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SmartApps & Automations Automation Ideas
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Back before the demise of Groovy, I had a Smart Home lighting automation or something that would let me make multiple lights turn off if left on more than say 20m. What I’m looking for is the power-reminder kind of experience and control to deal with folks leaving closet, lights, bathroom, lights and the like without having to do a power-off-after automation for each light.

Previously I could set a time (say 10 or 15m), and then just add lights/switches to that rule… a virtual switch doesn’t do it. I want the lights to share timing but not control. For example, if the pantry light is left on more than 10m and then a bathroom light is left on more than 10m - each one times out independently. Can’t figure a good way in ST now to do this…

Yes, I could do motion sensors and such, but IMO, should be able to do this again.

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You can create individual routines like “if bathroom light is on for 10 minutes turn it off”, but you’ll indeed need one per room.

I don’t think there’s a way, at least locally executed, to apply “a template” so to speak to multiple devices at once.

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You can probably do it using SharpTools but I imagine it would require the premium version.

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agreed, but … yuk

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Me neither, only variations on the sledgehammer approach. I didn’t realise it could ever be done with stock automations, unless Smart Lighting did it with the Power Allowance (or something like that) and I didn’t notice. The Auto Turn-Off in the current Smart Lighting turns all the devices off at the same time relative to the last one switched on.

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one per switch…