Motion activated light

Configuration
1

Do both triggers have to activate to make this work or can 1 trigger activate the automation?

thanks

description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.flood_light_sensor_motion
      - binary_sensor.back_yard_flood_light_sensor_motion
    to: "on"
condition:
  - condition: time
    weekday:
      - sun
      - mon
      - tue
      - wed
      - thu
      - fri
      - sat
    after: "17:00:00"
    before: "07:00:00"
action:
  - service: switch.turn_on
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: switch.right_side_flood_light
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 3
      seconds: 0
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: switch.turn_off
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: switch.right_side_flood_light
mode: single
2

This isn’t blueprint related. To get a wider audience looking at this please remove the blueprints designation in the top topic.

3

To help with your question there is only 1 trigger there. changing either entity will trigger it.

4

Thanks for the reply and information. Second time posting and wasn’t sure which category. Couldn’t find automations only category.

5

That’s ok. You can add automations as a tag if you want to do that.

6

It helps if you think about making your automations state driven. What turns off the light?

A lack of movement for a certain time. Not just a time. So don’t use a delay in your automation to turn off the light. Use another trigger. See: Motion activated lights automation

You can add your extra trigger entities and conditions.

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7

Thanks. I’ll give it a shot