Send message to Telegram and repeat it

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I created an automation in HA that looks like this and works fine. It triggers when the sensor is turned on. Can I adjust it so that it sends the message again every 5 minutes, for example, until the sensor status is turned off again?

- id: '1234567890'
  alias: Telegram_Garagedeur_OPEN
  description: ''
  triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id:
    - binary_sensor.garagedeur_input_100
    from:
    - 'off'
    to:
    - 'on'
  conditions: []
  actions:
  - action: telegram_bot.send_message
    metadata: {}
    data:
      config_entry_id: 03KE62HST543SBDH789DKW5
      message: Garagedeur is OPEN
      title: Waarschuwing !!
      target:
      - '007'
  mode: single
2

Ofcourse you can, there is building blocks repeat

repeat:
  until:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.garageopen
      state:
        - "off"
  sequence: []

And fillin the sequence with a wait of 5 minutes and telegram action

There is also ’ repeat while’, check the difference on when condition is validated

3

Thanks, I’m new to HA and not very familiar with yaml configs But will try to get this repeat action into the yaml.

4

It’s also in UI building blocks

5

I used UI building blocks but couldn’t find it there. Can you tell me where?

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7

Thanks, I found it, and everything works fine. Except for the time delay function. If I set the condition “Sensor equals ON” for a duration of 5 minutes, the action isn’t executed. Only if there’s no duration, the action is executed immediately. It would be great if I could wait 5 minutes after the sensor is set to ON before the action is executed.

If Garage_door_sensor is equal to On for 5:00

8

To delay the trigger so that the door must be open for a certain amount of time before the actions are executed, you can add a duration with the for key:

  - trigger: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.garagedeur_input_100
    from: 'off'
    to: 'on'
    for: "00:05:00"

Then, to delay how often the message is sent you’ll need to use a Delay action inside the Repeat action’s sequence. In the UI selector, the Delay action is in “Blocks” as well… at the bottom under “Wait for time to pass(delay)”:

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Putting it all together:

- id: '1234567890'
  alias: Telegram_Garagedeur_OPEN
  description: ''
  triggers:
    - trigger: state
      entity_id: binary_sensor.garagedeur_input_100
      from: 'off'
      to: 'on'
      for: "00:05:00"
  conditions: []
  actions:
    - repeat:
        until:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: binary_sensor.garagedeur_input_100
            state: "off"
        sequence: []
          - action: telegram_bot.send_message
            metadata: {}
            data:
              config_entry_id: 03KE62HST543SBDH789DKW5
              message: Garagedeur is OPEN
              title: Waarschuwing !!
              target:
                - '007'
          - delay: "00:01:00"
  mode: single
9

Thank you Yes i did it. My first automatation. :slightly_smiling_face:

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