SOLVED - Advice on Choosing the Right Plug-in Timer/Events

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Hi all. I need to setup an automation with the following requirements. The base goal is to have HA contact me (e-mail and sms) if my sump pump doesn’t run at least every 30 minutes. Every time it runs, the counter should reset. It’d be great if I can take a picture from the web cam periodically. Bonus points to include a pic in the message.

I have a yolink vibration sensor that works great and accurately detects a run event.

I see that @Blacky has a few BPs that have very similar plugins with overlapping features that would probably fit here. I just need a push in the right direction and assistance with the logic flow where the action is to reset the timer or send a message.

TIA

Jim

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Hi Jim, welcome to the forum!

Have you checked the integrations page:

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Yessir. It’s not so much the integrations as the logic I can’t seem to figure out. I thought perhaps a blueprint might have this reverse logic plus timer encapsulated.

The crux of the problem is that it’s both event driven and timed and I really don’t understand the HA automation process enough to figure out how to link an event listener (vibration detected) to a timer (while timer < 30 mins)

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For those in need of a solution, I used AI to give me a head start. I can’t say the logic is thoroughly tested, but it compiles and and test runs fire when expected.

To summarize:
Every 30 minutes, check if the sump vibration sensor state changed in the last 30 minutes. If so, set an HA notification, send an app notification, send an e-mail. Not included here, NOTIFIER_SMTP has three recipients, my e-mail, wife’s e-mail, my SMS e-mail address so I get an SMS text via SMTP also. This is way easier than setting up an SMS integration and most carriers offer this service.

alias: Sump Vibration Checker
description: >-
  If the sump vibration sensor isn't triggered at least once every 30 minutes,
  send notifications.
trigger:
  - platform: time_pattern
    minutes: /30
condition:
  - condition: template
    value_template: >-
      {{ (now() - state_attr('binary_sensor.sump_vibration',
      'last_changed').as_timestamp()) / 60 > 30 }}
action:
  - action: persistent_notification.create
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: Sump sensor has not been triggered in 30 minutes.
      title: Sump Sensor Alert
  - action: notify.notify
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: Sump sensor has not been triggered in 30 minutes.
      title: Sump Sensor Alert
  - action: notify.NOTIFIER_SMTP
    metadata: {}
    data:
      title: Sump Sensor Alert
      message: Sump sensor has not been triggered in 30 minutes.
mode: single
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