Best method to turn off all when leaving the house

Configuration
1

I set up an automation that uses a multicast and multiple actions to turn off a bunch of devices at the press of a button when leaving the house. (I realize presence detection might do the same…)

The automation is intermittent. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. I do not know if it is the multicast or something else. At one point, I put delays between the actions thinking there was too much traffic on the zwave network.

Question is should I ditch that list of actions and set up a scene, or take some other path?

- alias: away button
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: switch.garage_away
    to: 'on'
  action:
    - service: zwave_js.multicast_set_value
      target:
        entity_id:
        - light.garage_hall         #Zen30
        - light.guest_bath          #Zen30
      data:
        command_class: '38'
        property: targetValue
        value: 0
    - delay: '00:00:01'
    - service: zwave_js.multicast_set_value
      target:
        entity_id:
        - light.kitchen_recessed   #GE dimmer
        - light.living_east        #GE dimmer
        - light.living_west        #GE dimmer
        - light.screened_porch     #GE dimmer
        - light.master_tub         #GE dimmer
        - light.us_hallway         #GE dimmer
        - light.us_office          #GE dimmer
      data:
        command_class: '32'
        property: targetValue
        value: 0
    - delay: '00:00:01'
    - service: light.turn_off
      entity_id:
        - light.master_bath_red    #GE switch
        - light.ds_office          #Zen27
        - light.zen74_master_closet        
    - delay: '00:00:01'
    - service: input_boolean.turn_off
      entity_id:
        - input_boolean.pump_1_motion_time
        - input_boolean.pump_1_request
        - input_boolean.pump_2_request
    - delay: '00:00:01'
    - service: switch.turn_off
      entity_id: 
        - switch.stairs           #Zen21  
        - switch.pump1            #wifi
        - switch.pump2            #wifi
        - switch.garage_away      #Zen30
    - service: timer.start
      entity_id: timer.away_delay
    - delay: '00:00:02'
    - service: light.turn_off
      entity_id:
        - light.garage_bay
2

Do you know if the automation runs at all (check traces where it stops) when it is not triggering the lights off? Are you certain the button press is registered? I don’t use Z-Wave, I use Zigbee, but I have grouped the lights and switches and target those two groups when leaving the house.

3

When I’m away I use labels to turn off devices, for example for my Zigbee devices the label is “Zigbee off when away”:

alias: When Leaving
sequence:
  - action: switch.turn_off
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      label_id: valve
  - action: switch.turn_off
    target:
      label_id:
        - zigbee_off_when_away
    data: {}
  - action: light.turn_off
    data: {}
    target:
      label_id:
        - zigbee_off_when_away
4

Don’t use the multicast commands. It causes more problems than it solves. Group the lights and target the groups.

5

This is what I use:

description: "Gone turn off"
triggers:
  - trigger: zone
    entity_id: device_tracker.pixel_9
    zone: zone.Home
    event: leave
    enabled: true
  - trigger: state
    entity_id:
      - automation.house_not_occupied
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 5
      seconds: 0
    to: "on"
conditions:
  - condition: template
    value_template: |-

      {{states('input_text.guest_mode') == '0'}}
    enabled: true
actions:
  - type: turn_off
    device_id: 0e32d9a7f1f910c354e0297306b92126
    entity_id: light.bathroom_switch
    domain: light
  - type: turn_off
    device_id: 5912f084c57e0d03f048cd563c8ae5b5
    entity_id: switch.kitchen_induction_cooktop_on_off
    domain: switch
  - target:
      entity_id: scene.basement_lights_off
    metadata: {}
    action: scene.turn_on
    data: {}
  - target:
      entity_id: scene.cellar_lights_off
    metadata: {}
    action: scene.turn_on
    data: {}
  - data:
      skip_condition: false
    target:
      entity_id: automation.kitchen_lights_hold_off
    action: automation.trigger
  - type: turn_off
    device_id: 53761f89e1aee91a317b9f41b5b7ac9e
    entity_id: 3fd4835b67525b99bf73d76bb2ce2d8e
    domain: light
  - type: turn_off
    device_id: b199cd01bd8ae7c0a50e479abef19305
    entity_id: switch.sofa_3
    domain: switch
    enabled: false
  - type: turn_off
    device_id: 9a621f60e6581766f95a794aff9869d1
    entity_id: f867ac5509bb747965484b821cdf5005
    domain: switch
    enabled: true
  - metadata: {}
    target:
      entity_id: scene.dresser_off
    action: scene.turn_on
    data: {}
  - action: light.turn_off
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id:
        - light.zooz_undercounter_switch_5
  - type: turn_off
    device_id: 22aecddc65ba56efd895a4dabc8ee69a
    entity_id: ea559655b3d993f6a555103c0b5153ac
    domain: light
    enabled: true
  - type: turn_off
    device_id: d5064b29cb0fa75dc4bcc6828227f7ad
    entity_id: 79eb1890d02c7985ef04c542bc122205
    domain: switch
    enabled: false
  - action: switch.turn_off
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: switch.bedroom
  - action: switch.turn_off
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: switch.bathroom_window_fan_on_off
  - action: light.turn_off
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: light.sofas
mode: single