Illuminate Door

IlluminateDoor app for AppDaemon.

Illuminate a door for a specified duration when the door is opened.

Installation

Download the illuminate_door directory from inside the apps directory here to your local apps directory, then add the configuration to enable the hacs module.

Use Case Examples

Holiday lights

It's the holiday season. Your front door lights are set to holiday colors. The front door opens and the front door lights change to bright white to illuminate the steps for guests. After the door is closed, 2 minutes later the lights return to holiday colors.

Example App configuration

Basic

front_door_illumination:
  module: illuminate_door
  class: IlluminateDoor
  sensor: sensor.front_door
  turn_on:
  - switch.foyer

Advanced

front_door_illumination:
  module: illuminate_door
  class: IlluminateDoor
  sensor: sensor.front_door
  turn_on:
  - switch.foyer
  - entity: light.foyer
    data:
      brightness: 255
      rgb_color: [ 255, 255, 255 ]
  duration: 300
  sundown: false
  log_level: INFO

App Configuration

key	optional	type	default	description
module	False	string	illuminate_door	The module name of the app.
class	False	string	IlluminateDoor	The name of the Class.
sensor	False	string		The entity_id of the door sensor.
turn_on	False	list		A list of entity_id's or entity objects.
duration	True	int	120	Turn on light/switch duration in seconds.
sundown	True	bool	true	Uses sundown check. If true, lights will only turn on after sundown.
log_level	True	'INFO' | 'DEBUG'	'DEBUG'	Switches log level. This for lazy debuggers. If you don't want to restart appdaemon to view debug logs, change this to 'INFO' and all debug logs for this app will show up in 'INFO'.

Entity Object Configuration

key	optional	type	default	description
entity	False	string		The entity_id of the switch or light.
data	True	map		Turn on service data. Whenever the door turns on a light or switch, this data will be passed to the service data. Warning: Use only valid combinations. Light combinations are not validated and can cause errors in Home Assistant.

Notes

• The lights/switches will turn on when the door is opened.
• The door illumination duration starts after the door is closed.
• Subsequent open and closes will reset the duration.
• You can cancel any turn_on duration by turning_off the light/switch.
• Each light has a separate duration.
• If a light is already on and service data was provided, the app will store the state prior to the door opening and return to it after the duration.