Light-on for a certain period driven by Compact Plug when using "back home"

[Nicola]

Hello all,

here to ask your opinion/support to define the best scenario/automation to switch-on one light (for 5 mins for example) when I came back home using scenario "back home".

Currently I am able to pilot the light ON inside the Scenario but, then, I was obliged to create an Automation to switch-off the same light after 5mins.

But in this case, every time I switch-on same light in one other time, the Automation will stop the light after 5mins of usage.

What is wrong in my solution ?

Should I use the option "Status" ? How ?   

I will really appreciate your hints.

Thank yo

Nicola

Zwischenstecker Kompakt

[STdesign]

The simplest way is to use an automation instead of a scenario. An automation can be triggered in the same way as a scenario e.g. as a favorite – there's no difference there. However, in the automation, you can directly specify that the light should switch off again after a certain time (e.g., 5 minutes).

[Nicola]

Hello STdesign, first of all thanks for such feedback.

Ok for this Automation but I have one doubt:

-how to link such automation with "Back home" Scenario ?

(can a Scenario be a trigger for an Automation ?) 

[Maurice]

A scenario cannot be a trigger for an automation, but you don't need the scenario at all. You move all the actions from the "Back home" Scenario to an automation. You then trigger this automation when you come home.

Scenarios are considered legacy anyway and will sooner or later be replaced by automations.

[STdesign · Accepted solution]

Currently, it is (still) possible to call up the existing scenario in the automation, which also switches on the light. Something like this:

 

This would initially be the least complicated solution, but is in itself a rather inelegant overall design. 

The implementation mentioned by Maurice is the better one and more future-oriented.