Hello. I would like to share my mailbox sensor setup. It’s simple; nothing fancy. The sensor device is the v.2 created by @Madman. He was kind enough to listened to my suggestion and created a ready-made sensor for those who have no experience with hot plate soldering. You can read about Madman github for more details.
Below is my setup and automations. The 3D case file for the Lilygo TTGO V1 gateway was provided by user wmaker. Thank you for that. When the sensor is triggered, a call-to-action message is send to telegram where I can confirm delivered. If I forget to confirm delivered, I have setup another automation where it will change the state to delivered at midnight. You will need to setup Telegram for Ha prior.
- alias: Telegram - You got mail
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.lora_mailbox
id: mail
to: '0xA2B2'
for: 3
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.lora_mailbox
id: bat
to: '0xLBAT'
for: 3
condition:
- condition: []
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: mail
sequence:
- service: notify.amberthebot
data_template:
message: "You've got mail!"
data:
inline_keyboard:
- 'Received:/received, Mute:/donothing'
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: bat
sequence:
- service: script.text_notify
data:
who: amber
title: 'Mailbox'
message: "Mailbox battery is low!"
- service: python_script.set_state
data:
entity_id: sensor.lora_mailbox
state: received
- alias: Telegram - You got mail received
trigger:
- platform: event
event_type: telegram_callback
event_data:
data: '/received'
action:
- service: telegram_bot.answer_callback_query
data_template:
callback_query_id: '{{ trigger.event.data.id }}'
message: 'OK, turning off notification'
- service: telegram_bot.edit_replymarkup
data_template:
message_id: '{{ trigger.event.data.message.message_id }}'
chat_id: '{{ trigger.event.data.chat_id }}'
inline_keyboard: []
- service: python_script.set_state
data:
entity_id: sensor.lora_mailbox
state: received
- alias: Reset mailbox
initial_state: true
trigger:
- platform: time
at: '00:00:01'
- platform: homeassistant
event: start
action:
- service: python_script.set_state # reset mail if not done so
data:
entity_id: sensor.lora_mailbox
state: received
