MarkTr
March 9, 2023, 4:22am
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I think @TAustin 's timer device is a good fit here. This is a useful notification for me too so I’m testing it out. Looks like it works at first glance. Here’s my setup:
Routine 2: turn off (resets timer) when garage door closes.
Routine 3: notify and reset when timer hits 10min.
Link to install the driver is in the first post here:
Wanted to share this project in case anyone else could benefit from it.
Problem:
Older person living alone; wants to notify neighbor if no movement detected over a certain period of time, which could indicate a serious health problem: a fall, serious illness, or, god forbid, worse.
Former ‘Elder Care’ SmartApp that ran on the legacy platform was soon to be end-of-life.
Solution:
I have an Edge driver that can be configured to track elapsed time and/or a simple increment/decrement counter. For purposes of this project, the device can be configured to use an elapsed time tracking resolution of seconds, minutes, hours, days, or weeks. It can also be configured to update the elapsed time value on a specified frequency, i.e. every n seconds.
Using this driver, it was fairly easy to set …
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