I have an automation that triggers if a temperature is over 75. Is there a way to have it only trigger when it changes from below 75 to over? It seems to continuously trigger whenever the temperature value changes by 0.1F
#Stop Automation Triggering On Numeric State Change
nova halo
outer cobalt
That's what a numeric_state trigger does
Seems you have a state trigger or something like that
nova halo
above: '75'
entity_id:
- sensor.office_temperature
platform: numeric_state
seems it's bugged or something because it keeps triggering
Could it be because it's a helper sensor?
outer cobalt
You should remove the quotes around 75
No, that is not relevant
Anyway, what you're describing is not the behavior of a numeric_state trigger
nova halo
that's what I had thought too
outer cobalt
If it keeps going below and above, then yes, it will keep triggering
nova halo
ah maybe it's fluctuating between 75.0 and 75.1
gloomy canopy
that seems likely
oblique gyro
I found that for situations like that, a template trigger usually works better: {{ states('sensor.sensor')|int(0) >= 75 }}. For the additional triggering, you can debounce the automation using the trigger variables and seeing when the last time it was triggered.
oblique gyro
Yup, holding state probably works too
gloomy canopy
Or a nice latching binary sensor that goes on at 75 but doesn't turn off until it goes below 74.5 and use it as a condition (don't trigger unless off). Get some hysteresis in there
oblique gyro
You mean a threshold helper... 😉 lol I used to use them all the time, but then started template triggering stuff and... ugh... it's just all out of control now.
gloomy canopy
Does threshold work like that?
oblique gyro
Either threshold or trend. I can't remember which one off the top of my head, but yeah.
Yeah, it's the threshold helper.
gloomy canopy
I thought that was just high between low and high threshold? Didn't realise it did latching too