topic Re: turn on light for a set time in Home Automation

turn on light for a set time

iPinque — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:18:26 GMT

Currently I can tell Google to turn on a light for a set time: "Hey Google turn on the bedroom light for ten minutes" and it works fine.

Is it possible to set an automation to do the same? For example so I can say "Bed 10" and the bedroom light goes on, and ten minutes later goes off, or "Bed 30" and it's on for 30 minutes.

Re: turn on light for a set time

SmartHomeH-TAGS — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:17:26 GMT

What would be even better if the custom phrase was "turn on light for 10 minutes" and you could say for example "Hey Google, Light Ten" to any speaker in a Room and only that light/s would turn on for 10 minutes.

But from another Room's speaker you would have to state the light's unique name or the "Light in [Room name]"

Re: turn on light for a set time

MarciaMellow — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:31:39 GMT

Use something like this in the Google Script Editor (you need to join the public preview if you haven't already).

metadata: name: Bed 10 description: Turn on bedroom light for 10 minutes automations: - starters: - type: assistant.event.OkGoogle eventData: query is: Bed 10 actions: - type: device.command.OnOff devices: - Ceiling light - Bedroom on: true - type: time.delay for: 10min - type: device.command.OnOff devices: - Ceiling light - Bedroom on: false

Re: turn on light for a set time

iPinque — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 08:35:33 GMT

Thanks! That worked perfectly.