Good night if no motion

#1

1) Give a description of the problem
Hi, i know i’m over complicating this but i’ve hit the wall through lack of experience. I want my goodnight switch to operate if there has been no motion for the last 30 minutes @ 10:45PM, or later if we’re still awake. However if there has been motion in the last 30 mins, then i want the timeline to keep rolling after 22:45 until there is a point of no motion for 30 minutes. eg, no motion for 30 min @ 23:57.

I don’t want to use a repeat timer because the piston will keep operating after the condition is met.
i’ve tried repeat loops but i think i’ve set it up wrong. Any help would be great. if you can doctor my piston and supply a code, that would be fabulous thanks

2) What is the expected behaviour?
A repeat loop keeps running until the last inactive motion was 30 minutes ago. Any time after 10:45 PM and beyond

3) What is happening/not happening?
i cant get my repeat loop to keep running until the Condition is met. i think i’m quite a way off the mark. Please can you assist in adding to my piston and retuning a new import code. Many thanks :slight_smile:

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#2

I think you have to attack this from both angles…
(two triggers, one time based, and one motion based)

IF Sensor's motion stays inactive for 30 min  <-- Trigger
   and
   Time is not between 6AM and 10:44PM        <-- Condition
      Then run Good Night
END IF

Every day at 10:45PM                          <-- Trigger
do
   IF Sensor's motion is inactive             <-- Condition
      and
      Time is after last event +30min         <-- Condition
         Then run Good Night
   END IF
END EVERY

Note: The 1 min difference between blocks is intentional

#3

Thanks @wcmore. Yes, I did overcomplicate it! For some reason I thought that an inactive motion sensor after x time wouldn’t work as a trigger, silly me! :slightly_smiling_face: