How to properly set automation

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I would like to link 2 lights.

If Light A is on, then wait 5 min and afterwards turn light B on.
If light A is off then turn light B off

The state of light B doesn’t provoke anything, so that I can light on or off without affecting the before stated logic.

I have set 2 triggers:

  • light A is on for 5 min
  • light A is off
    Both triggers works as I would like them to work. Then on the Actions I have set:
  • “toggle light B”

It works Wonderfull until I play with ligth B then all goes to hell :frowning:
How should I set the action so that light B state is set the same as light A ??

2

Post the automation(s) you have created.

3

I created the automation using the UI. I need to change somehow the action.

alias: Allumer vitrine salle de jeu
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: device
    type: turned_on
    device_id: 43e1a711644b4a6da6ffd8560285f5dc
    entity_id: switch.kappa1_relay
    domain: switch
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 5
      seconds: 0
      milliseconds: 0
  - platform: device
    type: turned_off
    device_id: 43e1a711644b4a6da6ffd8560285f5dc
    entity_id: switch.kappa1_relay
    domain: switch
condition: []
action:
  - type: toggle
    device_id: a29100aca7c246ddb4a7bb29c257350b
    entity_id: switch.tau_1_light
    domain: switch
mode: single
4

You can try this-

alias: New Automation
description: ''
mode: single
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: switch.kappa1_relay
    to: 'on'
    for: '00:05:00'
  - platform: state
    entity_id: switch.kappa1_relay
    to: 'off'
condition: []
action:
  - service: >-
      switch.turn_{{'on' if trigger.to_state.state == 'on' else 'off'}}
    target:
      entity_id: switch.tau_1_light

The action uses Automation State Trigger Variable.

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The problem is that the action simply toggles the state of switch.tau_1_light. That’s why when you change its state manually, it becomes out of synchronization with the state of switch.kappa1_relay.

It works Wonderfull until I play with ligth B then all goes to hell

Ardysusilo’s example fixes that by explicitly setting the state of switch.tau_1_light (to match the state of switch.kappa1_relay) and not simply toggling it.

6

I’ll try Ardysusilo solution and report back

Update: It works. I used the UI interface for the automation so the final code was slightly different:

service: 'switch.turn_{{''on'' if trigger.to_state.state == ''on'' else ''off''}}'
entity_id: switch.tau_1_light