Blinking LED on GPIO when Pimatic is running

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I am looking for a simple solution for indicating an up and running pimatic by flashing a LED which is connected to GPIO pin of the Raspberry Pi.

Blinking a led is not difficult. What would be your criteria/definition for ‘pimatic is up and running’?

If the criterium is ‘Pimatic is working and processing rules’, the following is a way to solve it

You need the pimatic-gpio plugin with a GpioSwitch called 'still-running-led’
Configure the GpioSwitch with the gpio pin the led is connected to.

Create the following rule:

when every 2 seconds then switch still-running-led on and after 1 second switch still-running-led off'

As soon as pimatic stops the led will stop blinking and stays on or off.

And this is just one way off creating a heartbeat led.

Thanks, I didn’t guess that such a plugin exists. I will try it.