Binary sensor with delay_on

[bazcurtis (Michael Curtis)]

Hi,

I have had these binary sensors for quite some time and they worked fine. I was collecting the data for these entities every 5 minutes. I am now able to collect it every 45 seconds. This has led to these sensors triggering a lot more often when we export or import from the grid for a short period of time. I added the delay_on.

Am I using this right? The sensor will not trigger an on state unless we export or import for 2 minutes, but it will trigger an off state straight away?

template:
  - binary_sensor:
      - name: Binary On Grid
        state: "{{ states('sensor.lux_power_from_grid_live') | int(-1) > 0 }}"
        delay_on:
            minutes: 2
      - name: Binary Exporting To Grid
        state: "{{ states('sensor.lux_power_to_grid_live') | int(-1) > 0 }}"
        delay_on:
            minutes: 2

[tom_l]

Yes you understand it correctly.

[bazcurtis (Michael Curtis)]

Is there a way to see it trigger and see the two minute wait? I want to confirm it is triggering, but waiting. Hope that makes sense.

[tom_l]

Sure. On the history panel observe the binary sensors and their source sensors.

[bazcurtis (Michael Curtis)]

Thank you very much

[bazcurtis (Michael Curtis)]

Just in case it helps others. Mine looks like this. If the sun comes out later and I start to export, I will show what it looks like when one triggers.

[bazcurtis (Michael Curtis)]

Tracking the sensor history has been helpful. My automation to notify me I was exported triggered, but they notification to say I am no long exporting did not.

I can it did wait 2 minutes to trigger the status is off, but off never triggered the notification

[tom_l]

@bazcurtis

it did wait 2 minutes to trigger the status is off, but off never triggered the notification

Show your automation config.

[bazcurtis (Michael Curtis)]

I think it is working. It looks like it is working. I think the example above was just bad luck. It seemed to trigger after 2 minutes and it then immediately went off.

alias: Grid - Exporting To The Grid Status
description: Grid - Exporting To The Grid Status
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.binary_exporting_to_grid
condition:
  - condition: time
    after: "07:00:00"
    before: "21:00:00"
action:
  - service: notify.notify
    data:
      message: |
        {% if trigger.to_state.state == 'off' %}
          No longer exporting
        at {{ now().strftime('%H:%M') }}
        {% else %}
          Exporting {{ states("sensor.lux_power_to_grid_live") }} watts to the grid
        at {{ now().strftime('%H:%M') }}
        {% endif %}
      title: Exporting Status
mode: single

[bazcurtis (Michael Curtis)]

Looks like it is all working. Thanks for the help. The monitoring was a big help. I thunk I was just unlucky with the previous notification.