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**Jason_Bestor** · January 13, 2016, 10:55pm

I’m new to writing apps for SmartThings. I’m trying to detect if a contact sensor was in an open state within a specified timeframe. The code below isn’t working reliably. If the log trace shows recent events, doorWasOpen is still false. The code is mostly copied from and modified from “It’s Too Cold”. Can someone explain the use of the {it.value == “”}
Thanks

def deltaMinutes = 10
def timeAgo = new Date(now() - (1000 * 60 * deltaMinutes).toLong())
def recentEvents = contact.eventsSince(timeAgo)?.findAll { it.name == "open" }
log.trace "Found ${recentEvents?.size() ?: 0} events in the last $deltaMinutes minutes"
def doorWasOpen = recentEvents.count { it.value == "open" } > 1

**Mike_Maxwell** · January 13, 2016, 11:16pm

have a look at this app, it makes heavy use of past events.

github.com

MikeMaxwell/SmartThingsPublic/blob/master/smartapps/mikemaxwell/zonemotionchild.src/zonemotionchild.groovy

/**
 *  zoneMotionChild v 2.0.1 2015-12-30
 *
 *  Copyright 2015-10-20 Mike Maxwell
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 	2.0.1 2015-12-30 fixed agg zone types incorrectly going inactive when a zone motion remained for longer than the timeout setting
 */
 
definition(
    name: "zoneMotionChild",
    namespace: "MikeMaxwell",

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**Elfege_Leylavergne** · May 8, 2019, 9:50am

Dead link… too bad…

**ritchierich** · May 8, 2019, 12:09pm

You realize this post is over 3 years old right? Mike is one of the founders of Hubitat and for obvious reasons pulled all his code. Search Google for “github zoneMotionChild” and maybe you will find it .

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