I’ve created an automation to send a notification each time the battery level drops 1%, starting when any of my sensor batteries get to 5% battery level or below, but I’m struggling to find the best trigger.
I started with a trigger based on the battery level, to find that this will regularly vary 1% up or down, hence triggering too many times.
Then I created a statistics sensor with a value_min, thinking this will only trigger when the battery level drops to a new minimum value. Unfortunately this still seems to trigger the automation multiple times, which completely puzzles me. Why would the value_min statistics sensor trigger multiple times per day? (I can’t review the trace, because there are always multiple triggers before I find a chance to review)
I can’t be the only one that wants to be notified of low battery level and I’m also fine to settle for only 1 notification, instead of each 1% below 6%.
Below my statistics sensor as well as the automation:
- platform: statistics
name: "Philips Hue Indoor Motion Sensor - Battery - 24h Min"
entity_id: sensor.hue_indoor_motion_sensor_battery
state_characteristic: value_min
precision: 0
max_age:
hours: 240
alias: Notify - Sensor Battery
description: ""
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id:
- sensor.aqara_battery
id: aqara
- platform: state
entity_id:
- sensor.aqara_humidity
for:
hours: 1
id: aqara
- platform: state
entity_id:
- sensor.philips_hue_indoor_motion_sensor_battery_24h_min
id: hue_indoor
- platform: state
entity_id: sensor.hue_outdoor_motion_sensor_battery_level
id: hue_outdoor
- platform: state
entity_id:
- sensor.water_lekkage_battery
id: water_lek_flips
action:
- choose:
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: aqara
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.aqara_battery
below: "6"
sequence:
- service: notify.mobile_phones
data:
title: >-
Aqara Multi Sensor Battery Level is {{
states('sensor.aqara_battery_level') }}%
message: >-
- Zorg voor een nieuwe CR2032 batterij - {{
states('sensor.aqara_battery_level') }}% = {{ (7.3 *
states('sensor.aqara_battery_level')|float(0))|round(0) }} dagen
voor vervanging (o.b.v. 2 jaar minimale levensduur)
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: hue_indoor
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.philips_hue_indoor_motion_sensor_battery_24h_min
below: "6"
sequence:
- service: notify.mobile_phones
data:
title: >-
Hue Indoor Motion Sensor Battery Level is {{
states('sensor.hue_indoor_motion_sensor_battery') }}%
message: >-
- Zorg voor 2 nieuwe AAA batterijen - {{
states('sensor.hue_indoor_motion_sensor_battery') }}% = {{ (7.3
*
states('sensor.hue_indoor_motion_sensor_battery')|float(0))|round(0)
}} dagen voor vervanging (o.b.v. 2 jaar minimale levensduur)
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: hue_outdoor
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.hue_outdoor_motion_sensor_battery_level
below: "6"
sequence:
- service: notify.mobile_phones
data:
title: >-
Hue Outdoor Motion Sensor Battery Level is {{
states('sensor.hue_outdoor_motion_sensor_battery_level') }}%
message: >-
- Zorg voor 2 nieuwe AA batterijen - {{
states('sensor.hue_outdoor_motion_sensor_battery_level') }}% =
{{ (7.3 *
states('sensor.hue_outdoor_motion_sensor_battery_level')|float(0))|round(0)
}} dagen voor vervanging (o.b.v. 2 jaar minimale levensduur)
- conditions:
- condition: trigger
id: water_lek_flips
- condition: numeric_state
entity_id: sensor.water_lekkage_battery
below: 6
sequence:
- service: notify.mobile_phones
data:
title: >-
Water Lekkage sensor (Aqara Door Sensor) Battery Level is {{
states('sensor.water_lekkage_battery') }}%
message: >-
- Zorg voor een nieuwe CR1632 batterij - {{
states('sensor.water_lekkage_battery') }}% = {{ (7.3 *
states('sensor.water_lekkage_battery')|float(0))|round(0) }}
dagen voor vervanging (o.b.v. 2 jaar minimale levensduur)
default: []
mode: single
