Automation to flash the lights

[ShadowFist]

@ShosMeister

So far, that works. But, I’m assuming I’m doing this all wrong and it could be combined into one action and also should be able to flash the lights while the sensor is wet.

Also, while I can go into the device for the light and change the color, during the automation setup, I don’t have color as an option to flash. I’m guessing that parameter is not exposed to the automation process. I’m also guessing that if I setup some other type of “custom” entity that has the living room light already red, that I could use that entity to flash.

Let me guess, you’re using Device as an action instead of Perform Action, right?

Device actions are quite limited when compared to perform action calls.
All possible Device actions for a light:

type: turn_on
device_id: c6aa2d4414274e86f99490641a7cad8b
entity_id: 2ff5e4cc37a1a0e34df4bc2eced02f51
domain: light
flash: long
brightness_pct: 17

vs all possible Perform Action actions for the same light:

action: light.turn_on
metadata: {}
data:
  transition: 29
  brightness_pct: 17
  effect: blink
  color_name: blue
  color_temp: 180
  brightness: 63
  flash: long
  color_temp_kelvin: 2828
target:
  entity_id: light.kitchen_strip

@ShosMeister

So please let me know where I’m wrong and what I’m missing. Is there a way to have an automation run while the trigger is still the same? Basically loop until?

Yes, you can use a repeat_while/ repeat_until to do that (docs here). Just make sure you add a suitable delay in between each loop, otherwise you’ll flood your system with constant light.turn_on commands.