Automation or Skript?

Configuration
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Hello,

I have a question regarding a problem and I don’t now whats better to use a Automation or a Skript.

I have a garage door and this door hat an photoelectric barrier so it could be that the garage door will not close when maybe a cat goes through the photoelectric barrier.
Now I want to add a “function” to send a message to my phone when 1 press the close button but 1 minute later the garage door is not closed.

What is better to use a Automation or a Skript.
I think maybe there could be a problem with the 1 minute delay and an automation.
Thanks for your suggestions.

2

It has triggers (close, and check if closed 1 minute later) so it has to be an automation.

3

That sounds logikal to me and was also my first thinking. But how to implement the delay of 1 minute?

description: "Send notification wenn Garage door is not closed correctly"
mode: single
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.garagentor_fahrt_zu
    from: null
    to: "on"
condition:
  - condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: not
        conditions:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.garagentor_geschlossen
            state: "on"
      - condition: time
        after: "00:01:00"
action:
  - service: notify.notify
    metadata: {}
    data:
      title: Warnung!!!
      message: Garage door not closed
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description: "Send notification wenn Garage door is not closed correctly"
mode: single
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.garagentor_fahrt_zu
    from: null
    to: "on"
condition:
  - condition: and
    conditions:
      - condition: not
        conditions:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.garagentor_geschlossen
            state: "on"
      - condition: time
        after: "00:01:00"
action:
  - service: button.press # or however you close your garage here
    target:
      entity_id: button.garage_door
  - delay: 60
  - condition: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.garage_door
    state: 'on' # only do the next action if the door isnot closed
  - service: notify.notify
    metadata: {}
    data:
      title: Warnung!!!
      message: Garage door not closed
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looks realy complicated for such a small automation but im absolute beginner maybe thats the reason orit is because of my complicated first start code.

Is this an easy way?

description: Send notification wenn Garage door is not closed correctly
mode: single
trigger: # start Automation wenn Garage door is moving from open to close
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.garagentor_fahrt_zu
    from: null
    to: "on"
condition: []
action:
  - delay: 60 # wait 60 seconds until door is closed
  - condition: state # prove position of garage door and exit if it is status is on
    entity_id: binary_sensor.garagentor_geschlossen
    state: "on" 
  - service: notify.notify # only send notification if status of position of garage doo is "off"
    metadata: {}
    data:
      title: Warnung!!!
      message: Garage door not closed
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Hello after some hours of trying now I have a solution that works for me.
For me it is necessary to prove if the garage door is closed or if it is not closed.

description: Send notification wenn Garage door is not closed correctly
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.garagentor_fahrt_zu # Wenn garage door moves to close position this is the trigger
    from: "off"
    to: "on"
condition: []
action:
  - delay: 60 # time delay to give the garage door the time to close
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.garagentor_geschlossen # prove if door is closed then stop sending a message / do nothing
            state: "on"
        sequence []
      - conditions:
          - condition: not
            conditions:
              - condition: state
                entity_id: binary_sensor.garagentor_geschlossen # prove if door is not closed then send a message.
                state: "on"
        sequence:
          - service: notify.telegram_gruppe
            data:
              message: garage door is not  closed
mode: single

Thank’s for the input

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Here’s a more efficient way to achieve the same result. It uses wait_for_trigger and timeout.

alias: example
description: Send notification wenn Garage door is not closed correctly
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - binary_sensor.garagentor_fahrt_zu
    from: "off"
    to: "on"
condition: []
action:
  - wait_for_trigger:
      - platform: state
        entity_id: binary_sensor.garagentor_fahrt_zu
        to: 'off'
    timeout:
      minutes: 1
  - if: "{{ wait.trigger == none }}"
    then:
      - service: notify.telegram_gruppe
        data:
          message: garage door is not  closed
mode: single

The wait_for_trigger waits up to 1 minute for the garage door to close.

  • If it takes more than 1 minute to close, the value of the variable wait.trigger is none and so the notification is sent.

  • If it takes less than 1 minute to close, the value of the variable wait.trigger is not none and no notification is sent.

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