In what should be one of the easier automations I do, I’m struggling with some light control via automation, and it’s really killing the WAF:
I have a bayesian sensor in my garage that is comprised of a door sensor and 2 motion sensors. If the door is open or one of the motion sensors has detected motion, the bayesian gets set to on.
I have a flow in NodeRed that turns the light on when the bayesian turns on. This works flawlessly.
I then want the light to turn off after 10 minutes of inactivity. However, what I’m finding is if I’m in the garage moving around for 10+ straight minutes, meaning that the bayesian always stays to on, the light still turns off after 10 minutes. If I leave the garage for a period of time after the light has turned on, meaning that the bayesian tuns off, the timer will reset when I re-enter the garage and all’s good.
Am I missing something here? I’ve used the DIYFuturism example of as the basis for my method, and I think I’ve copied it verbatim.
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