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automatic off afther 10 minutes
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Is it possible to automachical let kaku switches go off afher say 10 minutes?
THX!!!
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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.)