Automation Templating

Configuration
1

If more then one switch is triggered at the same time only the first will be reset by the automation action. Why ??

  • id: ‘1552514198401’
    alias: Reset pir sensors
    trigger:
    • platform: state
      entity_id:
      • switch.pir_01
      • switch.pir_02
      • switch.pir_03
      • switch.pir_04
      • switch.pir_05
      • switch.pir_06
      • switch.pir_07
      • switch.pir_08
      • switch.pir_09
      • switch.pir_10
        for: ‘10’
        to: ‘on’
        condition: []
        action:
    • service: switch.turn_off
      data_template:
      entity_id: “{{trigger.entity_id}}”
2

Triggers are OR and conditions are AND.

3

It is just one rule. The rule should turn the given switch after 10 seconds. I could like this one rule and not these 10 rules.

  • id: ‘1552514198401’
    alias: Reset switch.pir_01
    trigger:

    • entity_id: switch.pir_01
      for: ‘10’
      platform: state
      to: ‘on’
      condition: []
      action:
      • service: switch.turn_off
        entity_id: switch.pir_01

  • id: ‘1552514198402’
    alias: Reset switch.pir_02
    trigger:

    • entity_id: switch.pir_02
      for: ‘10’
      platform: state
      to: ‘on’
      condition: []
      action:
      • service: switch.turn_off
        entity_id: switch.pir_02

  • id: ‘1552514198403’
    alias: Reset switch.pir_03
    trigger:

    • entity_id: switch.pir_03
      for: ‘10’
      platform: state
      to: ‘on’
      condition: []
      action:
      • service: switch.turn_off
        entity_id: switch.pir_03

  • id: ‘1552514198404’
    alias: Reset switch.pir_04
    trigger:

    • entity_id: switch.pir_04
      for: ‘10’
      platform: state
      to: ‘on’
      condition: []
      action:
      • service: switch.turn_off
        entity_id: switch.pir_04

  • id: ‘1552514198405’
    alias: Reset switch.pir_05
    trigger:

    • entity_id: switch.pir_05
      for: ‘10’
      platform: state
      to: ‘on’
      condition: []
      action:
      • service: switch.turn_off
        entity_id: switch.pir_05

  • id: ‘1552514198406’
    alias: Reset switch.pir_06
    trigger:

    • entity_id: switch.pir_06
      for: ‘10’
      platform: state
      to: ‘on’
      condition: []
      action:
      • service: switch.turn_off
        entity_id: switch.pir_06

  • id: ‘1552514198407’
    alias: Reset switch.pir_07
    trigger:

    • entity_id: switch.pir_07
      for: ‘10’
      platform: state
      to: ‘on’
      condition: []
      action:
      • service: switch.turn_off
        entity_id: switch.pir_07

  • id: ‘1552514198408’
    alias: Reset switch.pir_08
    trigger:

    • entity_id: switch.pir_08
      for: ‘10’
      platform: state
      to: ‘on’
      condition: []
      action:
      • service: switch.turn_off
        entity_id: switch.pir_08

  • id: ‘1552514198409’
    alias: Reset switch.pir_09
    trigger:

    • entity_id: switch.pir_09
      for: ‘10’
      platform: state
      to: ‘on’
      condition: []
      action:
      • service: switch.turn_off
        entity_id: switch.pir_09

  • id: ‘1552514198410’
    alias: Reset switch.pir_10
    trigger:

    • entity_id: switch.pir_10
      for: ‘10’
      platform: state
      to: ‘on’
      condition: []
      action:
      • service: switch.turn_off
        entity_id: switch.pir_10

  • id: ‘1552514198410’
    alias: Reset switch.pir_10
    trigger:

    • entity_id: switch.pir_10
      for: ‘10’
      platform: state
      to: ‘on’
      condition: []
      action:
      • service: switch.turn_off
        entity_id: switch.pir_10
4

Please use code block formatting as described in the blue box at the top to preserve formatting.

Unfortunately, automations in YAML are fairly restrictive in that a only a single trigger causes the automation to fire at a given time, the trigger events aren’t queued, and they won’t re-trigger if conditions change during execution. When I’ve run into repetitive automations like that, I just write an AppDaemon script in Python to handle it. None of those restrictions apply to AppDaemon, and a small amount of code can do a lot of work.