it’ll turn it off after 10 minutes, regardless.
Have you checked for errors in the log?
I think it’s working, it’s just going to take ten hours and five minutes. 
LOL. thanks!!
ok, guys, I have another silly problem.
the zwave switch I got is pleasantly surprised in many ways (Hank so01) it actually has voltage and current measurement), but one thing I absolutely hate is that apparently it has no separation between “on” and “off.”
So,
service: switch.turn_on
and
service: switch.turn_off
are exact same call.
This complicated my script because I can’t simply call switch.turn_off after 10 minutes. I need to add more conditions
the original logic is as follows:
if motion detected
if dark
turn on light
delay 10 minute
turn off light
the actual code, which almost worked, is following.
Note that lack of if/then statement make the code a lot more complicated than it should be:
- alias: bathroom night light by motion
trigger:
- platform: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.zooz_zse40_4in1_sensor_burglar_2
above: 5
condition:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.zooz_zse40_4in1_sensor_luminance_2
below: 10.0
action:
- service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.switch
- delay: 00:01:05
- service: switch.turn_off
entity_id: switch.switch
since this silly switch’s “on” and “off” are the same, I need to determine rather the light is already on or not (by looking at the power which the switch is consumed… a 4-watts light bulb).
if motion detected
if dark
if light is off
turn on light
delay 10 minutes
turn off light
if light is already on
delay 10 minutes
turn off light
but apparently, i can’t just embed “condition” inside “action.”
here is the code i wrote which didn’t pass the syntax test:
- alias: bathroom night light by motion
trigger:
- platform: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.zooz_zse40_4in1_sensor_burglar_2
above: 5
condition:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.zooz_zse40_4in1_sensor_luminance_2
below: 10.0
action:
- condition: or
conditions:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.hank_hkzwso01_smart_plug_power
blow: 3.9
action:
- service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.switch
- delay: 00:10:00
- service: switch.turn_off
entity_id: switch.switch
- conditions: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.hank_hkzwso01_smart_plug_power
above: 3.9
action:
- delay: 00:10:00
- service: switch.turn_off
entity_id: switch.switch
thanks in advance
I’m just looking at this quickly, but you CAN add conditions in the middle of scripts. So instead have your automation call a script you create called like script.ten_minute_light that does what you want.
my confusion is more basic than that.
the automation script have three major sections:
as long as there is only ONE action, I understand the structure completely.
I start confused when I need perform different actions based upon conditions.
can home automation script support such basic logical scenario?
trigger
condition
action:
- condition1
action1- condition2
action2
based upon your advice, I will need two scripts:
First script is called “turn on light for 10 minutes.yaml”
Second script is called “turn off light after 10 minutes.yaml”
and depend upon rather light is already on or not, I need to perform two distinct actions, and I don’t know how to do that without breaking it up the automation script into completely separate script
I’d also suggest creating a binary sensor for your switch, to tell you if it’s on or off, or maybe a template switch:
sensor:
- platform: template
sensors:
hank_hkzwso01_smart_plug:
value_template: "{{ states('sensor.hank_hkzwso01_smart_plug_power') > 3 }}"
You could then use that in the automation:
- alias: bathroom night light by motion
trigger:
- platform: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.zooz_zse40_4in1_sensor_burglar_2
above: 5
condition:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.zooz_zse40_4in1_sensor_luminance_2
below: 10.0
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.hank_hkzwso01_smart_plug
state: 'off'
action:
- service: switch.turn_on
entity_id: switch.switch
- delay: 00:10:00
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.hank_hkzwso01_smart_plug
state: 'on'
- service: switch.turn_off
entity_id: switch.switch
For the template switch:
switch:
- platform: template
switches:
hank_hkzwso01_smart_plug_power:
value_template: "{{ states('sensor.hank_hkzwso01_smart_plug_power') > 3 }}"
turn_on:
service: switch.turn_on
data:
entity_id: switch.switch
turn_off:
service: switch.turn_on
data:
entity_id: switch.switch