EDIT: I came up with something, see edit at end of original post. Would still like other ideas.
I want to create a very simple flow, but can’t think of how to program it.
In the picture below, the Amazon Delivered state node is watching a sensor that increases with each piece of Amazon mail that is delivered, and is then reset to 0 at midnight. Every time the number INCREASES (ie, 0 to 1, 1 to 2, 2 to 3) I want to trigger ‘Alert Jims phone’. I do not want anything to trigger when it gets set back to 0 at midnight.
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Edit:
OK here is what i came up with but still interested in your thoughts.
So everyday at 12:01am it checks sensor (which the integration resets to 0 at midnight) and writes that value to a global variable. So global is basically set to 0 at midnight.
Then lets say we get a package at 9am. The package delivered state node will trigger and compare the current count (1) , to the value of the global (0). If current > global, it passes on to the alert node and then also changes the value of global to (1).
We get another package at 2PM. Same check applies, if current (2) > global (1), then pass. Rinse repeat.
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