FP300 Lights Automation

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How to make an automation where FP300 would turn on my kitchen lights when Presence is detected and turn them off after 10 seconds if Absence is detected

BUT

Ignore turning them off, if they were manually turned on (no automation).

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What system are you using?
If you are using Home Assistant, a helper button could do the trick.
When the switch triggers the light, it should also set the helper to true.
Your automation using the (FP300) should then check the status of this helper to decide whether it should turn off the lights after 10 seconds.

I’m not sure if this works with your current setup, but maybe you can implement something similar.

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How about……

When
Presence is detected
IF
Kitchen light is turned off
Then
Turn on kitchen light
Delay 10 mins
Turn off kitchen light

???

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Hello, I have it as you described. F300 is in its control zone where the physical button is located. If I pressed the button (turned on the light), then I am in the zone where F300 controls. And therefore F300 will not turn off the light as long as there is presence (I am in the kitchen).
Did I understand you correctly?

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I’m mainly using Home app on my iPhone. I used to use the basic Motion sensor T1 and it actually worked a bit better as every 10 seconds it triggered the lights on, and when there were no motion triggers anymore, the lights turned off after a minute.

If I manually turned on the lights through the app’s button, they stayed on even if motion was detected, probably because they weren’t turned on by the automation.

I want the same behaviour with the presence sensor.

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Don’t want any delays on anything. If lights are turned on manually in my Home app, I don’t want the presence sensor or any other sensor to turn them off.

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I’m also using Home Assistant yeah. Can this automation check it continuously until the conditions are met?

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I would suggest you’ll use something like below:
If light switch turns the light on, set helper to true.
If light switch turns the light off, set helper to false.
Your FP300 automation should only trigger if the helper is false.
This way the lights would keep on until you manually turn them off again.
Hope this helps

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Thanks! I’ve set it up like that and it works flawlessly.

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Awesome, happy I could help :}

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