Hi, I am building a script that will notify my phone every 30 seconds when a contact sensor opens and the system is armed. I do not understand the setting " Stop repeat on next event"? If I do not enable this option I see the warning "WARNING: Repetition will never stop!" Can someone help me understand what this setting does? Thank you!
I believe that first button would allow a total of two (2) notifications and then stop the notifications for the event you are monitoring.
The other button toggle options will allow more repeat notifications by number or duration of the device event you are monitoring...
Next event would be the next thing that happens within that triggering rule. I would simply leave all of those off. That way it will repeat until the contact sensor is closed.
Trigger=Contact sensor open
Action=Send message to phone, repeat 30 seconds.
What I would do though is if this is a door or window, I would build in a mute switch (virtual) so if it is active, regardless of the mode it won't keep sending a message. This would be for when you want to leave a door or window open...
Thanks for the ideas and suggestions. I was looking to use this rule to trigger an alert continually if a sensor is open until the MODE is changed to Disarmed. Would that be possible? I see no way to add that type of condition to the alert.
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You should look into Rule Machine, there are a lot more options for more complex rules.
wait for event mode change=whatever
Unfortunately, "wait" is not an option for the notifications app.
Rick, your screenshot of the rule was most helpful. I am all set, thank you!
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