Help with automation trigger when status is 2 minutes old

Configuration
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I want to trigger a notify when my alarm is in a status for 2 minutes and is not None or unknown.
I expected it to trigger 9.03 when it went from Outside Wire (9.01)

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Automation.

alias: Send push if mower stops
trigger:
   platform: template
   value_template: "{% if not is_state('sensor.mower_alarm', 'None') and not is_state('sensor.mower_alarm', 'unknown') and  relative_time(states.sensor.mower_alarm.last_updated) == '2 minutes' %}true{% endif %}"
action:
  service: notify.html5
  data_template:
      message: "Mower stopped with alarm:  {{ states('sensor.mower_alarm') }}."
  data:
    data:
      tag: 'notification-about-sensor'

Anyone got an idea?

2

automation:
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: device_tracker.paulus, device_tracker.anne_therese
# Optional
from: ‘not_home’
to: ‘home’

# Alias for 'to'
state: 'home'

# If given, will trigger when state has been the to state for X time.
for:
  hours: 1
  minutes: 10
  seconds: 5

Add for to your trigger.

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Hi
I tried this but it won´t work:

alias: Send push if mower stops
trigger:
   platform: template
   value_template: "{% if not is_state('sensor.mower_alarm', 'None') and not is_state('sensor.mower_alarm', 'unknown') %}true{% endif %}"
   for:
     hours: 0
     minutes: 2
     seconds: 0
action:
  service: notify.html5
  data_template:
      message: "`Mower alert:  {{ states('sensor.mower_alarm') }}."
  data:
    data:
      tag: 'notification-about-sensor'

Maybe the for argument is not working with template trigger?

4

Try making a template sensor that counts the time since it’s last update. There should be some info in this thread. Relative_time template extension

Once the template sensor works (test it in dev tools) you can create an automation with a template trigger. Something like if state of template sensor is greater than x run action.

Example:

  - platform: time_date
    display_options:
      - 'time'
      - 'date'

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      derick_location_for:
        value_template: "{% if states.device_tracker.derick_nexus_6p %}{{(as_timestamp(now())-as_timestamp(states.device_tracker.derick_nexus_6p.last_updated)) // 60 }} Minutes{% else %}??{% endif %}"
      entity_id:
        - sensor.time

#Automation
- alias: trigger after last update reaches a time
trigger:
platform: template
value_template: “{% if is_state(‘derick_location_for’, ‘2 minutes’) %}true{% endif %}”
action:
service: persistent_notification.create
data:
notification_id: “1234”
message: “Sensor is Down”
title: “Test”