Using Motion Sensor to turn on a light, and contact sensor to turn off a light after door is opened

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@EijiS

You could use a private boolean

If you're going to do this in RM I don't see a need for a private boolean. You would use 'cancel delayed actions' on the light going off.

If you want some rule machine examples here is a thread that discusses this. There are a whole bunch of other discussions regarding this as well.

Using Rule Machine for Motion Lighting

So, you might be asking: "Why not just use motion lighting?" Well, I'm using a very similar rule for my kitchen to set color based on time. So my question is: How do I get a rule to wait until the motion sensor is inactive before it starts the timer to turn off the light, or dim, or do whatever else the rule does? I threw this together by reading a few other posts, and it still doesn't do what I expect, which is keep the lights on until no motion is detected, and then start the timer, cancellin…