Schlage lock automation question

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Good evening! I have set up my Schlage lock automation to lock every night automatically at a given time. Inevitably, one of my kids gets home after that time and unlocks the door and never seems to lock it again. What’s the best way to (other than to train my kids to always lock the door) have the door lock wait say 45 seconds and then relock the door? I was trying to put it all in a single automation but I didn’t know if they needed to be separate?

I was thinking I’d start the second automation with an if statement but not knowing much about YAML, I didn’t know if that was allowed and I thought I would ask the experts!

Thanks!

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You could simply enable the built-in auto-lock feature (Parameter #15 on the Schlage Connect series) which does exactly this, relock automatically (but with a 30 seconds delay not 45). Enable this parameter with the same automation used to lock the door, and then disable the auto-lock at a given time in the morning or the first time you unlock the door in the morning.

Here is the option on my BE469ZP

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Thanks! I didn’t even see that as an option!