đŸšȘ Closet, Pantry, and Cupboard Lighting

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Nice one, glad you like it.

This is something that I would like to have as well. I will put it on the list.

Blacky :smiley:

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I am currently using your Sensor Light BP for my pantry light triggered by a door sensor.
What’s the intention for this BP?
What’s the difference between this BP and the Sensor Light BP?

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@chris400

Thanks for asking.

I will explain some use cases.

Pantry - Butlers Pantry etc.
Let say we are using the my sensor light blueprint to control the lights in the kitchen. We then have a pantry with some lights. We install a contact sensor on the pantry door.

Now we use this blueprint using the pantry contact sensor as the trigger. When the door opens the light turn ON and it will turn OFF in a given time delay, so we don’t need to close the door. When we close the door if the light is ON the light turns OFF. So we can see it works different to the Sensor light BP.

Easy, now lets take our automatons to the next level.

Let enable the ‘Motion Sensor Option’ and add our motion sensor we use in the kitchens sensor light BP automation. As we enter the kitchen our kitchen lights turn ON. We then start preparing meals etc. We open the pantry door and leave it open. The light stays ON now due to the motion sensor being active. We can go in and out of the pantry and the light is ON. Now we leave the kitchen, the kitchen lights are ON and the pantry lights are ON and the pantry door is open. The motion sensor clears turning OFF the kitchen lights and the pantry light. Nice. We come back into the kitchen and all the kitchen lights turn ON including the pantry lights. Nice. We then close the pantry door and the pantry lights turn OFF but the kitchen lights stay ON until we leave and the sensor light BP turns the kitchen lights OFF.

If we used the sensor light BP for this along with a contact sensor you would have to close the door for the light to turn OFF and all of the above scenarios would not work.

How many times do the kids/me open the pantry door and not close it? It keeps family peace as the lights always turn OFF even if you leave the door open not to mention it takes you house automation to the next level :wink:

Closet

Again same thing as above but in a bedroom. Sensor Light BP in the bedroom turns bedroom lights ON, open the closet doors (door contact sensor) and the light turn ON. Use the motion sensor option and you can walk out of the room with the closet doors open (contact sensor active) and all your light will turn OFF due to no motion in the room. Walk back into the room all lights back ON. Close the closet, closet light turn OFF.

How many times to the kids/me leave the closet doors open? Family peace, don’t need to keep telling the kids to close the closet doors :wink:

Hope this all makes scene and gives you a better understanding on why it was developed. Sensor Light BP can’t to this.

I also have a :magic_wand: Manual light control with auto OFF. This works with your lamps you manually turn ON if needed. It will then turn them OFF for you in a similar way as this PB but the trigger is different. Check it out as this to makes your automatons smarter.

Blacky :smiley:

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Thx, exactly what I needed with two teenagers in the house :slight_smile:

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Yep this is exactly what it is for
 household peace. Nice one thanks for your kind words.

Blacky

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New Update - Version 1.1

'Open Sesame’:magic_wand: Lighting Magic! :bulb::door:

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  • Update the description in “Lights - Switches” to include the new option to select “labels”. The updated description should read:

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You have done so many wonderful blueprints but sometimes reading the name and description, I have trouble differentiating them. Perhaps for this one, the description you give:

When activated, a trigger sensor such as a door contact sensor will turn ON the lights and switches.

should be changed to:

When activated, a trigger sensor such as a door contact sensor will turn ON the lights and switches. The lights and switches will turn off either after a set time has elapsed, or when the door contact sensor is closed.

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@harryfine

Thanks Harry for your input I do value it. I agree sometimes I am not the best on describing what they do. I need to get better at that.

Blacky :smiley:

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Very good blueprints you make, I like them!

I have a question regarding the motion sensor options.

Does the light automatically turn off when the motion sensor state changes to “clear” (no motion detected)?

I used the HA BP “motion-activated light” previously but it did not let, or I couldn’t figure how, to include brightness and transition. But I liked the way that BP had the lights turn off when no motion was detected. And then you had the timer delaying the off action after no motion detected.

In the FAQ, if I read it correctly, the timer starts when the automation triggers the lights to turn on. And if the motion sensor is continuously in state “occupied” the timer will turn off the light. And it won’t turn the lights on until the motion sensor state toggles. Is my understanding correct?

I also want to add a vote for the nighttime feature.

My use case:
I have a walk in closet with a motion sensor.
I want the lights to turn on when motion is detected. And stay on for 2 min after no motion detected.
The turn on attributes (brightness and transition) should be different after 10PM and before 8AM.

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@Ekson

Welcome to the community and thanks for your kind words.

I will go directly to your use case and thanks for providing this as it helps me help you.

This blueprint helps if you have doors with a contact sensor.

If you have a walk in closet that is open with a motion sensor in it then look at my :bulb: Sensor Light blueprint. Set it up for the lights you like normally and then use the night lights option with the time condition setting 10pm to 8am. Night lights is where you set your different lights and brightness for those times. It will be perfect for what you are trying to do.

If I got it wrong just let us know and I try and help again.

Blacky :smiley:

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Of course! Much better, Thanks!
Always use the correct tools for the task.

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Hey Blacky:

Any update on adding a night time option to the lights? The blueprint is really great just struggling with blinding myself when I open the closet at night.

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@superbad_dad

I have looked at it and then put it aside, I will look at it again
 thanks for the reminder.

Blacky :smiley:

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@superbad_dad

Hi Supper Bad Dad,

I haven’t forgotten about you. I have updated this blueprint and am now just doing the final touches. It’s all ready to go, and I think it looks really nice. You’ll understand why it took so long once you see it, as there were other developments that had to be completed first. Keep an eye out for the update, and let me know what you think.

Thank you for being patient. As they say, ‘All good things come to those who wait.’

Blacky :smiley:

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New Update - Version 1.2

'Open Sesame’:magic_wand: Lighting Magic! :bulb::door:

:new: New Features

  • Light Colour: You now have the option to select RGB, RGBW or RGBWW in your light control option.

  • Night Lights - You can now set different lights for night time.

  • Collapsible Sections - Added collapsible sections to the blueprint. This enhancement improves the blueprint user interface by making it cleaner and more organized, allowing sections to be collapsed.

    :warning: This feature was introduced in Home Assistant 2024.6, so you must have this version or later for the blueprint to work.

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Hi Blacky:

Thank you so much for making the updates. I’m traveling right now but will try it out once I get back to my casa. Looking through the blueprint I can see why it took so long and how my probablity of modifying it myself was zero.

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Hi @Blacky ,

First, thank you so much for your amazing blueprints! I’ve been using several of your creations, including the Closet, Pantry, and Cupboard Lighting, and they’re fantastic.

I have an issue: at the end of the automation, the lights always turn off, even if they were initially on before it started.
For example, this happens at night when all lights are on and I open the closet. The assigned lights change the brightness (as part of the automation). After the automation ends, the light turns off, even though they were on before. After that, the brightness that was set before remains. Am I missing something to keep them on if they were originally on?

Am I missing something to keep them on if they were originally on?

Thanks again for all your hard work!
Thomas

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@drawtrip

Typically, when you open a closet, pantry, or cupboard, you’d want the light inside to turn ON. If you’ve set a time delay, the light will turn OFF after that period, even if it was ON before
 that’s how the automation works. Without the time delay, the light will simply stay ON until manually turned OFF or you close the door.

When using a time delay and linking a motion sensor, the light will stay ON as long as motion is detected. If you leave the door open and exit the room, the light will turn OFF once the motion sensor becomes inactive. If you re-enter and motion is detected while the door is still open, the light will turn ON again. However, if you close the door, the light will remain OFF.

Hope this make scene.

Blacky :smiley:

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Hi @Blacky !

I have used some of your previous blueprints and have loved how well they work in every day life. This particular one seemed an elegant solution to a simple conditional automation I had made in the past.

Logger: homeassistant.components.automation.office_closet_light_sensing
Source: components/automation/init.py:688
integration: Automation (documentation, issues)
First occurred: 20:54:05 (23 occurrences)
Last logged: 21:05:18

Error rendering variables: UndefinedError: ‘dict object’ has no attribute ‘entity_id’

I have a simple setup of just a contact sensor on the door to a closet, with one ceiling fixture of a smart bulb. For whatever reason the automation was not triggering even though the contact sensor events were operating properly.

I’m not sure what this error means that I found in my logs.

Any help would be appreciated!

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@softpillowcase

Welcome to the community.

Have a look at your light and it must only be an entity not a device. This is a link to my sensor light blueprint FAQ but it is all the same. Click Here

If that doesn’t work then could you please provide us your YAML of the automation? This YAML code are the settings you have selected in the automation so I can help. To do this go into your automation, top right 3 dots, Edit in YAML, copy all the code, come back to the forum and in your reply at the top tool bar click on “</>” and paste code in there.

Blacky :smiley: