Light not turning on after delay

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1

Hi community,

I think i have a question that can be solved easily:

I have an automation that turns on the lights in the washing room triggered by a sensor. I build in a delay for 5 minutes, so if the door is not closed the lights turn of.

I made the same automation: when door sensor is closed turn of light.
This also works perfectly.

Only issue i have is when I reopen the door within 5 minutes the lights do not turn on. What can I change bout this?


alias: "Washok: Licht aan"
description: ""
trigger:
  - type: opened
    platform: device
    device_id: 643783afc925b439099a03bbf5bb7e61
    entity_id: 5a1bc2494707045d08cb39147fb318a4
    domain: binary_sensor
condition: []
action:
  - type: turn_on
    device_id: 8cbcf806d256ca20317671b647cc56ec
    entity_id: 587c07acf0ec6a0abe2d5e8b4441964b
    domain: light
    brightness_pct: 100
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 5
      seconds: 0
      milliseconds: 0
  - type: turn_off
    device_id: 8cbcf806d256ca20317671b647cc56ec
    entity_id: 587c07acf0ec6a0abe2d5e8b4441964b
    domain: light
mode: single
2

Try this:

trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.your_door_here
    to: 'on'
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.your_door_here
    to: 'off'
    for:
      minutes: 5
action:
  - service: "light.turn_{{ trigger.to_state.state }}"
    target:
      entity_id: light.your_light_here
mode: single

Also some free advice: Why and how to avoid device_ids in automations and scripts

3

This seems to work for the lights going on and off, but it is not turning it off after 5 minutes now

4

If you included this in the trigger:

The lights will turn off after the door remains closed for 5 minutes.

5

it needs to be the otherway around, if someone does not close the door so it stays open, it needs to be turned off in 5 minutes

6

Try this:

trigger:
  - id: 'on'
    platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.your_door_here
    to: 'on'
  - id: 'off'
    platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.your_door_here
    to: 'on'
    for:
      minutes: 5
  - id: 'off'
    platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.your_door_here
    to: 'off'
action:
  - service: "light.turn_{{ trigger.id }}"
    target:
      entity_id: light.your_light_here
mode: single