I created this blueprint to toggle a device after a period of time. For example, it can turn a switch off ‘x’ minutes after it was turned on, or turn a switch on ‘x’ minutes after it was turned off. Great for things like heating devices, etc. where you want to automatically turn them off (e.g. electric blankets, etc.).
As input, it asks for the device to monitor and toggle (trigger_device), the trigger state that starts the timer (e.g. on or off), and the duration before toggling the switch (hh:mm:ss).
Here’s the gist
And here’s the code:
blueprint:
name: Toggle device status after a period of time
description: "Once a device has been in a defined status for a period of time, toggle it's status"
domain: automation
input:
trigger_device:
name: Device
description: Which device to monitor and toggle?
selector:
entity:
trigger_state:
name: State
description: What state begins time period?
trigger_time:
name: Duration
description: What period to wait before toggling state?
selector:
time:
mode: restart
max_exceeded: silent
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: !input trigger_device
to: !input trigger_state
for: !input trigger_time
action:
service: homeassistant.toggle
data:
entity_id: "{{ trigger.entity_id }}"
This is my first blueprint, so I hope it’s useful and improvements welcome!
I’d ideally like to tweak it to be able to monitor and toggle multiple devices using the same automation.