Limit push notifications to only 1 instead multiple

Mobile Apps Home Assistant Companion for Apple
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Hi,

I have some binary sensors witch seems to trigger multiple IOS notifications. But i only want 1 notification.

So i tried with delay: 1 sec in the action, but that seems to delay the whole automation and results in a slower notification on my phone.

Tried in the trigger from: ‘off’ to: ‘on’ for: x sec, but that is also delaying the notification.

Is there a way to only send a push notification once regardless the amount of triggers in lets say 1 minute.

Thanks

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You can try using a timer and set the condition that the timer is not active.

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I do this with an input_boolean.
The input_boolean is set as a condition, and will only allow the notification to run if the input_boolean is off. The notification then turns the input_boolean ON as the final step. I then set up an automation to turn OFF the input_boolean after one minute.

Works without a hitch and allows so that only one notification gets sent during that minute.

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You can add a condition to your automation so it does not run if it ran in the last [say] 300 sec:

    - condition: template
      value_template: '{{ (as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(states.automation.automation_name.attributes.last_triggered | default(0)) | int > 300)}}'

[EDIT]
Better option that works for any automation and can be copy/pasted without having to edit it:

    - condition: template
      value_template: '{{(as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(this.attributes.last_triggered)) | int(0) > 10 }}'
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I kinda like this!

I never thought to approach this type of solution in this capacity. Time to go back and implement this on a few automatons…

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Glad you like it. It was a standard feature on the automation app I used before I discovered HA. I use it a lot to ensure things don’t run when they’re not supposed to, like only vacuum the house once a day :wink:

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Another option, simply turn off your notification automation, insert a delay and then turn it back on.

See example from my config below.

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Thank you all for the replies. I do like the solution from lolouk44 and will try to inplement that. Is a universal automation witch can be used easily in multiple automations without addition of extra scripts

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This is a pretty neat idea and I’m borrowing it too. However, I’m not that bright. Do I change the ‘300’ to the number of seconds I want my automation disabled for? Thanks for sharing

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Almost, replace 300 by the number of seconds that you wish and replace automation_name worth the actual name /alias of your automation

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Added your coded with 10 sec for doorbell. Looks promising. But what happens if last_triggered: null is the status when HA has done a reboot?

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that’s why I have | default(0) :slight_smile:

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Aha. I thought so. Thanks.

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Any way to automatically determine the automation you are in so this could be a cut and paste?

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Not that I’m aware of, would indeed make cloning automations much easier…

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Would there be any issue using 86400 seconds here? i.e that’s not too big an integer for the system to cope with?

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works, just tested it.

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Thank you! I’d have tested it myself but in my ignorance I would have waited a day to be sure it worked correctly!

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I know this thread has sat dormant for a while, but I’m trying to do exactly this and can’t get it to work.
My automation looks like this:

- alias: Driveway Motion Notify Telegram
  trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.driveway_motion
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
  condition:    
    - condition: template
      value_template: '{{ (as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(states.automation.automation.driveway_motion_notify_telegram.attributes.last_triggered | default(0)) | int > 30)}}'    
  action:
    service: notify.telegram
    data:
      message: Motion in Driveway
      data:
        photo:
        - url: http://192.168.1.105:81/image/Cam1
          caption: Motion In Driveway

with the condition in the automation I don’t get any notifications. Works fine otherwise. It is just that the motion sensor triggers 4 or 5 times for each car/person/deer/cat up or down the driveway.

Can anyone see what I’m doing wrong?

Thanks

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You have double the word automation

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