Stop piston from completing if switch turned on

#1

Current piston is for when I let the dogs out at night, the light comes on automatically. When I let them back in a couple minutes later, the light automatically turns off when the door closes. This works great as designed.

What I need help with is adding a condition for when the grass is wet and I need to wipe the dog’s paws before they come back in.
Situation: I let dogs out to do their business. Couple minutes later, I open door and go outside to wipe off wet/muddy paws. When I step outside and close door, light turns off. Then I have to open door again to re-trigger piston.

Is there a way to toggle the smart switch (GE z-wave+) on while it’s already on, and have that action pause or cancel the piston? Current piston below (ignore switch 12).

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Thanks!

#2

You’re going to need some other device to help with that… alexa or google home to flip a virtual switch (if you have one of those). Not sure if your device supports double tap etc.

#3

Ah, yep, I’m dumb. I just realized the switch that controls the light is capable of double tap, so I can just use that function to turn on a virtual switch, which I can then use to stop the piston from turing the light off.

I’ll set that up and post the new piston here for a sanity check. Thanks.

#4

If it supports double tap, you can skip the virtual switch and try to use ‘Cancel all pending tasks’ instead.

#5

Oh, ok. Where/how do I do that?

#6

I don’t have a double tap-capable switch but you’d build it the same way as if you’re flipping a switch…

If trigger_for_double tap
   with switch
    Cancel all pending tasks
  end with
end if
#7

OK, I think I got it. Does this look right?
Contact Sensor 2 is the door itself.
Keypad 3 is the light switch (not sure why it says keypad)
Ignore switch 12.

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#8

I just rearranged it a little bit… might need testing

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#9

Awesome, I’ll give it a try this evening. Thanks!

#10

I added a motion sensor in the vicinity of each door controlled light.
Motion has to stop for a few mins to turn off the light.
As long as movement is active, the light stays on