Hi. I want to use the integer value of an input_slider as the amount of time in a trigger for how long it’s been since a motion sensor triggered. So I have a configurable delay before the action (which turns the lights off). I also want to learn how these templates work in this case! Is this possi…

I’ve only been able to figure this out by trial and error. I haven’t seen a place where all template-able fields are listed. I’m not even sure what the best method would be to convey this info. Agreed. I’m still trying to find a definitive answer on whether color values in lights can be template…

color values in lights can be templated. Should be perfectly possible with service_template no? ~Cheers

I’m not sure if that’s been tried; I know I haven’t tried it as I only learned about service templates this week - pretty sure it was from you! All I wanted to do was to set up a random color on my landscaping lights when they fired each evening and I ended up going down the rabbit hole. I suppos…

[image] rpitera: Plex media player If you don’t have a Plex Pass already you should totally ditch Plex for emby cough it’s opensource and stuff :stuck_out_tongue: Getting OT again. Sorry :frowning: ~Cheers

[image] ih8gates: Yes to a) I’d love to hear how to do this. I realised after going to bed late again last night that the payoff is pretty low for this particular “slider → light delay time” property, but I do want to learn for the future.

Thanks for the reply. This sounds like it’s not worth the effort :slight_smile: What I mean is… if Home Assistant can’t do this simply, it should be made so. I’m happy to contribute and have posted about this in the dev category. I think it would be good to make a collection of desired automation…

[image] lindsayward: if Home Assistant can’t do this simply Template triggers were made for this kind of stuff.

Hi all, Sorry for the up of this relatively old topic, but I want to do exactly the same thing. Has this issue been solved by any means ? Basically I have motion sensors that turn_on lights and I want these lights to be turn_off after X seconds, X being defined using an input slider. Same goes for…

I gave up on trying to do this. I’d still be happy to see someone else’s solution.

Template value in "for" (time since trigger)

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ih8gates (Scott Reston) February 24, 2017, 12:32am 10

Create a template trigger that compares the current time to the last_tripped state of your motion. If your motion doesn’t have one, you might need to cheat and create a script that simply acts as a marker - it definitely has a last_triggered. Check the alarm clock thread for techniques. Or my recent Google calendar example - it does some time math with timestamps.