@Luke_Jarrald wrote:
Hi Everyone, I’m new here so i’ll start by introducing myself.
I’m an alarm and security engineer by trade. I install high end alarm and CCTV systems amongst other things, but that’s my main thing.I’m relatively new to Home automation, I’ve played around with arduinos and PIs before, but nothing too serious.
I’ve liked the idea of automating my home for a while, and it seems like home assistant will be perfect for my needs! if i can work it out on my own place, it’s something i could offer to my domestic customers in the future. as well.
but for now, i’d like to automate my own home…
I have alarm detectors in every room, and light switches as well. I’d like to replace my switches for momentary ones so that when pressed, the light turns on and stays on until either the switch is pressed again, or the motion sensor hasn’t triggered for an hour.
I’ve had a look at the rules and automations, but i can’t work out how to make a delay timer which is restarted on every trigger. i’m sure it’s super simple, but i just can’t see it!
another option I’d have is to just use an arduino for all the I/O programming in which I could write programs to do the above task, and communicate to Hassio via MQTT but i’d prefer to keep everything on the pi if it’s possible.
I’ve got many other things i’d like to do as well, but this seems like a good simple one to start with!
Thanks in advance everyone! i’m so excited to see what HAssio can do!
Luke
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