sackboydad

> Here's how I implemented blinking buttons: > > 1. Set up a new custom variable, let's call it "Flash" for now. You should be able to use the same...

> @sackboydad You can change the Trigger to add a conditional. Your trigger would then no longer be universal for everything, but it works. > > I just created a...

> Sure, here's a screenshot of my Trigger: > > > I used a _Check boolean expression_ because I needed to cast a variable coming from my Home Assistant environment...

Thank you so much. Even if this doesn't work I have learned a whole lot! I will try it out. True to my word, I won't bug you any more...

Hi Jeff... I'm really only looking to have a variable tell me how much time is left on a trigger that's set for, say, Sunday at 10:56:44. But I have...

> What specific events are you wanting timers for? Simply saying you want a timer for when an event will fire isn't helpful when most events are not predictable. >...

> `$(internal:time_hms)` is the current time `12:34:56` is whatever time you want something to trigger `timestampToSeconds('12:34:56') - timestampToSeconds($(internal:time_hms)) )` is the difference in time between the two. `secondsToTimestamp(timestampToSeconds('12:34:56') - timestampToSeconds($(internal:time_hms))))`...

> `$(internal:time_hms)` is the current time `12:34:56` is whatever time you want something to trigger `timestampToSeconds('12:34:56') - timestampToSeconds($(internal:time_hms)) )` is the difference in time between the two. `secondsToTimestamp(timestampToSeconds('12:34:56') - timestampToSeconds($(internal:time_hms))))`...

> As I said, it's all just math. Calculate time difference between times of day, calculate difference in days between now and the target day and multiply by seconds in...

hi! Put this on the back burner until this morning. I have one thing I can't figure out despite an hour of trying. So (thanks again for your help), I...