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Bedroom blinds

This simple recipe controls the blinds in the bedroom. They should close at dusk and remain closed until no earlier than 8:30 am, but they should only open when the bedroom (and bathroom) are vacant. Given that presence sensors can lose people asleep in bed for extended periods, we will add a required delay to the vacancy condition of 20 minutes.

Requirements

  • Main Bedroom Blind - a cover entity that responds to cover.open|close actions.
  • Main Bedroom Suite Presence - an occupancy sensor that tells us whether the main bedroom and bathroom are occupied or vacant.

Scene: Nighttime

The blind should be closed between dusk and 8:30 am:

Nighttime.

Scene: Daytime

The blind should open at earliest at 8:30 am if the bedroom/bathroom are unoccupied, or 20 minutes after the bedroom/bathroom become unoccupied:

Daytime.

Lifecycle

Trigger Matched Scene Action
At dusk Nighttime Blind closes
At 8:30, room unoccupied Daytime Blind opens
At 8:30, room occupied No match None
20 minutes after room becomes unoccupied, before dusk Daytime Blind opens