Blueprint: Delay in "repeat until" calling sequence template

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Hello, I´m trying to loop through a sequence template in a blueprint.
After each iteration I want to add a delay in the loop.
Does anybody know how to do it?

          sequence:
            - repeat:
                while: '{{ repeat.index < button_2_long_max_loop_repeats | int }}'
                sequence: !input button_2_held
                - delay:
                   hours: 0
                   minutes: 0
                   seconds: 0
                   milliseconds: !input longpress_duration
2

I suggest you define a variable and assign it the value of longpress_duration

  - variables:
      longpress: !input longpress_duration

Use the variable in a template:

  - delay:
      milliseconds: '{{ longpress }}'
3

Thanks for your input.

The problem is that the syntax above is ok at edit time but in the automatations the template “is not available”.

I don´t know how to call the sequence first and then add a delay in the while-loop.

4

Post the entire blueprint.

5

Ok :slight_smile:

raw.githubusercontent.com/St0Ma/homeassistant/main/enocean-ptm-215z-friends-of-hue-switch_st0ma.yaml

Explanation:
The blueprint is a controller for a zigbee switch (Enocean).
I´m emulating a “hold button” because the device doesn´t send that event natively.
When the user holds the button actions should be iteratively executed.
Therefore the next event should be first executed after the delay time.

Example:
When holding the up button a light should dim up (while holding the button the dimming is +10 percent at half a second).

6

Your blueprint already has this section where variables are created from input tags.

variables:
  # convert input tags to variables, to be used in templates

Just define the longpress variable there then use longpress in templates wherever needed (like in delay).

7

The duration selector is good for this, except there doesn’t seem to be a sub-second component.
You can test something like 0.5 seconds but I don’t know if that will work. Would need to test.

8

The Problem ist not to define a selector.

The syntax of the Script ist wrong. Hast anyone an example of a loop until with calling a sequence AND delay?

9
10

Try this:

          sequence:
            - repeat:
                while: '{{ repeat.index < button_2_long_max_loop_repeats | int }}'
                sequence:
                  - choose:
                    default: !input button_2_held
                  - delay:
                      milliseconds: !input longpress_duration
11

I tried that.

Incorrect type. Expected “object”:

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12

There is no complete grammar of the yaml-Language. It´s mostly guessing the right syntax :frowning:

13

In the screenshot you posted, milliseconds is not sufficiently indented. Refer to the example I posted.

As for this:

        - choose:
          default: !input button_2_held

I copied that from someone else’s functional blueprint.

14

For future reference, the correct indentation of choose and delay is explained in the Script Syntax documentation.