Hi everyone,
First-time poster here, and I’m really hoping for some guidance from the experts. I recently got my Homey Pro and I’m loving it, but I’ve hit a wall with what seems like a simple Flow.
My Goal:
I’m trying to merge the triggers from a group of sensors. I have a few contact sensors on my windows and a motion sensor in the garage. I call them my “window fellas” and “garage fella”. I want a single push notification sent to my phone if any of these sensors are triggered.
The Problem:
It works… but a little too well. When one of the sensors is triggered, my phone starts getting push notifications non-stop. It enters an unlimited shake of notifications and I have to disable the Flow to make it stop. It’s like I’ve created an infinite loop somewhere.
Here is my setup:
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Flow 1: Sensor Trigger
- WHEN… The motion sensor alarm turns on
- OR… Any of the contact sensor alarms turn on
- THEN… Run HomeyScript “Send Notification”
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My HomeyScript (“Send Notification”):
I thought maybe a simple script would be cleaner. The code is basically just this:// The script is supposed to send one single notification await homey.notifications.createNotification({ excerpt: 'Alert: One of the "fellas" was triggered!' }); // I also tried adding a logic card here to re-enable the flow after a delay, // thinking it was a timing issue, but that made it worse. return true;
I suspect the problem is how the “WHEN… OR…” card interacts with the script, or maybe I’m fundamentally misunderstanding how flows re-arm themselves. I’ve tried adding delays, using logic variables to check if a notification was already sent, but nothing seems to prevent the loop.
It feels like a really basic mistake, but I’ve been staring at it for hours. Any ideas on what I’m doing wrong?
Thanks in advance for your help!
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