Create automation that locks door on dashboard?

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Hey,

i need help.
For my security in my home i need a button on my dashboard. I have Homematic IP for this.
So i want an automation thats lock my door if the door sensor is closed. Thats not the problem. I want a button on the default dashboard. I have a wall panel at the door. If i go out and push the button the door closed if the sensor is on “closed”. I want that the boolean reset after 5 Minutes automatically.
I dont want that the door closed every time if the sensor goes on closed, so i need a trigger that resets after X minutes (or seconds). THats my automation. Thats locks door every time.

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I need an “And if” trigger on the dashboards thats reset after time.

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Please post the correctly-formatted YAML code for your automation.

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description: "Button: Tür Auto schließen"
mode: single
trigger:
  - type: not_opened
    platform: device
    device_id: 247ef61f6ecb0d7c2296b5b7cce76802
    entity_id: a1c10ea736a385c9e238a5af7d763317
    domain: binary_sensor
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 10
condition: []
action:
  - device_id: 6a7b8ff64e8387fd5a51e1f6a7a6e2cd
    domain: lock
    entity_id: 401eb9969fe1dea28f60bb30d508e97d
    type: lock
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I’m finding it hard to understand this. You have:

  • a door sensor, which is the binary sensor in your trigger
  • a door lock, which is the lock in the action.

This automation operates the lock when the door has been closed for 10 seconds.

Correct?

I don’t understand:

  • what the button on the wall panel is or does (real button?);
  • if you have or want control over the movement of the door in HA;
  • what you want the button on your dashboard to do.

What is the “boolean” that you want reset after 5 minutes?

I’m sure we can do this, but I’m not quite clear on what “this” actually is yet.

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  • a door sensor, which is the binary sensor in your trigger
    Exactly. The sensor detects whether the door is open or closed

  • a door lock, which is the lock in the action.
    The door should be locked at the end of automation.

  • what the button on the wall panel is or does (real button?);
    The button should set a value to “True” or “False”, which I can incorporate into the automation. The automation currently works in such a way that the door is always locked as soon as the sensor detects that the door has been closed.

For this i have 2 devices from Homematic IP
Homematic IP Door Lock Drive
That locks the door.

Homematic IP Window and door contact – optical
Thats detect if the door open or close

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The simplest thing to set up is an Input Boolean (Toggle) helper.

You can then create an automation that turns this off if it has been on for 5 minutes:

trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.ID
    to: 'on'
    for: "00:05:00"
action:
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    target:
      entity_id: input_boolean.ID

In your main automation, I’d recommend using entity state triggers and actions rather than the device triggers and actions you currently have. It’s much easier to observe and debug these. So:

description: "Button: Tür Auto schließen"
mode: single
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.DOOR_ID
    for:
      seconds: 10
action:
  - service: lock.lock
    target:
      entity_id: lock.LOCK_ID
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Perfect. That works. Thank you :slight_smile:

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