Doorbell in Domoticz with window sensor

[domogijs]

Hi

Because a doorbell works with an electronic magnet I taped a window sensor on it. It works like a charm. When doorbell is pressed I get activity in Domoticz. So I made a script to send me a notification when doorbell is pressed.

Problem is, when doorbell is pressed there are a lot on, off,on, off (like 25) readings in Domoticz. And every time the script processed. Is there an way to process this script only on time in like 5 sec?

Greets Gijs

[dannybloe]

Look into the historical persisten data support in dzVents. You can use that.

[domogijs]

Ok thanks will do, right now I can't see my gateway anymore so I have to fix that first.

[domogijs]

Ok this is my code right now but is doesn't work. Some thing is wrong with the aftersec command. If I understand the wiki right you can use it in combination with the counter command.

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return {
        on = {
            devices = {  'Switch B' }
        },
        data = {
            counter = { initial = 0 }
        },
        execute = function(domoticz, devices)
            if (domoticz.data.counter == 5) then
                domoticz.notify('doorbell')
                domoticz.data.counter = domoticz.data.counter + 1
                domoticz.data.counter = 0 .afterSec(20)-- reset the counter after 20 sec
            else
                domoticz.data.counter = domoticz.data.counter + 1
            end
        end
    }
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[dannybloe]

This part is not correct:

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domoticz.data.counter = 0 .afterSec(20)-

You can only use afterSec with device(updates). Data changes are always immediate as there is no scheduling system for this in place.

I think you should take a different approach here. What you can do is only notify if the lastUpdate of the switch is more than x seconds ago:

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return {
	on = {
		devices = {  'Switch B' }
	},
        execute = function(domoticz, switch)
		if (switch.active and switch.lastUpdate.secondsAgo > 10) then
			domoticz.notify('doorbell')
		end
	}
}

Of course you won't be notified if the person presses the doorbell again within 10s. But that's not a problem I guess.

[domogijs]

This is exactly what I need!

Thanks! Keep up the good work with dzvents. I will try to develop with less help

Greets Gijs