Can someone help me wrap my mind around how to change this automation, that closes the garage gate, after conditions are met, to an automation that repetes itself until those conditions are met?
alias: Garage Auto Close
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- binary_sensor.car_status #Ultrasonic sensor that detects that car has arrived inside the garage
from: "off"
to: "on"
for:
hours: 0
minutes: 5
seconds: 0
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id: person.mar #ping the phone - at home
state: home
for:
hours: 0
minutes: 0
seconds: 0
- condition: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.openclose_14 #the garage is open - as a condition
state: "on"
- condition: state
entity_id: sensor.ble_phone_mar #ESPresence - the phone is inside the house
state: bedroom
action:
- service: switch.turn_on #switch that closes the garage
data: {}
target:
entity_id: switch.garage
- service: tts.google_translate_say
data:
entity_id: media_player.bedroom_speaker
message: The garage is closing.
mode: single
Would the change of the state, from the ultrasonic sensor, from off to on, make impossible to create the “repeat until conditions are met”?
I prefer to use timers instead of wait conditions.
For my front door lock, when the lock command is sent a timer starts for 15 seconds. Once that timer finishes, HA checks if the door is locked. If it is, the automation finishes. If it is not locked, as can happen when the door wasn’t closed all the way, it send a tts announcement over the home speakers. It also restarts that timer for 5 minutes. When the timer finishes, it starts that check process again restarting the timer again. It will run indefinitely untill the door is locked properly.
Mu autolock/check automation
alias: Autolock Front door
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: device
device_id: 20054c5b37ed57a11e56e06e901f802c
domain: lock
entity_id: lock.new_front_door_lock
type: unlocked
id: Start Main Timer
- platform: event
event_type: timer.finished
event_data:
entity_id: timer.front_door_lock_timer
id: Timer finished
- platform: event
event_type: timer.finished
event_data:
entity_id: timer.lock_test_timer
id: Test Timer finished
- platform: state
entity_id:
- binary_sensor.front_door_sensor
to: "off"
id: Start Main Timer
condition: []
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: Start Main Timer
sequence:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sun.sun
attribute: elevation
above: 0
sequence:
- service: timer.start
data:
duration: "900"
target:
entity_id: timer.front_door_lock_timer
- conditions:
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sun.sun
below: 0
attribute: elevation
sequence:
- service: timer.start
data:
duration: "300"
target:
entity_id: timer.front_door_lock_timer
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: Timer finished
- condition: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.front_door_sensor
state: "off"
sequence:
- service: lock.lock
data: {}
target:
entity_id: lock.new_front_door_lock
- service: timer.start
data:
duration: "15"
target:
entity_id: timer.lock_test_timer
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: Test Timer finished
- condition: state
entity_id: lock.new_front_door_lock
state: unlocked
sequence:
- service: script.Advanced_TTS_2
data:
who: media_player.tts_announcements
message: |
The front door lock has malfunctioned. Please make sure the door is closed all the way and relock the door.
- service: timer.start
data:
duration: "300"
target:
entity_id: timer.lock_test_timer
mode: single
In case it helps someone in the future, I ended up with an automation (thanks to the ideas of some people on HA’s Discord) that’s working perfectly:
alias: Garage Auto Closes
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- binary_sensor.car_status #ultrasonic sensor - car inside the garage
- binary_sensor.ble_phone_presence #Espresence - bedroom
to: "on" #A mixture of triggers, almost working as conditions
- platform: state
entity_id: device_tracker.mar_phone_ping #ping the phone - at home
to: home
condition:
- condition: state
entity_id:
- binary_sensor.openclose_14 #the garage gate is opened - sensor
- binary_sensor.ble_phone_presence ##The solution was combining the triggers and conditions - Espresence in bedroom
state: "on"
- condition: state
entity_id: device_tracker.mar_phone_ping #ping the phone - at home
state: home
action:
- service: switch.turn_on
data: {}
target:
entity_id: switch.garage #remote RF command that closes/opens garage
- service: tts.google_translate_say
data:
message: The Garage is closing.
entity_id: media_player.living_room_kitchen_bedroom #Final announcement - just to be sure
mode: single
For instance, yesterday, while I came into the house my kid was still in the garage. Only when he came inside the house I put the phone in the bedroom - where the Espresence (m5atom) is connected - and only then did the garage started closing. 
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