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[jkb121zed]

I have a simple piston that works to turn lights off in a room after 10 minutes. I have a virtual switch that will prevent the lights being turned off if more than 10 minutes are needed. I’m wondering if there is a way to modify this piston to disable the 10 minute time if the physical switch is turned on.

I’ve tried a few different things but none worked to keep the lights on.

Something that could be affecting my piston is if the door opens a second time, will it restart the process thereby cancelling my physical pressing of the switch?

[Pantheon]

First, there are many ways to do this. I am not sure how your device is set up, but I sometimes use physically and/or programmatically as conditions to check when I turn devices on/off. But I will mention that some users have had inconsistent results with those commands.

[jkb121zed]

It seems as though using the physical switch does not trigger the piston. It simply turns on or off the light.

[Pantheon]

Are you on SmartThings or Hubitat? Logs with trace turned on?

[jkb121zed]

I’m on SmartThings. It appears that the “physical change” is not recognized.

[What I’ve Done To Test This]

I created a simple piston that watches for “Switch 1” to turn on. This will happen when either basement door opens. Followed by “Switch 1” physically being turned OFF, followed by “Switch 1” being turned ON.

It will then turn ON “Switch 1” AND “white bulb 3”.

“white bulb 3” is a different wall switch just so I can see if it will work.

[What I Tried]

I opened one of the doors which triggered “Switch 1” ("Switch 1 turned on)

I physically turned OFF “Switch 1” and then turned “Switch 1” back ON

“white bulb 3” did not turn on, which tells me that SmartThings did not detect the physical change in “Switch 1”

I am on SmartThings, not Hubitat.

1/22/2022, 1:32:22 PM +89ms
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1/22/2022, 1:31:23 PM +196ms
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1/22/2022, 1:31:21 PM +558ms
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1/22/2022, 1:31:23 PM +148ms
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1/22/2022, 1:31:21 PM +518ms
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1/22/2022, 1:31:12 PM +215ms
+1ms ╔Received event [Basement Lights].switch = on with a delay of 196ms
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1/22/2022, 1:31:12 PM +102ms
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This is the switch:

[BELOW WITH TRACE ON]

Logs

1/22/2022, 2:02:39 PM +477ms
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+52ms ║RunTime Analysis CS > 30ms > PS > 9ms > PE > 13ms > CE
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Not as many Log records with trace on…

???

Another try with Logs:

1/22/2022, 2:26:11 PM +153ms
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1/22/2022, 2:25:51 PM +792ms
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1/22/2022, 2:25:48 PM +246ms
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1/22/2022, 2:25:11 PM +916ms
+1ms ╔Received event [Basement Lights].switch = on with a delay of 154ms
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1/22/2022, 2:25:11 PM +844ms
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+54ms ║Setting up scheduled job for Sat, Jan 22 2022 @ 2:26:11 PM EST (in 59s)
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[E_Sch]

Whar do the device log/events show?