So when i started this setup (HA) a few weeks ago, IFTTT and Sharptools.io were what i had signed up for and almost got working, but then my free trial ended with sharptools and that stopped working and now that IFTTT is limitting you to 3 free applets, im trying to find if HA automations can do what i was trying to do with the other tools. Im trying to keep as much of my automations local and such.
So here is my question i have a few multisensors from smartthings. Two of them i want to setup the same automation, but not getting the results i was with sharptools.
I want to start monitoring these sensors once certain conditions are met.
I want to only monitor if the “acceleration” is active for longer than 5 minutes and the contact is closed. I have setup 2 helpers(one for each sensor) so that once the above has been detected this helper can be set to true so i know that the condition is true and will only execute the action once the helper is false…
So my first automation has the following setup:
Mode Restart (First attempt this was set to “single”)
1 trigger for acceleration started moving
Duration 5 minutes
Condition contact is closed
Duration 5 minutes
Actions Turn off our bedroom light
Change state of helper to false
So what can i change above to basically monitor the acceleration until it stops, then turn off my lights, if the lights are already off, then turn them on…
Any suggestions would be great.