I want a warning after a given time from my door open contact

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Hello,

I am a beginner in this so I may have overlooked the solution.

I have a doorcontact installed which warns me if my front door is open.
I want it to give an alert if the door is opened longer than 15 seconds.

Now every opening of the door alerts me.

Thanks for helping me!

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One option to do this:
When the door is opened wait 15 seconds. Then check if door is still open. If that is the case give the warning.

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You mean that after the warning i check for myself? :slight_smile:

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That could be an option. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

No I mean:

  • Flow triggers when door is opened.
  • Wait for 15 seconds.
  • Then check if the status of the door contact is still “open”
  • If that is the case give a warming.
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Use delay card or Chronograph app e.g.

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Perhaps a better idea is to start/reset a timer when the door is opened and stop the timer when the door is closed.
(Look for “timer” in the Homey Appstore, i.e.
> this one)

Then you can make a flow for if the timer reaches 15 mins, send a notification.

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This is how the flow might look using the Chronograph app…

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I show a push notification, but in my, similar flow I use Voice Monkey to broadcast a message to my Alexa devices.

Andy

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If you like simple:

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Only if you don’t care that the door might get closed and opened again in the 15 second period.

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Thanks all for helping me to sort this out. I think this will help me to solve this.

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Succeeded! I wasnt aware of (timer) apps being integrated in Homey for creating cards. Thanks all!

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