Presence Detection Trigger Logic

Configuration
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What i am trying to accomplish here is a presence detection trigger ‘welcome message’ based on presence and motion conditions being true. However I don’t want it to trigger every time I leave the room for less then 10 minutes… I don’t think my logic is correct and if anyone can help me on this i would be much appropriated.

- id: welcome_message
  alias: Welcome Message  
  initial_state: 'on'
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: sensor.keys
      from: 'not_home'
      to: 'Bedroom'
  condition: 
    - condition: template
      value_template: '{{(as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(state.automation.welcome_message.attributes.last_triggered) > 10)}}'
    - condition: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.bedroom_sensor
      state: 'on'
  action:
    service: tts.amazon_polly_say
    entity_id: media_player.boss
    data_template:
      message: >-
        {{ [
        "Hello Andrew. " ,
        "Good evening. " ,
        "Welcome home. " ,
        "Hey there. " ,
        "Nice to see you again. "
        ] |random }}
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You can add

for:
  minutes: 10

to the appropriate trigger or condition.
Edit:
I just read your post with my good eye :blush:

Your time condition will be in seconds, so you want

>600 not >10

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I read this blog entry from @philhawthorne a little while ago and thought about implementing something like it - haven’t gotten aroud to it just yet, but that might be an approach for your problem as well:

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looks like a good read thanks for the link!

I believe i solved my logic issue with an input_boolean… my BLE device tends to drop status a few times a day so i don’t want a trigger every time the state changes from ‘not_home’ to ‘home’…

here is how i did that… preliminary testing seems to be successful maybe someone has a better idea?

**configuration:**
        input_boolean:
          not_home:
            name: Not Home
            initial: off

**automation**
    - id: not_home_boolean
              alias: 'Not home boolean'
              trigger:
                platform: state
                entity_id: sensor.keys
                to: 'not_home'
                for:
                  minutes: 15
              action:
                service: input_boolean.turn_on
                entity_id: input_boolean.not_home

            - id: welcome_message
              alias: Welcome Message  
              initial_state: 'on'
              trigger:
                - platform: state
                  entity_id: sensor.keys
                  from: 'not_home'
                  to: 'Bedroom'
              condition:
                - condition: state
                  entity_id: input_boolean.not_home
                  state: 'on'       
                #- condition: template
                  #value_template: "{% if as_timestamp(now()) - as_timestamp(states.automation.welcome_message.last_updated) > 900%}true{% else %}false{% endif %}"
              action:
                service: script.turn_on
                entity_id: script.room_presence

**script:**
            room_presence:
              sequence:
                - wait_template: "{{is_state('binary_sensor.bedroom_sensor', 'on')}}"
                  timeout: 00:10:00
                - service: input_boolean.turn_off
                  entity_id: input_boolean.not_home
                - service: tts.amazon_polly_say
                  entity_id: media_player.anker
                  data_template:
                    message: >-
                     {{ [
                     "Hello Andrew. " ,
                     "Good evening. " ,
                     "Welcome home. " ,
                     "Hey there. " ,
                     "Nice to see you again. "
                     ] |random }}
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Mine is based on that article but with modifications (I use a binary_sensor and I removed all time-frame checks from it among other things… I posted a link to pastebin where you can see how I did it… I should probably toss it up on my github account…) I see your condition is still the same though :slight_smile:

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Where did you post this link I’d love to take a look at your config @chrisw

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I think I’ll upload my current config to github in the morning to make it easier to peruse (there’s a pastebin link contained in the post above but it’s not the prettiest…)

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