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Home Assistants Motion Light customized to use a switch
blueprint:
name: Motion-activated Light connected to Switch
description: Turn on a light when motion is detected.
domain: automation
source_url: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/blob/dev/homeassistant/components/automation/blueprints/motion_light.yaml
input:
motion_entity:
name: Motion Sensor
selector:
entity:
domain: binary_sensor
device_class: motion
light_target:
name: Switch connected to Light
selector:
target:
entity:
domain: switch
no_motion_wait:
name: Wait time
description: Time to leave the light on after last motion is detected.
default: 120
selector:
number:
min: 0
max: 3600
unit_of_measurement: seconds
# If motion is detected within the delay,
# we restart the script.
mode: restart
max_exceeded: silent
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: !input motion_entity
from: "off"
to: "on"
action:
- alias: "Turn on the light"
service: light.turn_on
target: !input light_target
- alias: "Wait until there is no motion from device"
wait_for_trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: !input motion_entity
from: "on"
to: "off"
- alias: "Wait the number of seconds that has been set"
delay: !input no_motion_wait
- alias: "Turn off the light"
service: switch.turn_off
target: !input light_target
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