I’m trying to figure out what’s the best why to create an automation to turn lights on in a room when there’s motion and then turn the lights off when no motion is detected. I used to have two separate automatons, one that detected motion and turned the lights on and another that detected no motion…

I would use entities and 2 triggers: trigger: - platform: state entity_id: binary_sensor.xyz from: "off" to: "on" id: "on" - platform: state entity_id: binary_sensor. xyz from: "on" to: "off" id: "off" for: minutes: 5 action: - if: - condition:…

There’s an example automation in the community guides: [image] Motion activated lights automation Community Guides This gets asked a lot so here is an example for automating a light to come on with movement and go off after there is no movement for a short time. trigger:…

Hey Guys, thanks for the help, I think this is exactly what I was looking for. Never would have thought to use States as triggers with If, Then, Else actions.

Also, look for the sensor light blueprint by blacky.

Here is a link: [image] bulb Sensor Light - Motion Sensor - Door Sensor - Sun Elevation - LUX Value - Scenes - Time - Light Control - Device Tracker - Night Lights Blueprints Exchange [Open your Home Assistant instance and show the blueprint import dialog with a specific b…

Ok wow, ask and you shall receive! I think that blueprint has everything you could ever possibly ask for. Funny I was looking for something exactly like this but could only find very basic blueprints when I was searching, this blueprint should be at the top of any search results for motion activate…

Ok I’ve played around with that blueprint and it doesn’t seem like I can have conditions to set the lights to a certain brightness based on the LUX level, too bad but I guess beggars can’t be choosers, there’s probably not that many people who want to set the brightness level based on LUX level. Bac…

you could use the blueprint as base. Check the trace history, and under the tab ‘automation config’ you will find the flat automation yaml, which you can copy/paste and then edit as you want :wink:

I think using the blueprint as a base would be a good idea but maybe too advanced for my skill set. I’ve played around with the previous examples and come up with my own solution that appears to be working, not sure if this is the best way to have multiple “If Then” actions: trigger: - platform: …

I haven’t used home assistant yet. I keep planning on doing it when I get time and money. So I’m curious could you do something like have one automation that turns the light on and off to a saved light level. Then have a second automation that changes the saved light level and changes the light l…

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PetrolHead (Petrol Head) September 25, 2023, 11:30am 6

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