Selective notification with Presence

brianwilson · February 9, 2019, 4:03am

Is this possible with rule machine? I want to do an action if all presence sensors are not present (arm alarm) but I only want to send the last person who left an alert (via pushover). Assume both folks have a pushover device in HE. I currently do this now with a custom web endpoint ok a another server, but I'm quickly finding I don't need extra services and scripts to these things as HE is so powerful and flexible.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

Ryan780 · February 9, 2019, 3:05pm

You could do it with a triggered rule but you would need one for each person. The trigger would be person A leaving and the condition would be person B is not present. For If true would have the pushover notification.

brianwilson · February 10, 2019, 5:00pm

Thanks, I'm still struggling.

I have an "Away" RM rule (not triggered because has to be A AND B): if A and B are NOT home, if TRUE: HSM Alarm Away, Lock Doors, if FALSE: HSM Disarmed.

My "Notify A person Trigger rule" is: If person A leaves AND HSM Status == Disarmed AND Person B is not at home, notify person A.

But how do I know if the first rule has run yet or not to know if HSM Status will really be Disarmed? Is there a way to force one rule to run before the other? I could take out the check for HSM status, but then I'm not checking status of the alarm and the notification is specific to "Alarm Arming".

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Ryan780 · February 10, 2019, 5:18pm

Yeah, don't make it so complicated. What is the notification saying? That HSM is armed? Why not have a Trigger or Triggered rule based on that? Some more information on what you're trying to do would be helpful.

brianwilson · February 10, 2019, 6:26pm

Because I also arm it when I’m at home, and I don’t want to be notified if I’m at home and arm it. Only want it to notify if someone leaves and it should only notify the last person who left.

Ryan780 · February 10, 2019, 6:37pm

But you wouldn't armAway if you're home still. You would armHome.

brianwilson · February 10, 2019, 7:13pm

Touche. But our dog sets off our motion detectors, so unless we're on vacation, we arm home

I think I got it with 4 rules, 2 per person - A arrives, A leaves; B arrives, B leaves. Those should cover 4 notifications and be selective on who gets it. Essentially 2 duplicate rules per person, just changing who who gets notified.

Thanks for your thoughts on how to do this. There needs to be a "duplicate X rule" option!