Do not activate scene if button has been pressed in the last 60 minutes

[Synesthesia 0]

Hello,

 

In my garage I have some lights, a switch and a motion sensor. I have a scene which gets activated by the motion sensor and switches on the lights, after 30 seconds the lights switch off. This is for getting a cold beer, or something. But if I'm in the garage for a longer time I would like to disable this scene by pressing a button (scene id), I have noticed that sometimes motion is not sensed correctly when I'm doing something and the lights get turned off.

 

I was thinking maybe disabling the scene for a time (30 minutes) after button 1 (scene id) has been pressed. But I cannot figure out how to set it up.

 

Thank you,

[akatar 208]

afaik. you can choose something as:"can not retrigger in xx minutes

[Tim__ 126]

You can do this fairly easily, even in block scenes. The trick is to use a global variable. Here's something to get you started:

 

1. Set up a global variable called DisableScene.

2. Write a scene that sets the DisableScene variable to 1.

3. Set the scene to run when you press Button 1.

4. Edit your existing scene, to add a condition that only allows the scene to execute if DisableScene is 0.

 

Then you need to be able to reset the global variable back to 0. You could trigger a similar scene on double press that achieves this.  Or use a 30min delay in the first scene you created to put the variable back to 0. In this case, you need to consider what would happen if you pressed the button again before the 30 mins was up...

[Synesthesia 0]

Thank you very much Tim. It works perfectly,

 

I added two scenes to change the variable when I press the button from 0 to 1 and back from 1 to 0. This way the scene is disabled when I press the button and I don't have to worry about the light switching off. After I'm done I switch off the lights with the same button and the scene gets enabled again.

[Tim__ 126]

Great! Glad you got it working and thanks for posting back the outcome.