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Set random time for random automatic turning off lights (mimic someone is home)

[NOTE 28-Oct-2016] This is now working again, though you need to use below updated code! Many thanks to @dale3h who helped troubleshooting and coming with the new correct code! So I wanted the lights to automatically turn off at night but at a random time. That way it’s not very obvious for unwanted guests to think after 2 or 3 nights: “It’s just automated and probably no one is at home, let’s go inside.” Someone else gave me a suggestion of how to code this, and here is the final result: Ad…

Random Light Schedule

Hello. Is there a way to create a random light schedule for say, when you are on holiday. I have so far 5 Philips hue lights named - light.dining_room_light - light.bedroom_light - light.living_room_light - light.hall_light - light.landing_light and was wondering if it was possible to have say 2 or 3 on for 60-90 minutes then switch to another random set etc. Or am I just trying to take things a tad too far ?? Cheers Mark

Anyone have a good vacation lighting automation?

I’m looking for an automation that will turn on lights between certain times while I’m away on vacation. Heck, might even turn on the sonos and play some music. I have no problems figuring out how to turn on lights between certian times, but was looking for something a little more “fancy”. I’d like to be able to turn on 2 (or maybe selectable # from input_number) random lights for a period of time, maybe after 60 minutes, turn on 2 different random lights. I used to have something similiar w…

Random light automation (presence simulator)

Hi there, On my script.yaml I have a series of script like this: script.light_1 script.light_2 and so on… each script is like this: light_1: alias: Simulator - light 1 - small lamp living room sequence: - service: switch.turn_on entity_id: switch.small_lamp - delay: "00:{{ '{:02}'.format(range(1,4) | random | int) }}:00" - service: switch.turn_off entity_id: switch.small_lamp light_2: alias: Simulator - light 2 - led stripe bed room sequence: - service:…