Using Ecolink door sensor and scenes

Developer's Corner Scene Scripting
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Is there any way to set/program my controller to notify me (or run a scene) if the ecolink censor has been “open” for a certain amount of time? Anyone done this? There is a notification for each open and close so it would be the type of logic where an ‘open’ signal was sent without a ‘close’ signal within a certain amount of time?

Thx!

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I actually figured this out myself and thought someone might find the solution interesting.

I added an APP called ‘Countdown Timer’. I set the duration to 300 seconds (5 minutes). I created a scene that said to start the timer on ‘Open’. I then created another scene which said to cancel the timer on ‘Close’. I then created a notification on the Timer device which said to email me if the timer ‘completes’ (300 seconds runs out). This means I get notified if the timers runs out before the door closes…ie. the door has been open for more than 5 minutes.

Eventually I could consider triggering a scene to adjust the thermostat if the timer runs out (door left open) but in reality (right now) I just want to know if this is happening a lot. This is a vacation rental property and I want to know if people tend to leave the patio door open while the AC is cranking. I did get a notification yesterday that the door was left open but the AC was set warmer than the inside temperature so that’s a valid scenario.

Just sharing…

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I have a new plugin called Reactor that will do this as well. It’s as simple as choosing the door sensor, then choose device value [tt]Tripped[/tt] and set condition to [tt]= 1[/tt], and “[tt]for 300 seconds[/tt]” in the condition options. The Reactor device is a sensor, so you can then use that to trigger a notification or scene.

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thanks for the info! I have 2 doors going so I’ll try Reactor in one of them!