I’ve been diving into creating a smart lighting automation for my hallway, and I’d love to share my experiences and seek some advice. The goal is to have one of the IKEA Tradfri LED lights (806lm) turn on for 5 minutes at 20% brightness when the Sonoff motion sensor is triggered, but only during specific times on weekdays and weekends.
Here’s what I’ve tried so far: I set up the automation to activate between 1:26 AM and 6:49 AM on weekdays, and until 9:04 AM on weekends. It worked initially, but after manually dimming the lights a few times, the automation stopped functioning. I’m wondering if manual adjustments interfere with the automation settings or if there’s a way to make it more resilient to manual changes.
I’d also love to hear if others have similar setups and how they handle such scenarios. Any tips on troubleshooting or improving the reliability of the automation would be greatly appreciated! Here’s the YAML configuration I’m using:
yaml
triggers:
- type: occupied
device_id: xxxxa9
entity_id: xxxx8a
domain: binary_sensor
trigger: device
conditions: - condition: time
after: “01:26:00”
before: “06:49:00”
weekday:- mon
- tue
- wed
- thu
- fri
- condition: time
after: “01:26:00”
before: “09:04:00”
weekday:- sat
- sun
actions:
- type: turn_on
device_id: xxxx252
entity_id: xxxxc46
domain: light
brightness_pct: 20 - delay:
hours: 0
minutes: 5
seconds: 0
milliseconds: 0 - type: turn_off
device_id: xxxx252
entity_id: xxxxc46
domain: light
mode: single
Thanks in advance for any insights or suggestions!