#Garage Door Venting Logic

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gritty bobcat
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Hello, does anyone have some general logic for an automation for opening my garage doors to cool them off?

My initial thoughts are:
Open to 20% if anyone is home, only if outdoor temp is 5 degrees F cooler than the garage. But I don't think that would work at all times. Obviously don't want them opening in the winter so need to find some sweet spot of degrees, as well as likely only in the evening during hot summer days. I just am trying to avoid a lot of false opening and closing for no good reason.

Any suggestions?

stone sluice
dull zinc
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I assume, there may be some concerns about "at home status".

using the Wasp In A Box concept for inputs to "at home" (re-evaluating this based upon temperature events) is a decent strategy

the idea itself can definitely be had easily. debouncing the events and states, keeping security in mind, makes it a little more complicated

stone sluice
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For the presence, I use several Ikea ZigBee PIR sensors, some smartplugs states, my office chair pressure sensor, etc.. it mustn't be actives for 5 minutes. And the geolocation of any of our phones as a trigger. That works most of the time

gritty bobcat
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Yeah I think Melon has my concerns explained well.

I guess I would like to ensure we are home, but also don't want these opening up in the middle of the night either. So it seems logical to say only activate between 6 and 11pm? Or maybe better yet, this is just a push notification with the ability to action from the notification. That allows me to have the final say?

stone sluice
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You can try that for a time until you see that works ok. And the time threshold also is necessary