Z2M button hold single activation

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Hi,

Is it possible to have something in a script/automation that will only allow one activation of a button hold command? I’d rather not reduce the time for all button hold actions as this will slow other actions down.

2

In case anybody comes across this, I found a fairly simple solution. I use a button hold command to trigger a script, which switches a Hue dimmer remote between controlling the lights or the blind. When I was holding the button, it would send repeat commands too quickly, and end up sending 2 or 3 commands when I only wanted to send 1 command.

I created a trigger that fires on the change of state of the script:

platform: state
entity_id:
  - script.light_blind_toggle
to: null
id: Light/Blind Script

I then made an input boolean which is is turned on for 2 seconds when the script changes state:

          - condition: trigger
            id:
              - Light/Blind Script
        sequence:
          - service: input_boolean.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: input_boolean.living_room_blind_lights_inhibitor
            data: {}
          - delay:
              hours: 0
              minutes: 0
              seconds: 2
              milliseconds: 0
          - service: input_boolean.turn_off
            metadata: {}
            data: {}
            target:
              entity_id: input_boolean.living_room_blind_lights_inhibitor

Then set an if condition for the button hold command that only lets it fire the script if the input boolean is off:

if:
  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.living_room_blind_lights_inhibitor
    state: "off"
then:
  - service: script.light_blind_toggle
    metadata: {}
    data: {}

This means it will only repeat the button hold command every 2 seconds, which is about right for me. The default Z2M repeat time is around 1 second, maybe less, which was too fast. You can obviously change the 2 seconds to whatever you would prefer.

I also added a TTS section in the script so I know which mode I have it set to:

  - condition: state
    entity_id: input_boolean.living_room_blind_lights
    state: "on"
then:
  - service: tts.speak
    metadata: {}
    data:
      cache: true
      media_player_entity_id: media_player.nest
      message: Blind
    target:
      entity_id: tts.google_en_com
else:
  - service: tts.speak
    metadata: {}
    data:
      cache: true
      media_player_entity_id: media_player.nest
      message: Lights
    target:
      entity_id: tts.google_en_com