Gardena Sileno mower should not start when raining

Questions & Help
1

Since last year I have a mower from Gardena, but it is missing a rain sensor. Of course my Gardena Hub is already integrated in Homey. Now I want to create a flow, which stops my mower from starting, when it’s raining.

I already searched the forum, but did not found anything. I also tried a flow with a variable, but with no success. Does anybody have an idea how to make this work?

Regards,
prahn

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Stopping from starting seems to be the key. What exactly did you try and what’s your current use of the mower?

I don’t have a mower myself, but when you’ve got some source of truth about when it (is supposedly) raining (In the Netherlands you could use buienalarm if you don’t have a weather station) I think you could

WHEN

  • its 19:00

AND

  • today is a monday or thursday
  • it’s not raining (Buienalarm card, you can insert an alternative APP card with same capabilities in here)

THEN

  • Start mowing.

Edit: Oh yeah, you will need to return the mower when it’s mowing and it starts raining (in X minutes).

WHEN:

  • It starts raining in X minutes (Buienalarm card, you can insert an alternative APP card with same capabilities in here)

AND:

  • Mower is (choose the state that it’s currently mowing)

THEN:

  • Park mower.
3

Hi!

Thank you for your input, Anoniemand. :grinning_face:
Indeed, the App buienalarm is a good tip, because it has the right cards available for flows. And it even works for German cities. :+1: I tested other weather Apps and they did not have the right cards available.

I created a flow how you suggested. However, I can not find any logs if it works or not. Not in the Gardena App itself and not in the Homey App… so I have to keep having a look at it at the correct time.