Automation: "global variables" and sensor states

[ih8gates (Scott Reston)]

Not sure if this is exactly what you’re aiming for, but I use a slider as a “number holder” to remember the state of my front porch. This example shows how to set and retrieve the value:

Brighten front porch lights, then return to recorded dim level

There have been a couple conversations about remembering the dim level & on-off state of a light so that you can return to it after changing it. Here’s something I cooked up that’s been working for a couple of days. Behavior: I generally keep my front porch lights at about 50% brightness. I set up some code so that when motion is sensed on my front porch, I brighten the lights to 100%, then return them to their previous dim level after 5 minutes. Or turn back off if they were off when the moti…