[Tutorial] Defining actions based on button press duration

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Just for information, maybe somebody could use it.
This is my solution for defining different actions based on the press duration off my aqara buttons.
All you need is the pimatic-datetime plugin and a DatetimeDevice that refreshes every 500ms.

Define neccessary variables:

$press-start
$press-duration

Rules for calculation:

when state of aqara-switch is "1001" then $press-start = $datetime.unixTimestamp
when state of aqara-switch is "1003" then $press-duration = $datetime.unixTimestamp - $press-start

Rules for actions:

when $press-duration changes and $press-duration > 1000 and $press-duration <= 2000 then start dancing
when $press-duration changes and $press-duration > 2000 and $press-duration <= 3000 then open secret door and set $playerLevel = $playerLevel + 1
when $press-duration changes and $press-duration > 9000 then do really dirty stuff
... to be continued ...

@SaxnPaule I’m wondering if the plugin pimatic-datetime is really necessary for this application? Isn’t it possible to use a rule like this:

when state of aqara-switch is "1003" for 3 seconds then
'Do Something'

Sorry, I got it! It took me a while. 😂 Your right, it is not possible to differentiate in between 1 or 2 seconds holding time with my proposed rule.

It’s necessary, because the 1001 event is fired for just a short moment. It’s not kept as long as you hold the button.

@saxnpaule said in [Tutorial] Defining actions based on button press duration:

Great stuff. Thank you very much for taking the time and effort in writing this tutorial!