I've written an automation in Home to turn on a switch at 08:00 and off again at 09:00.
Is there a way to write a Shortcut that will turn the Home switch on for a duration of one hour whenever the shortcut button is pressed?
thanks,
You can create a shortcut that includes the Wait action. It accepts any time unit, so you can have it wait for 1 hour. The disadvantage with this option is that if you run the shortcut on your iPhone, you might keep seeing it being in progress for the whole hour.
There are some third-party options out there, including Pushcart Server Automations, but many require subscriptions.
You can create a shortcut that includes the Wait action. It accepts any time unit, so you can have it wait for 1 hour. The disadvantage with this option is that if you run the shortcut on your iPhone, you might keep seeing it being in progress for the whole hour.
There are some third-party options out there, including Pushcart Server Automations, but many require subscriptions.
Thanks ekassos,
I appreciate your time and your help.
As apple don’t monitor these discussions, I could submit ‘feedback.’ Or I could put a message in a bottle and lob it in the Pacific to similar effect. But the latter would be littering and add to pollution.
I suppose the best I can do is hope that enough others consider HomeKit and Shortcuts to be lacking and that the Infinite Loopers are soon to be rudely awoken from their complacency. 🙂
create Shortcut to turn on Home switch for one hour
