Helpers in home assistant

Installation Home Assistant OS
1

hi,

I have a question about helpers in home assistant.
Is it possible to reset a helper after a period of time for example a switch

2

If I understand correctly your question, yes you can by using automation, you can reset (toogle) a switch in a specific state for a defined time.

automation:
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: switch.office
      # Must stay "on" for 30 seconds
      to: "on"
      for: "00:00:30"
  action:
    - service: switch.toogle
      target:
         entity_id: switch.office

FYI, helpers in home assistant are: input_booleans, input_datetime, input_numbers, input_text, input_dropdown, counter and timer.

3

thank you for youre response.
But the automation doesn’t work for helpers.

4

What do you mean by “doesn’t work”, you can have an automation like this with input_boolean:

automation:
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: input_boolean.office
      # Must stay "on" for 30 seconds
      to: "on"
      for: "00:00:30"
  action:
    - service: input_boolean.toggle
      target:
         entity_id: input_boolean.office
5

thanks, it works now.
switch —> boolean.

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