Hi Folks,
It’s my first post here however I’ve been following the forum for some time, so I guess it’s the best opportunity to say “Hello” and “Thank You All for the help!”
I have a question about suggested approach building a Coffee counter sensor.
I’d love to see some stats:
- number of coffees per day
- total number of coffees weekly/montly
With a power socket metering and Node-red rules I’m able to detect moment where coffee is brewing.
I see two approaches:
1. incrementing coffee counter every time fresh coffee is done + reset counter on 00:00 every day (current approach I’ve made)
sample:
Pros:
- can use just badge to receive today status
- can use e.g custom:mini-graph-card to create daily graphs
Cons: - cannot get the “weekly stats”
- limitations of custom:mini-graph-card does not allow aggregate by week interval
2. Simulate a binary_sensor logic, create a state “high” when coffee is done and immediately after send low state
Pros:
- might be easy to just count per day/week/months? (I don’t know which module? history_stats?)
- not necessary to be reset every day
Cons: - cannot create continous graphs?
- basic entity/badge usage require having a sum/count per day prior
So far I’ve implemented #1 but I have some doubts which one is better?
Thanks