Press button to increase variable

Configuration
1

Hi,

I would like to press a button to increase a variable and when this variable equal 2 launch and automation.

How can I do that ?

thank

2

What is the button connected too? Wifi / mqtt / gpio

3

the button is a dummy in hassio.

4

you have a switch entity on the front end through lovelace?

there is a short and long press in lovelace that might work

5

Yes I would like to have a switch/button in Lovelace and when someone push it increment a variable / counter.
Then when the variable get a specific value launch an automation

Exemple:
People 1 click - nothing
People 2 click - nothing
People 3 click - send notifications
Reset the variable to 0

6

You can use the counter component to count the number of clicks with an automation

counter setup

counter:
  my_custom_counter:

automation

trigger: 
    #this will change, I have no idea how you see the clicks.
  - platform: state
    entity_id: whatever.whatever
    state: 'click'
action:
  - service: counter.increment
    entity_id: counter.my_custom_counter
  #this condition will only move forward if the counter is above 2.
  - condition: numeric_state
    entity_id: counter.my_custom_counter
    above: 2
  - service: notify.notify
    data:
      message: '3rd click'
  - service: counter.reset
    entity_id: counter.my_custom_counter
7

Thank your for your helps.

I came from domoticz.
I domoticz you have dummy bouton for your UI.

Your code seen ok for what I need but I don’t know how to see the click. Should have a script to increment the counter and if the counter have a certain value launch an automation ?

thank again.

8

is it easier with mqtt ? but how to create a dummy to publish on topic ?

9

Oh, you just want a UI dummy interface item that does this?

10

Thank for your help! It’s working
Sorry if my initial demand was not clear :slight_smile:

Configuration.yaml
#counter
counter:
yep_counter:
initial: 0
step: 1

script.yalm
yep:
    sequence:
      - service: counter.increment
        entity_id: counter.yep_counter

and an automation:

- alias: 'Yep ON'
  trigger:
    platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: counter.yep_counter
    above: 2
  action:
    - service: notify.pushbullet_lionel
      data_template:
        title: "YEP"
        message: "YEP"
    - service: counter.reset
      entity_id: counter.yep_counter
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