Notify when garage door opened manually (not via Home Assistant)

[honest mesa]

Hey, I want to make an automation that sends a notification when the garage door is opened using the physical remote, not through Home Assistant.

I already have a cover object that shows if the door is open or closed in HA. The idea is to only get a notification if it was opened manually, not when I open it via HA. Thanks.

[storm rover]

Do you have a door sensor? I don't get that

If the door is open and the automation has not been launched, it has been opened manually

[honest mesa]

I mean I want to know if the door was opened manually and not just someone clicking open on the dashboard. I have a cover object set up in esphome with a reed switch and a relay

[storm rover]

You can create a binary helper

In the automation that opens the door, you have to add a step at the beginning of the actions that activates the helper

And one final step that deactivates the helper

This way, you can know if the automation is activated and running in this moment

For security reasons, I'll add a delay of let's say 10 seconds before deactivating the binary helper

That said , you can now create a new automation

If the door is open, and the binary helper is not activated, is because you have opened it manually, not by the automation

Does this suit you? 🙂

[grand marlin]

You can use context provided by the trigger to determine how the door was opened.

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/how-to-use-context/723136

[storm rover]

I think the problem here is that the manual activation is through a remote that is not integrated into HA. But I take note to use it some day, thanks 🙂 👍

[grand marlin]

The manual activation is determined by context as well. In that article, “physical” means any method outside of HA

[honest mesa]

something like this?

binary_sensor:
  - platform: gpio
    pin:
      number: GPIO1
      mode: INPUT_PULLUP
    name: "Garage Door Sensor"
    id: garage_door_sensor
    device_class: garage_door

  - platform: template
    name: "Garage Recently Triggered"
    id: garage_recently_triggered
    lambda: |-
      return id(recently_triggered_flag);

globals:
  - id: recently_triggered_flag
    type: bool
    restore_value: false
    initial_value: 'false'

script:
  - id: garage_trigger_reset_script
    mode: restart
    then:
      - globals.set:
          id: recently_triggered_flag
          value: 'true'
      - component.update: garage_recently_triggered
      - delay: 10s
      - globals.set:
          id: recently_triggered_flag
          value: 'false'
      - component.update: garage_recently_triggered

cover:
  - platform: template
    name: "Garage Door"
    device_class: garage
    open_action:
      - script.execute: garage_trigger_reset_script
      - switch.turn_on: relay4
      - delay: 300ms
      - switch.turn_off: relay4
    close_action:
      - script.execute: garage_trigger_reset_script
      - switch.turn_on: relay4
      - delay: 300ms
      - switch.turn_off: relay4
    lambda: |-
      if (id(garage_door_sensor).state) {
        return COVER_OPEN;
      } else {
        return COVER_CLOSED;
      }
    optimistic: false
    assumed_state: false

[storm rover]

I can't read and understand the code easily, I'm in my phone, but I think that there you have created a physical binary sensor. I was talking about HA binary sensor, it's a type of entity 🙂

I usually create the automations via the HA front for easier reading. And I'm a programmer 😂

[honest mesa]

But would that trigger if using a voice assistant for example?

[storm rover]

What do you mean? 🙂

[honest mesa]

Never mind, I did it like this, seems to be working

alias: Garage Triggered (Manual/ESP)
description: ""
triggers:
  - entity_id:
      - cover.garage_garage_door
    to: null
    trigger: state
    from: null
conditions:
  - condition: template
    value_template: |
      {{ trigger.to_state.context.user_id is none }}
actions:
  - action: notify.mobile_app_iphone1
    metadata: {}
    data:
      message: "Garage door open"
mode: single```

[low apex]

You also need to check on parent_id as well. As user_id will also be none if an automation was the cause.