2-Mode Light Timer

Other Devices & Integrations Lighting & Load Control
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Ok, so I have done a PLEG to get this to work, but I want to make it better because polling my switches to tell when they changed really makes it hard to “set” a longer timeout for the lights. Right now I have to start from off for 15 seconds, turn on for 15 seconds, turn off for 15 seconds and then turn on again and hope that in 15 seconds I will see the light flash off and back on (MultiSwitchSet). Default is to turn them off in 5 minutes, if set then off in 30 minutes.

Here is what I have right now:
Input:
LightOn = Light is turned on
Conditions:
MultiSwitch = LightOn @ 2 < 60
MultiSwitchSet = (LightOn @ 2 < 60) and (NOT (LightOn @ 3 < 60))
LightAutoOff = (MultiSwitch and (LightOn; Now > 30:00)) or ((Not MultiSwitch) and (LightOn; Now > 5:00))
Scenes:
Trigger of MultiSwitchSet, action Turn light off and then back on (so I know the system detected the request)
Trigger of LightAutoOff, action Turn light off

What I want to add is a scene button on my 45600 remote to set the MultiSwitch state and flash so I know it is set.

I also have a problem when Vera reloads. I see “Vera Startup” in Vera Alerts and then any switch that was on and in a set condition gets turned off. No knowledge of MultSwitch being set I am guessing…

Great flexablity, but sometimes it stretches me too far to get it to do what I want.

2

I did not make the multi-click state persistent. I can fix that.
Is there a problem with your setup ?
I am not sure I fully understand what you are trying to accomplish.

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With my light switches it takes about 15 seconds for vera to tell they have changed. That makes it hard to set the MultiSwitch variable.

So I was looking at adding a scene button as another way to set it. What is the best way to add that to the current logic?