Wanted to try this blueprint today. I connected my plug to the socket, added my washing machine to the plug. Set up the helpers, added and configured the blueprint. I then set some wattages rules etc. All going well so far, it knows when itâs running or not.
But after like half an hour it stopped. The smart plug went to âoffâ so my washing machine got cut off the power. In the HA logs there is nothing directly that caused it as far as I can see. The latest wattage was quite low, while the plug handled the 2200-2300W just fine, later when it returned to just a few watts, it just turned off. Any idea how that can be? I had it connected before and it worked fine without the blueprint.
Hi @leofabri, what might be a fun addition to your blueprint is adding an âunemptiedâ state that tells you the appliance needs to be emptied. This can be achieved by using a door sensor that detects if the appliance door is opened after the job is completed. This can then be used to for example send an extra message to your phone that you really need to empty the appliance after it is done for an hour or so.
For now I have a couple of automations that control my washer states and I would like to start using your blueprint, but Iâm missing this extra state.
@millercentral Just tried your 3.1.0, but it seems to always get âstuckâ in a paused state when itâs finished. I have set the threshold to 18w and a delay of 300 seconds. Currently, itâs at 11 watts and have been for a while. Last time the ASM-automation ran was 24 minutes ago.
If I setup and use the optional HA_PowerControl addon, how does your blueprint get the pause state exactly? Just by changing the state or what exactly connects both of yours automations?
I got a power-meter (shelly-em) and hooked it up to my appartment power circuit. My washing machine cycles have a specific pattern, and look like this (the spikes on the right; the thing on the left is two AC units):
Now - I see that most people use a smart plug to track the energy usage of specific appliances. Iâd like to ask if itâs possible for this automation (or others) to detect a cycle of my washing machine from the total consumption of the appartment. My guess is it should look for patterns, not absolute values in consumption.
Is anybody doing âpattern matchingâ on their aggregate consumption data to say if a specific appliance is running?
Hello,
I use your blueprint for my washing machine, dryer and dishwasher. I have a W-LED that shows me the status of all 3 machines, for pause detection I use a door sensor on each door. Is it possible for you to integrate a query of the door sensor into your blueprint that detects a pause condition by this door sensor?
So as long as the door is closed the process can run and as soon as the door sensor is opened the state goes into pause mode and when the door is closed the process continues. Another good function would be to execute own actions when pausing and restarting.
Thank you very much, I really admire and appreciate your work
Hi @leofabri , first I want to say thanks for the great Blueprint. Iâm trying to turn of the charger of my E-Bike when it get`s an SoC around 90% as there is no official Way for a Bosch BES3 System.
While charging the load is around 180W and when it getâs nearly to 90% SoC then it drops ( in 30 s steps) downwards until it`s fully charged.
My Problem is that your Blueprint only accepts a Finishing power threshold Value between 0 - 100 W and any bigger Value is ignored, while I need to set it to around 160 to 165 W to check if the Job has finished.
Is this a lot to change for an upcoming release or can it maybe also be done somewhere inside the actuall 2.11 Blueprint.?
Perhaps you could try subtracting 100 watt in a template sensor of your Power Sensor!? And then use it for your Finishing power threshold.
You can try it
At 17:35 when I unpluged the cherger from the bike the automation stops, Message is send and the socket turns off. ( like it should do automatically)
A few days ago I tested the blueprint with lower values ( 10 Watts Start, and under 13W assume it has finished with a Phonecharger ) and there it works.
Today 18:57 ( next Bike beeing charged) the blueprint stopped far to late when the load was around 18,5 Watts.
But the next thing i realized in the Log/Traces is that it looks like the automation waitâs for the âDelayed Job Completition Timerâ ( per default 15 mins.) and then triggers the end of a cycle.
I changed the values for Starting power and Finishing Power threshold from 20 & 72 Watts to 73 and 72 Watts and I got two automated charging cycles where the socket was turned of as the consumption got lower then 72 W.
Did you figure this out in the end? Iâm in the exact same situation, and cannot rule out other power consumers to potentially run sometimes inbetween, so I need a detection combination that takes peaks, numbers of peaks and how far apart they are into account. My washing machine basically has one bigger peak in the beginning (for the initial heating up of the water), and 3 tumble peaks towards the end. But if in the middle of the 2.5h cycle the water cooker gets used, I donât want the automation to assume that the tumbling started
Not sure if i undestand your Problem. If your taking the actual power consumption of your washing machine with a âmeasuring-plugâ how should the Water cooker ( connected anywhere else in your house ) come into your automation.?
