Flash Light

[PilotHobs]

Hey Everyone.

I need some help getting a light to flash. I searched the forum and didn't find what I am trying to do. I also installed a light flasher (third-party app) and it isn't what I'm trying to do.
I want a motion sensor to set a light to flash and then turn the flashing off when I hit switch 2 (off).
The first part is easy with RM. I also can set the light to stop flashing for X mins after the motion stops, but that doesn't help. I need the light to stop until I command it off.
I'm trying to set the motion at the front door for when a package is delivered. Then I will know and turn off the alert.

TIA

Hobs

[Sebastien]

I would do this in the following way as a Basic Rule or Rule Machine:

Trigger: Motion

Action: Flash light
Wait for event: Button 2 pressed
Action: Turn off light

[PilotHobs]

Hi Sebastien. Thanks for the suggestion. But there is no Action to flash light. I did do what you suggested and got the light to turn on until the off(button 2) is pressed. No joy on flashing though.

Thanks

Happy 4th of July

Hobs

[scunny]

Try control switches, push buttons > flash switches.

[JohnRob]

What light switch/dimmer are you using?
What driver are you using?

[PilotHobs]

Ge endbright

[rlithgow1]

@PilotHobs

Hi Sebastien. Thanks for the suggestion. But there is no Action to flash light.

[PilotHobs]

[rlithgow1]

Use RM

[PilotHobs]

I tried that. I can turn on the light but there is no way to turn it off. Or am I missing something?

Thanks

Hobs

[rlithgow1]

Use a conditional within the rule. If switch 2 pressed off then light switch 1 off end if

[rlithgow1]

@PilotHobs Replace with whatever (probably button controller or multi push switch detection would be better but you get the idea)

[PilotHobs]

I don't see where to select the switch 2. It only says if the switch is on or off.

[rlithgow1]

Select trigger (motion sensor)
Select Action (select switch and then flash)
Add Condition if/then
Select switch/button/etc to turn off.

[PilotHobs]

Here is a couple of rules I have tried and they both do the same thing. Start the light flashing and then turn it off.

this is the log of what it does....

I'm at a loss. Any Ideas?

[neonturbo]

You probably are going to end up doing this in Rule Machine, and turn the light on for 1 second, off for 1 second, and repeat that until the button is pressed.

Not all devices support the flash (I would rather call it blink) command. In fact, only a couple of my devices do. I don't believe any of the GE/Jasco support that. If there isn't a flash "button" in the top section of the device's settings page, then this command isn't available. I think flash is mostly a Zigbee thing?

Here are a couple screenshots. The first is very typical of all my GE/Jasco devices. Notice no flash command. The second is a Zigbee bulb which does have flash.

[rlithgow1]

I think it's flashing for him but he's having problems controlling it. (turning off the flash with a button) Btw @PilotHobs does your switch you are using support multi tap? (The physical switch must support it to pass that onto hubitat)

[PilotHobs]

The switch is UltraPro. When I connected it Hubitat assigned a generic switch. I changed it to GE Endbrighten and have all the commands (flash/multi-tap).
Before anyone goes crazy and says you can't do that. I have had success with doing it before. I programmed one switch to control another with a double-tap.
I like the idea of setting it to go on/off at one second until the switch is pressed off(button2)
I'm going to try that next.

[rlithgow1]

As long as the double taps are showing in the logs correctly that's fine