Timer on switch after Mode change?

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Hi,
I have a switch (controllin the espresso maker) that turns on when the “Good Morning” Routine is triggered, switch from “NIght” mode to “Home” Mode. Unfortunately I can’t find a way to automatically turn it off after x minutes.

I read on the forum about a “Power Allowance” Smart app that should have also the ON time parameter, but I can’t find it in the marketplace. Has it been removed?

Any help is much appreciated, thanks guys!

-UPDATE-
Currently testing Toggle-Me https://goo.gl/N1zTeq by ERIC

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Marketplace -> Lights &Switches -> Power Allowance

Set up a rule that turns your Espresso switch off X minutes after Espresso switch turns on.

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Ok, now I understand what you are doing…

  1. Install Trigger My Lights.

  2. Select your coffee makers switch in the switches field.

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  3. Enter the number of minutes you want it to turn off after, make sure “Turn Off After” is set to “On”.

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  4. Select “When Routine is Executed” and pick “Good Morning”.

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Thanks so much.
I did exactly like that, except that I had to wrote the routine instead of picking it.
I have also added the same switch under “switches” to set the timer for every time the switch is turned on.

I’ll let you know if it works soon.

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Thanks, I tried, but I don’t see it in the list. Weird…

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Doesn’t see what?

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I was replying to Destructure, I can’t see that smartapp.

I tried your SmartApp but I couln’t manage to make it work.
Am I missing something?
I selected the switch that I want to switch off after x minutes, and then the same switch (see image) as trigger for the samrt app.

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Are you on the correct tab of the marketplace? It’s an official smart app so it should be there. There’s a Things tab and a Smart Apps tab, they look nearly identical. Be sure you are on the Smart Apps tab before you go into the Lights & Switches section, then it’s the 4th one down in the list.

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When you tap Lights & Switches you should see this list. It’s the 4th one in the list.

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Let me make sure I understand.

You want to make sure that when that anytime that switch is turned on, it automatically turns off after X minutes? And you are turning the switch on with a routine?

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That’s my understanding. If he can find the Power Allowance smart app it’s really the simplest way. Only two fields to fill in, the switch name and how long to leave it on.

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Yes, but also manually to test it.

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Yes absolutely, and I notice that I don’t have the “Double Tap” smartapp as welll…
I have a UK ST hub, do you have the sames or the US one? I’m guessing it’s something related to the region.

Could I find somwhere the code of the Power Allowance smartapp to recreate it as a custom one?

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Try this app…

https://github.com/ericvitale/ST-Turn-Me-Off-After/blob/master/smartapps/ericvitale/turn-me-off-after.src/turn-me-off-after.groovy

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Interesting.

I just googled “power Allowance GitHub” and this came up, looks like it might be the code for Power Allowance from the ST GitHub account.

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Just Perfrct, it works!

Thanks so much!

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I tried it and it works as well, thank you!

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Of course the best solution for this request and any other amazing thing you are trying to do will be to use CoRE

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I think there was even a useless app around. Does the same thing… Turns the switch off when you turn it on, and I think it had a timer too. Hilarious app :wink:

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Careful you might be in trouble if somebody turns on a light in the middle of the night and the light turns off and the person steps on the cat!!!

:smile_cat::smile_cat::smile_cat:

:joy_cat::joy_cat::joy_cat:

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Forget about the cat, how about @bamarayne’s black hole?

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