Repeat action in a specific time window

Configuration
1

I want to realise a notification when my washing machine is finished.
The notification should repeat every 30 minutes, until it is cleared.

I’ve done this with the following action-part:

    - repeat:
        sequence:
          - service: notify.alexa_media_esszimmer_alexa
            data:
              message: Die Waschmaschine ist fertig
              data:
                type: announce
          - service: notify.alexa_media_bad_alexa
            data:
              message: Die Waschmaschine ist fertig
              data:
                type: announce
          - delay: "00:30:00"
        until:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: input_select.waschmaschinenstatus
            state: Idle

But now I want that the notification is only played between 7am and 11pm. But if I just add a condition at the beginning of the repeat, it will not continue on the next day.
So I need a way which skips the notification if the condition does not match but continues to the delay, that the repeat will start again.

I am sure there is easy way, but I dont see it.

2

I’d create a template binary sensor like this:

template:
  - binary_sensor:
      - name: "Washing Alert Active"
        state: "{{ is_state('input_select.waschmaschinenstatus', 'Idle') and ( 6 < now().hour < 23 ) }}"

Then use that to trigger a repeating alert.

alert:
  washing:
    name: Washing Alert
    message: Die Waschmaschine ist fertig
    entity_id: binary_sensor.washing_alert_active
    state: "on"
    repeat: 30
    can_acknowledge: false
    skip_first: false
    notifiers:
      - alexa_media_bad_alexa
3

That is a possible solution. Thank you!
At the moment I do it with a timer which starts the automation every 30 minutes.
But I was thinking of a solution inside the automation. Without any alarms, timers or any other helpers. I like to keep it simple.


  - alias: 'waschmaschine_fertig_benachrichtigung'
    id: waschmaschine_fertig_benachrichtigung
    trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: input_select.waschmaschinenstatus
      to: Fertig
    - platform: event
      event_data: 
        entity_id: timer.waschmaschine_fertig
      event_type: timer.finished
    condition:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: input_select.waschmaschinenstatus
      state: Fertig
    action:
    - service: timer.start
      entity_id: timer.waschmaschine_fertig
    - service: notify.mobile_app_suedpack_iphone
      data: 
        message: Die Waschmaschine ist fertig
        title: Waschmaschine
        data:
          persistent: true
          tag: waschmaschine_fertig
    - service: notify.wohnzimmer_firetv
      data:
        title: HomeAssistant
        message: Die Waschmaschine ist fertig
        data:
          color: indigo
          fontsize: large
    - condition: time
      after: "07:00:00"
      before: "23:00:00"
    - service: notify.alexa_media_esszimmer_alexa
      data:
        message: Die Waschmaschine ist fertig
        data:
          type: announce
    - service: notify.alexa_media_bad_alexa
      data:
        message: Die Waschmaschine ist fertig
        data:
          type: announce
4

Change the until in the repeat to a while like this:

        while:
          - "{{ states('input_select.waschmaschinenstatus') != 'Idle' }}"
          - "{{ 7 <= now().hour < 23  }}"
5

But there will be the problem when the while condition evaluates first time false, then the repeat will stop.
I want that it restarts the next day, when the washing machine isn’t cleared.

Maybe a trigger in the morning which restarts the automation could do it….

6

That’s the way a repeat while works. It evaluates the conditions in while before attempting the first iteration and before all subsequent iterations. As long as the conditions evaluate to true it will continue repeating and will stop (and exit the repeat) when they evaluate to false.

Once a repeat exits it never restarts. It’s the responsibility of the automation’s trigger to execute the action containing the repeat.

What I proposed will send a notification every 30 minutes as long as waschmaschinenstatus is not Idle and the current time is within the range of 07:00 to 23:00.

7

Ok, got it. Thought there could be a solution inside the repeat.

My old solution let the automation run continously till the machine is cleared. But keeps the alexa notification silent between 7-23.

So I will change the automation to a repeat which runs only when waschmaschinenstatus is not idle and current time is betweend 7-23. And let the automation restart with a time trigger at 7am, then check if the waschine is still not idle.
So this automation will run every morning at 7am in contrast to the old automation which runs the whole night till the machine is cleared. But I dont need the timer. And the while-repeat saves a few lines of code compared to the old automation.

Both ways are functional, but I wanted to save the timer, and so I do.

- alias: "waschmaschine_fertig_benachrichtigung"
  id: waschmaschine_fertig_benachrichtigung
  trigger:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: input_select.waschmaschinenstatus
      to: Fertig
    - platform: time
      at: "07:00:01"
  condition: "{{ states('input_select.waschmaschinenstatus') != 'Idle' }}"
  action:
    - repeat:
        while:
          - "{{ states('input_select.waschmaschinenstatus') != 'Idle' }}"
          - "{{ 7 <= now().hour < 23  }}"
        sequence:
          - service: notify.mobile_app_suedpack_iphone
            data:
              message: Die Waschmaschine ist fertig
              title: Waschmaschine
              data:
                persistent: true
                tag: waschmaschine_fertig
          - service: notify.alexa_media_esszimmer_alexa
            data:
              message: Die Waschmaschine ist fertig
              data:
                type: announce
          - service: notify.alexa_media_bad_alexa
            data:
              message: Die Waschmaschine ist fertig
              data:
                type: announce
          - delay: "00:30:00"