Ring and light problem

[Tsawrie]

1) Give a description of the problem
Ring doorbell sees motion and light turns on but then won’t turn off after wait of 3 mins

2) What is the expected behavior?
Turn light off after 3 mins

3) What is happening/not happening?
Light never turns off

4) Post a Green Snapshot of the piston

5) Attach any logs (From ST IDE and by turning logging level to Full)
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Can someone help me with this? I can get the light to turn on but it won’t turn off

[jkp]

Click on With, then click on the cog at the bottom, change Task Cancellation Policy to Never.

[cdallum]

I had the same issue. @jkp is right. Worked like a charm!

Front Entry Light Piston Help

1) Give a description of the problem I have a piston that turns on my front entry light when the Ring doorbell gets pushed. After 10 minutes the front entry light should turn off. It turns on correctly but doesn’t turn off after 10 minutes as expected. 2) What is the expected behavior? The front entry light should turn off after 10 minutes when it gets turned on via this piston. 3) What is happening/not happening? The light turns on successfully when the Ring doorbell button is pushed, bu…

[Tsawrie]

Awesome! I’ll test it tonight

[michicago]

Here’s a link explaining why that works, since it’s easy to work with once you know the mechanics behind it:

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