Condition template every minute

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1

Hi,
I have an automation that is very noisy. Ie it is continually triggering since I am monitoring if the amount of watts my air condition is using is being updated.

I want to prevent it triggering so often to only once per minute. How do I write a condition that limits execution only at one minute.

Here is my ‘noisy’ automation which keeps an input_boolean on if the wifi is still connected to my current sensor.

- id: '1661032665990'
  alias: 'VALIDATE: Check if Air Conditioner is functioning properly'
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
    - sensor.mr_slim_watts
  condition:
  - condition: or
    conditions:
    - condition: template
      value_template: '{{ trigger.to_state.state|float > trigger.from_state.state|float
        }}

        '
    - condition: template
      value_template: '{{ trigger.to_state.state|float < trigger.from_state.state|float
        }}

        '
  - condition: state
    entity_id: sensor.airconditioner_operational
    state: 'True'
  action:
  - service: input_boolean.turn_on
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: input_boolean.mr_slim_current
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 5
      seconds: 0
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: input_boolean.turn_off
    data: {}
    target:
      entity_id: input_boolean.mr_slim_current
  mode: restart
2

How about every 5 minutes?

Just change this:

mode: restart

To this:

mode: single
max_exceeded: silent

Your delay:

  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 5
      seconds: 0
      milliseconds: 0

Will then prevent this triggering more than once per 5 minutes, as the automation will run for 5 minutes and only one instance will be allowed to run at a time. The max_exceeded: silent line prevents logging of attempts to run more than one instance filling up your log.

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3

Another thing that might help is adding to: null to your state trigger so it only triggers when the state changes, and not on e.g. attribute changes (which can be often)

4

Thanks, although the idea is for the delay only to time out if the sensor.mr_slim_watts isn’t contactable. So having it as a single rather than reset doesn’t achieve the outcome.

I can live with it but it is noisy in the logbook as it triggers multiple times a minute.

5

I believe that the “last_triggered” attribute of an automation only gets set when the actions actually run so you could condition your automation on that:

condition: "{{ as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(state_attr('automation.your_really_long_automation_name', 'last_triggered')) > 60}}"
6

Perfect, thank you!! Exactly what I was looking for, here it is.

condition: template
value_template: >
  {{ as_timestamp(now()) -
  as_timestamp(state_attr('automation.validate_check_if_air_conditioner_is_functioning_properly',
  'last_triggered')) > 240 }}
7

Here’s the same thing but shorter; Template Condition in shorthand notation and calculation is performed with datetime objects instead of timestamps.

- "{{ now() - state_attr('automation.validate_check_if_air_conditioner_is_functioning_properly', 'last_triggered') > timedelta(minutes=4) }}"

Even shorter:

- "{{ now() - state_attr(this.entity_id, 'last_triggered') > timedelta(minutes=4) }}"

Similar example with explanation.

NOTE

Neither this template or the original one will work correctly with a brand new automation. An automation that has never triggered will lack a last_triggered attribute and cause the subtraction to fail. Given that your automation has already triggered, you won’t encounter this problem (however there is a way to mitigate the issue using a default filter).

8

can you please show the example with the default filter?

9 
- "{{ now() - state_attr(this.entity_id, 'last_triggered') | default(today_at()) > timedelta(minutes=4) }}"
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10

so here is my automation:

- id: livingroom_alexa_notify_phone_charging
  alias: Livingroom Alexa Notifys Any Phone Charging
  trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.tasmota_energy_power
    above: 1
  condition: template
    value_template: "{{ now() - state_attr(this.automation.livingroom_alexa_notifys_samsung_phone_not_charging, 'last_triggered') | default(today_at())  > timedelta(seconds=2) }}"
  action:
  - delay: 00:00:11
  - service: notify.alexa_media
    data:
      target:
      - media_player.living_room_echo_dot
      message: Your phone is charging now !!
      data:
        type: tts

However I get this error:

2022-10-20 19:55:02.611 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.automation] mapping values are not allowed here
  in "/config/automations.yaml", line 175, column 19
11

Because you changed the example I provided.

Just use my example exactly as shown (don’t change it).

12

You cannot use this.automation.livingroom_alexa_notifys_samsung_phone_not_charging.
Use either this.entity_id (I like more) or automation.livingroom_alexa_notifys_samsung_phone_not_charging.

Try this:

- id: livingroom_alexa_notify_phone_charging
  alias: Livingroom Alexa Notifys Any Phone Charging
  trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.tasmota_energy_power
    above: 1
  condition: template
    value_template: "{{ now() - state_attr(this.entity_id, 'last_triggered') | default(today_at())  > timedelta(seconds=2) }}"
  action:
  - delay: 00:00:11
  - service: notify.alexa_media
    data:
      target:
      - media_player.living_room_echo_dot
      message: Your phone is charging now !!
      data:
        type: tts

Or this (although the previous one will support better if you rename your automation):

- id: livingroom_alexa_notify_phone_charging
  alias: Livingroom Alexa Notifys Any Phone Charging
  trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.tasmota_energy_power
    above: 1
  condition: template
    value_template: "{{ now() - state_attr(automation.livingroom_alexa_notifys_samsung_phone_not_charging, 'last_triggered') | default(today_at())  > timedelta(seconds=2) }}"
  action:
  - delay: 00:00:11
  - service: notify.alexa_media
    data:
      target:
      - media_player.living_room_echo_dot
      message: Your phone is charging now !!
      data:
        type: tts
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13

Thank you :blush:

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