automatic off afther 10 minutes

cautje

Hi,
Is it possible to automachical let kaku switches go off afher say 10 minutes?
THX!!!

caseda

You can add another card in the "then" column where you put the "on" command, but with the "off" command and at a delay (right-top side of the card, the little clock)

cautje

THX!!!

aloft

@cautje ;
Depending on  the use case, you might consider using the CountDown app ( available if you're running firmware 0.8.30 or higher).  If you're trigger to turn on/off the Kaku switches is based on a trigger that can happen again in those 10 minutes (e.g. motion), just using the off command with a delay, will not work. E.g.  

Motion is detected and you turn on the kaku and set to turn off after 10 minutes
After 5 minutes motion is detected, again the Kaku is turned on ( but is already on, so no change).
After again 5 minutes, the kaku will switch off (based on the first trigger)

If you want this not to happen, you could use the countDown app. 

Then you have two flows:

Flow 1: Motion detected (or whatever trigger ou use)  -> Turn on Kaku and Start countdown timer for 600 seconds
Flow 2: When countdown timer is 0 -> Turn of Kaku.

In this case, when after 5 minutes there is again motion, the countdown timer is set again to 600 seconds. 

Let me know if this helps. 

(disclaimer: I wrote the CountDown app, so my preference might be biased. On the other hand: I wrote it to solve the problem I state : the 'turn off at 10 minutes' in an action-card is very static; it cannot be cancelled.)

cautje

Great, that is indeed what i was looking for! I will try this. The only is that i cant add the klikaanklik uit Pir, it does not show up in homey. Thx! ( IT is the one with the code Weel switch)

MartijnDeRhoter

Deja vu: https://forum.athom.com/discussion/comment/17908/