Delay automation

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Hello everyone, I need the help of experts
I have shelly1 pm connected to a washing machine and checking its power consumption,
I made an automation that every time it reaches the power consumption range and finishes the work, an alert will be sent to the cell phone and everything works great,
I have one problem, the power consumption remains the same until the clothes are taken out of the machine, I want to add a condition that the automation will work every 30 minutes or another idea,
can anyone help me?
Thank you

2

Can you show us your current automation YAML? In addition, a power consumption graph would be super helpful.

3

If you mean you want to be notified every 30 minutes until the washing machine is unloaded, consider using the Alert integration.

4

yeah, of course

- id: ‘1619360379123’
alias: Dryer alert
description: ‘’
trigger:

  • type: power
    platform: device
    device_id: 0927bda2727f697f94eaae2068a9b42d
    entity_id: sensor.shelly1pm_d8bfc019bbb6_power
    domain: sensor
    above: 2.9
    below: 3.3
    for:
    hours: 0
    minutes: 0
    seconds: 3
    milliseconds: 0
    condition: []
    action:
  • service: notify.mobile_app_netta
    data:
    message: מייבש כביסה סיים לעבוד
    title: 'מייבש כביסה ’
  • service: notify.mobile_app_noy_2
    data:
    message: מייבש כביסה סיים לעבוד
    title: 'מייבש כביסה ’
    mode: single
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If you just need to be notified when the washing machine is finished (after being used), you just need below numeric_state trigger-

trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.shelly1pm_d8bfc019bbb6_power
    below: '5'
    for: '00:05:00'
condition: []
action:
  - service: notify.mobile_app_netta
    data:
      message: מייבש כביסה סיים לעבוד
      title: 'מייבש כביסה ’
  - service: notify.mobile_app_noy_2
    data:
      message: מייבש כביסה סיים לעבוד
      title: 'מייבש כביסה ’

If you use above and below numeric_state trigger, the automation will be triggered if the numeric_value is outside the range and coming back inside your defined range.

I suggest you take a look at your power consumption graph to determine the best numeric_state below threshold to know if the washing machine is actually done.

Just for your knowledge (for your other automation, if needed), if you want an automation to work with a minimum gap of 30 minutes after being triggered, you can add a condition-

  - condition: template
    value_template: >-
      {{ (as_timestamp(now())-as_timestamp(state_attr('automation.my_automation', 'last_triggered') | default(0)) | int > 1800) }}

You will need to change automation.my_automation to your automation entity_id. Next, change 1800 in seconds (to your desired gap between automation to be triggered).

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