Alex_MR wrote

Hello,

I own a number of Tapo sensors, cameras and plugs. 
I have created the following automation:

(#1) if door or motion sensor triggered —> switch on smart plugs. It works well. 

I also created automation that should limit the smart plug ON time to 5 minutes only. 
(#2) If smart plug is on, delay 5 minutes, then switch the plug off.

The idea is to have smart plug to be turned on by automation #1 and then have smart plugs to be switched OFF in five minutes to limit their run time down to 5 minutes only. 

I found that automation (#2) does work ONLY when plugs were turned on manually. (Button push)
But does not work if plugs were turned on by automation #1.
It seems that automation(#2) ignores plug status being  activated (turn on) as a result of another automation. 

This is inconsistent. What am I doing wrong? Thank you.

Alex_MR wrote

Hello,

I own a number of Tapo sensors, cameras and plugs. 
I have created the following automation:

(#1) if door or motion sensor triggered —> switch on smart plugs. It works well. 

I also created automation that should limit the smart plug ON time to 5 minutes only. 
(#2) If smart plug is on, delay 5 minutes, then switch the plug off.

The idea is to have smart plug to be turned on by automation #1 and then have smart plugs to be switched OFF in five minutes to limit their run time down to 5 minutes only. 

I found that automation (#2) does work ONLY when plugs were turned on manually. (Button push)
But does not work if plugs were turned on by automation #1.
It seems that automation(#2) ignores plug status being  activated (turn on) as a result of another automation. 

This is inconsistent. What am I doing wrong? Thank you.

Help  please the notfication noise is doing my head in why is there not a way of turning it off, as and when! @Alex_MR 

  @Wayne-TP 

Thanks. What you suggest is exactly the workaround I use for the last several days. Please see my previous post.