Bathroom light

1

I have a bathroom light triggered by a motion sensor. The cooldown period of this sensor is ~5minutes. So I created a script that waits for a new motion to keep the light on. The waiting time is 8 minutes so that should be long enough. Below the script. But somehow it doesn’t work. I expect when the motion sensor is triggered again the flow starts All over and the waiting periods starts again. But somehow this doesn’t work. What is wrong?


alias: WC lamp
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.wc_motion
    from: "off"
    to: "on"
condition: []
action:
  - type: turn_on
    device_id: 6a244411113a29f24d9bf18b3af7e
    entity_id: light.wand_lamp_2
    domain: light
    brightness_pct: 60
  - wait_for_trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id:
          - binary_sensor.wc_motion
        to: "on"
        from: "off"
      - platform: state
        entity_id:
          - binary_sensor.wc_motion
        from: "off"
    timeout:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 8
      seconds: 0
      milliseconds: 0
    continue_on_timeout: true
  - type: turn_off
    device_id: 6a244411113a29f91a9bf18b3af7e
    entity_id: light.wand_lamp_2
    domain: light
mode: single
2

You could try changing the automation’s mode from single to restart.

3

Hi. Thanks. That is probably it. Didn’t know you could change a mode of an automation. Just converted from domoticz to Ha and glad I made the switch. HA is amazing

UPDATE: tested it and it works. Thanks a lot!!!

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