WTH Light Automation

Month of "What the heck?!"
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Hi,

would be nice to be able to chose a “switch” on not only a “light” in the template “Motion-activated light”, because most of my light are indeed switches.
I know that I could “convert” my switches into lights in the helper “Change device type of a switch” but that would be the only reason, right? so I do prefer using an empty automation template instead.

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Are you talking about a specific automation blueprint?

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That default Blueprint is really meant to be a basic introduction for new users. It doesn’t do a lot of things that it could do… because that’s not what it’s for.

There are multiple existing solutions:

  1. Use one of the more-expansive blueprints available in the Blueprint Exchange.
  2. Use the Change the device type of a Switch Helper to convert your switches so you can use them in the blueprint.
  3. Take over the blueprinted automation or edit the existing blueprint.
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I was refering to this:
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