Loop function to turn plug on/off
Hi all,
I'm trying to find a way to create a loop for a smart plug via automations. I want the plug to
Repeat the following ideally indefinitely but a user definable number of repeats would also work:
{
turn plug on for x mins then turn off
plug off for y mins
}
There must be an easy way to do this?
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Tapo plug does not support infinite loop switching, whether through smart plug's own function or automation.
If the time interval for each loop operation is long, you might consider using multiple on&off actions combined with the delay action in one automation to achieve such scenes. Up to 64 actions can be added in one automation.
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@Wayne-TP thanks for that. Yes a shame that.
I'm kind of achieving it like this in case it's useful for anyone. The use case is to turn on a heater for a certain time, turn off for art time then turn back on.
When "Time of day" multiple time of day entries e.g. every hour
1pm, 2pm etc
{
Then turn plug on, remain on for set time
Delay X mins
}
//Repeat above functions as many times as required to cover one hour in my case.
When adding multiple copies of the same functions it would be useful if you could select and duplicate them rather than having to add many "turn plug on" then "delay" functions manually. A bit like you can duplicate and automation by long pressing.
Thanks
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