Make automation read TTS every minute for Dexcom Blood sugar notification

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1

I am currently using an automation to have one of my Echo Dots speak a notification when my wifes blood sugar goes below a certain amount. It currently works however I want the notification to be announced every minutes because she is type 1 and I need to make sure the notification wakes her up so I want the notification to announce every minute.

This is the code I am using:

alias: Low BGL
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id:
      - sensor.wife_glucose_value
    for:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 0
condition:
  - condition: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.wife_glucose_value
    below: 70
action:
  - service: notify.alexa_media_josh_k_s_echo_dot_5th_gen
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: Please wake up, your blood sugar is running low.
      data:
        type: tts
mode: single
2

Turn on the lights.

3

Pardon my ignorance here, but how fast does the level go up once she has done whatever she needs to do?
It could be a bit annoying to hear this several times when you already done your part.

But you can use repeat while:

  - repeat:
      while:
        - condition: numeric_state
          entity_id: sensor.wife_glucose_value
          below: 70
      sequence:
        - service: notify.alexa_media_josh_k_s_echo_dot_5th_gen
          metadata: {}
          data:
            message: Please wake up, your blood sugar is running low.
            data:
              type: tts
        - delay:
            minutes: 1
4

Thank you for this! The reason for wanting to repeat it is that she is a hard sleeper and when she is low she sometimes does not wake up from her sensor. My goal is to ensure she wakes up so that she doesn’t slip into a diabetic coma which she has before.

So the code you provided, is that in addition to what I already have, meaning it would go below the code I have or does this replace my existing code?

5

You can replace what you have in action:

6

I’m a Type 1 57 years and have things setup to do lots of things! But this I have not got set up. at the moment Im trying to get my light to change colour when low as my monitors and mobile all alarm to wake me up as well as my receiver at the side of my bed. I live alone and have no one to pick me back up out of a hypo if it ever happens.

Which was done before I got onto a Dexcom :frowning:

I also have a few presence sensors around my property that when in their locations will read out my blood readings. But this is done in the Alexa App from Aqara to it.

I think with the way you have it setup now we can do this, as I can get reading read to my mobile for open and close window, but I have not set it up to do as you are asking

7

This can vary and there is no way to know how long its going to take! So we have to hope its going to raise, but there is no Garrentee on it doing this! Drugs are drugs