Turn off Switch after x time with Aqara Button

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Hi,

I have one of those Aqara Mini Buttons and I want to do the following:

Single press: Turn on Switch for 90 seconds. If I press it again, the time resets to 90 again.
Double press: Turn on Switch for 10 Minutes.

The things I have found are very old or about lights. They also does not include all the recently added features.

Thanks in advance.

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Do you have any sample automations? You should be able to make use of the automation modes to do this by specifying something like

- id: 'your_id'
  description: Blah blah blah
  trigger:
  - entity_id: your_mini_button
    platform: state
    to: 'on'
  action:
  - service: switch.turn_on
    data:
      entity_id: your_switch
  - delay:
      seconds: 90
  - service: switch.turn_off
    data:
      entity_id: your_switch
  mode: restart

My syntax might be a little off, I stole this from one of my motion sensor automations. Setting mode:restart will make sure that every time the button is pressed, the delay restarts. You could probably even template this to handle single- and double-pressing in the same automation, but I can’t think of the exact syntax off the top of my head.

HTH

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I don’t know what kind of events your Aqara Mini Button generates so the Event Trigger in the following example is merely a suggestion (you’ll have to adjust it to suit your needs).

- alias: example 1
  mode: restart
  trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: button_press
    event_data:
      event_type: single
      entity_id: whatever
  - platform: event
    event_type: button_press
    event_data:
      event_type: double
      entity_id: whatever
  action:
  - service: switch.turn_on
    entity_id: switch.my_switch
  - delay: "{{ '00:01:30' if trigger.event.data.event_type == 'single' else '00:10:00'}}"
  - service: switch.turn_off
    entity_id: switch.my_switch
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Thanks, both of you :slight_smile:

I tried it with that:

- id: 'Schalter'
  alias: Schalter
  mode: restart
  trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: deconz_event
    event_data:
      id: schalter
      event: 1002
  - platform: event
    event_type: deconz_event
    event_data:
      id: schalter
      event: 1004
  action:
  - service: switch.turn_on
    entity_id: switch.stecker_1
  - delay: "{{ '00:00:10' if trigger.event.data.event_type == '1002' else '00:00:20'}}"
  - service: switch.turn_off
    entity_id: switch.stecker_1

The restart works, but always after 20 seconds. On single press it does not turn off after 10 seconds.

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Remove the quotes delimiting the value 1002. With the quotes it’s handled as a string value, without them it’s an integer value.

  - delay: "{{ '00:00:10' if trigger.event.data.event_type == 1002 else '00:00:20'}}"

Full automation:

- id: 'Schalter'
  alias: Schalter
  mode: restart
  trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: deconz_event
    event_data:
      id: schalter
      event: 1002
  - platform: event
    event_type: deconz_event
    event_data:
      id: schalter
      event: 1004
  action:
  - service: switch.turn_on
    entity_id: switch.stecker_1
  - delay: "{{ '00:00:10' if trigger.event.data.event == 1002 else '00:00:20'}}"
  - service: switch.turn_off
    entity_id: switch.stecker_1
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Still not turning off after 10 seconds.

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I think I see the problem. Your Event Trigger is using data from a Deconz event, specifically id and event. However, in the template you are using the example I provided which was not based on a Deconz event. It uses event_type when it should be using event.

Try this:

  - delay: "{{ '00:00:10' if trigger.event.data.event == 1002 else '00:00:20'}}"

I think that will work. If it doesn’t, put the quotes back for '1002' (but I don’t think you’ll need to do that).

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Works as expected now, thanks alot :slight_smile:

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