Automation condition if binary_sensor.washing_machine_door is still closed

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Hi,

I’m running the ‘Home Connect’ integration from Bosch/Siemens and my Washing Machine has the entity
binary_sensor.washing_machine_door enabled.

As I often oversee the native push notifications I’d like to setup a Home Assistant automation with a condition that checks what the last state was of the door (open or closed). If closed, it should send a push notification.

As I’m not a savvy programmer I’m using ChatGPT to create some automations. It suggested the following automation as a test:

trigger:
  - platform: event
    event_type: test_door_notification
condition:
  - condition: template
    value_template: >-
      {% set two_minutes_ago = now() - timedelta(minutes=2) %}

      {% set history = states.history('binary_sensor.washing_machine_door',
      start=two_minutes_ago, end=now()) %}

      {{ history | selectattr('state', 'eq', 'off') | list | length > 0 }}
action:
  - service: notify.mobile_app
    data:
      message: TEST
      title: Test

When I run the automation it always sends the notification, which should not be the case. I already changed the state to ‘Closed’, ‘closed’, ‘Open’ and ‘open’ but this does not change anything.

Can someone help supply a test automation where the condition checks if the door was closed the last 15 minutes?

Thanks in advance!

2

Please don’t. It was trained on old and now out of date information.

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3

I know :sweat_smile:. But in some cases it did help me well :-).

4

Try


  - condition: template
    value_template: >-
      {% set door = 'binary_sensor.washing_machine_door' %}
      {% set history = states[door].last_changed %}
      {{ states(door) == 'off' and now() - history > timedelta(minutes=15) }}
5

Sorry for my stubbornness, but after the latest chatGPT update (it can browse for update content) it came up with the following automation (which works!):

automation:
  - alias: "Washing Machine Door Notification"
    trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.washing_machine_door
        to: 'off'  # Assuming 'off' represents closed and 'on' represents open
    condition:
      - condition: template
        value_template: >
          {% set last_changed = as_timestamp(states.binary_sensor.washing_machine_door.last_changed) %}
          {% set now = as_timestamp(now()) %}
          {{ (now - last_changed) <= 900 }}  # 900 seconds equals 15 minutes
    action:
      - service: notify.mobile_app_your_device
        data:
          message: "Washing machine door was opened in the last 15 minutes."