Light turn on every 2 minutes and 52 seconds

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1

I would like to create an automation that can be activated by a virtual switch in the lovelace that every 2 minutes and 52 seconds gives the ignition input (light.turn_on) to infinity until I turn off the virtual switch.

Does anyone know how to do?

2

Although there may be better ways as I am no expert, if I wanted to do this I would create an input Boolean and show this in Lovelace.

I would then create an automation using the above Boolean turning from off to on as the trigger.

I would then use the repeat until action option and set the repeat to be turn on light with the 2m52s repeat until input Boolean is turned off.

3

Something like this maybe?

alias: Repeat
description: 'every 2m52s'
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.myswitch
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
condition:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.myswitch
    state: 'On'
action:
  - service: light.toggle
    target:
      entity_id: light.mylight
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 2
      seconds: 52
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: automation.trigger
    target:
      entity_id: automation.repeat
mode: single

Trigger when input_boolean.myswitch goes from ‘off’ to ‘on’
Toggle the light
Delays for 2:52
Trigger itself again (but only if input_boolean.myswitch is still on)

4

It does not work, apart from that it does not have to turn on/off the light but the automation, let me explain, I live in an apartment building, the staircase lights have a relay that switches on for 2 minutes and 52 seconds when you click the button, I with a Sonoff I set it that when it is turned on turns off after 0.5 seconds and this it is connected to other relay that in a nutshell and as if I press a button, this is why I want that virtual button to turn the automation on and off (which if it is active it will go to infinity)

5

I meant this input_boolean to an input helper which you can toggle from LoveLace :wink:
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type: entities
entities:
  - entity: input_boolean.myswitch
title: Toggle my switch
state_color: true
show_header_toggle: false

And toggle a light or toggle an automation…what’s the difference??

action:
  - service: automation.toggle
6

Cant you use the lights off in the staircase as a trigger to run your automation? Put your input_boolean state there as a condition.

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- alias: keep lights on in staircase

 

  description: ""

  trigger:

    - platform: state

      entity_id: input_boolean.your_virtual switch

      from: "off"

      to: "on"

      for:

        hours: 0

        minutes: 0

        seconds: 1

        milliseconds: 0

  condition:

    - condition: state

      entity_id: input_boolean.your_virtual switch

      state: "on"

  # condition not strictly necessary

  action:

    repeat:

      while:

        - condition: state

          entity_id: input_boolean.your_virtual switch

          state: "on"

      sequence:

        - service: light.turn_on

          entity_id: light.staircase

        - delay: 00:02:52

          .....