This recipe will turn on a light when there is motion and turn off the light when ten minutes has passed without any motion events.
-automation:
- alias: Turn on kitchen lights when there is movement
- trigger:
- - platform: state
- entity_id: sensor.motion_sensor
- to: 'on'
- action:
- service: homeassistant.turn_on
- entity_id: script.timed_lamp
-
-script:
- timed_lamp:
- alias: "Turn on lamp and set timer"
- sequence:
- # Cancel ev. old timers
- - service: script.turn_off
- data:
- entity_id: script.timer_off
- - service: light.turn_on
- data:
- entity_id: light.kitchen
- # Set new timer
- - service: script.turn_on
- data:
- entity_id: script.timer_off
-
- timer_off:
- alias: "Turn off lamp after 10 minutes"
- sequence:
- - delay:
- minutes: 10
- - service: light.turn_off
- data:
- entity_id: light.kitchen
-```yaml +automation:
+alias: Turn on kitchen light when there is movement +trigger: + platform: state + entity_id: sensor.motion_sensor + to: ‘on’ +action: + service: homeassistant.turn_on + entity_id: light.kitchen
+alias: Turn off kitchen light 10 minutes after last movement +trigger: + platform: state + entity_id: sensor.motion_sensor + to: ‘off’ + for: + minutes: 10 +action: + service: homeassistant.turn_off + entity_id: light.kitchen_light
+