Thanks to a comment on another post I’ve discovered the internal integration ‘Alert’ (which allows repeating notifications when a certain trigger condition is active).
My question is: why does this integration need to be configured in the configuration.yaml file, and be so limited in scope? Is there no way to achieve the same result using an alert action in an automation or script?
#Alert Integration
rocky musk
opaque lance
not all integrations can be configured by the UI. it is an ongoing effort to add ui setups to integrations but it takes time.
there may be other ways of doing what you want to do but you have given no information on what you are trying to achieve
rocky musk
I appreciate the response.
I am looking to setup repeating reminders to take action on appliances that have completed their cycles.
I have power monitoring and door sensors on my washing machine, dishwasher, and tumbledryer. I am also ADHD and Autistic.
When my appliances finish they trigger lights, a voice announcement, and a notification to my phone.
If I am not focused on other things I will empty the finished appliance and reload it if needed but if I am occupied then I will completely forget for a significant amount of time.
I was hopeful that Alert would allow me to have the reminder repeat at suitable intervals until the door sensor detects the appliance has been opened, but only when I am home (otherwise they are a bit pointless)
opaque lance
a possible way to approach this might be to make a toggle helper for example called "washing machine complete"
then when the washing machine completes an automation switches this "on"
you then have an automation that runs every 30 mins? that checks to see if the toggle is on and sends an alert. this automation could then check other toggles and alert for them too. (you can obviously have conditions to prevent them from triggering overnight or when nobody is home etc...)
then you add a door sensor to the washing machine and have an automation that turns off the toggle when the door has been opened.
you may be able to do something similar with alert but i dont have any experience with using it
rocky musk
Yeah, I’ve got the door sensor, and set up the booleans, and I’m working on perfecting the flow of the automation to remind me, probably going to use timers. It’s just a bit more bulky than I’d like, and scaling it to three appliances is a bit of extra work. I was hoping for a simple shortcut but guess I’ll have to do it old school!
Appreciate your help!