Setup of ventilator

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Hey, I have a ventilator in my bathroom that is controlled by a light switch. I would like to have this behavior:

  1. When I turn on the light (also controlled by the light switch) I want to wait 2 minutes and then if the light is still on, turn on the ventilator.
  2. If the light was on for less than 5 minutes, turn off the ventilator 5 minutes after the light was turned off.
  3. If the light was on for more than 5 minutes, turn off the ventilator 10 minutes after the light was turned off.

I managed to do differentiate between step 2 and 3 with use of another helper automation. The automation is disabled 5 minutes after the light is turned on and the automation that controls the step 2 is started only when the helper automation is enabled and the automation that controls the step 3 is started only when the helper automation is disabled…

Is there a better way to do that?

Also, now I noticed, that I have a bug in the step 1. Actually the ventilator starts even when the light is off 2 minutes after I originally turned the light on. Any ideas how to fix this? Thanks

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within the aqara ecosystem?

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Is there a particular Aqara device you’re using for this?

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I don’t know if you are with the Apple ecosystem, if so, you could try to do it through shortcuts.

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Yes, just in aqara ecosystem. In Aqara Home app using automations… The light switch is Aqara Light Switch H2 EU.

What are shortcuts pls?