Xiaomi vaccum clean bin notification

Configuration
1

Hi guys,

I’m trying to get an automation to work with some attributes on the Xiaomi Vacuum.
There is an attribute called ‘cleaning_count’ and my idea is to get a notification every time that number increases by 3. This will help me know when to empty the bin.

Here’s the best I could manage but it still doesn’t work:

  id: '1593188318134'
  alias: Esvaziar aspirador
  description: ''
  trigger:
  - entity_id: vacuum.aspirador
    platform: state
    to: returning
  condition:
  - condition: template
    value_template: '{{ (trigger.to_state.attributes.cleaning_count / 3)|int > (trigger.from_state.attributes.cleaning_count
      / 3)|int }}'
  action:
  - data:
      message: O deposito do aspirador deve estar cheio porque ja aspirou 3 vezes
        seguidas!
      title: Limpar aspirador
    service: notify.mobile_app_oneplus_a6013

I’m still new to templating so I’m pretty sure the problem is there!

Thanks in advance

2

What exactly is this template supposed to do?

value_template: '{{ (trigger.to_state.attributes.cleaning_count / 3)|int > (trigger.from_state.attributes.cleaning_count/ 3)|int }}'

There’s two issues I see.

  1. you are dividing the state strings by 3 before converting them to integers.
  2. you are attempting to divide both by 3 then comparing if one is larger than the other. The divisions are pointless. X/3 > Y/3 will be true if X > Y. There is no point dividing both by the same amount.

To check if the count has increased by 3 try this template:

value_template: '{{ ( trigger.to_state.attributes.cleaning_count|int - trigger.from_state.attributes.cleaning_count|int ) >= 3 }}'

However this will only work if the cleaning count goes up by 3 in one returning trigger event.

3

First of all thank you for taking the time to reply.
Well this was me experimenting… I was not quite sure about the output.

What I’m trying to achieve is a notification when it’s time to empty the vacuum bin, usually it occurs after 3 full cleans. So the usage of the cleaning count. But maybe I should try to do an incrementing number and reset every time the bin is cleaned.

4

If the count only goes up by one each clean then use this and forget the template:

Use one automation to increment the counter whenever the robot enters the returning state. Use another automation to trigger on a count of 4 (the counter starts on 1) that resets the counter and notifies you to clean the bin.

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5

Simple and elegant solution!
Thank you very much!

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