I'm trying to achieve an automation, but I'm having zero luck... I'm trying to make a laundry done notification for my wife. I have put a smart plug on the outlet, and set it up to run when power draw goes above 10 watts. That part works fine. I'm having trouble with the end part. My washer will…

[image] sahamilton9864: But my smart plug, the sengled ZigBee plug, only reports power if it changes. If the usage doesn't change, won't a refresh--which pulls the latest value--just get the same value as the previous report? I'm not sure I see how this would help. But it's also not clear how…

Thank you for you're replay. I've tried using the wait option. I set it to wait 10 seconds after the power dropped below 5w. It was my understanding that if power went back above 5w during that time, the wait timer would be interrupted/cancelled until the next time power went below 5w. Unfortuna…

You can use following conditional rule triggered by power change: if power is < 5w then Notify XY (delay X seconds) cancelable else Cancel delayed actions If for some reason plug will report several changes bellow 5watts, then you can use variable that will be changed between 1/0 after the power…

You could use this [image] [RELEASE] ByeByeStandBy ⚙️ Custom Apps and Drivers little light weight app a created, had it in RM but because i had a few of the same rule for different devices made a app. Parent - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Mark-C-uk/Hubitat/master/By…

Perhaps if you posted a copy of your rule someone could give you some pointers. What you describe can definitely be done with the proper structure in your rule.

Power usage refresh?

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mark.cockcroft March 10, 2022, 1:01pm 5

You could use this

And then set up a notification when the switch is turned off

Ie if its below 5w for 5min turn off