Help with Aqara P1

[clever hazel]

Hello, can someone help me out? I'm new to HA. I tried setting up an automation for my Aqara P1. It should stay on as long as it's active and turn off 10–30 seconds after it becomes inactive. Additionally, it should only turn on when the sun isn't shining.

[brave surge]

Hello, could you post the yaml of the automation? In the editor, top right corner, 3 dots menu, edit in yaml mode, then paste it all here between two pairs of three backticks (`).

[clever hazel]

alias: New automation
description: ""
triggers:

• type: occupied
  device_id: 4b226a1a298654f3028b6d7fdb97b746
  entity_id: 7106db74c4018274e09094b69c6511e5
  domain: binary_sensor
  trigger: device
  conditions:
• type: is_illuminance
  condition: device
  device_id: 4b226a1a298654f3028b6d7fdb97b746
  entity_id: c2fb2c26878c62d3cc4bed99d46d4aae
  domain: sensor
  below: 50
  enabled: true
• condition: sun
  after: sunset
  enabled: true
  actions:
• action: switch.turn_on
  metadata: {}
  data: {}
  target:
  entity_id: switch.vorzimmer_spot_switch_1
• wait_for_trigger:
  • trigger: state
    entity_id:
    • binary_sensor.0x54ef441000daf068_occupancy
      to: "off"
      from: "on"
      for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 20
      timeout:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 30
      milliseconds: 0
• action: switch.turn_off
  metadata: {}
  data: {}
  target:
  entity_id: switch.vorzimmer_spot_switch_1
• if:
  • condition: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.0x54ef441000daf068_occupancy
    state: "off"
    for:
    hours: 0
    minutes: 0
    seconds: 20
    then:
  • action: switch.turn_off
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
    entity_id: switch.vorzimmer_spot_switch_1
    enabled: true
    mode: restart

[clever hazel]

thank you for the quick respons

[brave surge]

I see that you're combining the turning on and turning off in one automation. For starters, it will be easier to understand the logic if you set up one automation to turn on the light when presence is detected, and a second one to turn off the light when no presence is detected for 30s.

[clever hazel]

A friend of mine set up the automation for me. He is familiar with Home Assistant, but despite many attempts, he unfortunately couldn't get it to work.

[lime palm]

You can use a choose path and triggers, but for a beginner I really wouldn't recommend this. It makes things harder to read, the only real benefit is that it condenses the amount of automations you have, which really isn't much of an issue

[tribal jacinth]

I would use something like this:

alias: Motion light
description: ""
mode: restart
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.occupancy
    to: "on"
    id: turn_on
  - trigger: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.occupancy
    to: "off"
    for:
      seconds: 30
    id: turn_off
conditions: []
actions:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: sun
            before: sunrise
            after: sunset
          - condition: numeric_state
            entity_id: sensor.illuminance
            below: 50
          - condition: trigger
            id: turn_on
        sequence:
          - action: switch.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: switch.vorzimmer
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id: turn_off
        sequence:
          - action: switch.turn_off
            target:
              entity_id: switch.vorzimmer