Turning on a virtual switch where the specific switch depends on %device%

[HAL9000]

Consider the following scenario: I have a significant number of sensors such as

• Water Sensor 01
• Water Sensor 02, etc.

I also have matching virtual switches named

• Water Sensor 01 Activated
• Water Sensor 02 Activated, etc.

I'd like to construct a rule that says if any of the Water Sensors are activated, then turn on the corresponding virtual switch. In other words,

Select trigger event: Any of Water Sensor 01, Water Sensor 02 ... any wet
Select actions to run: On %device% Activated

OK, I know you can't do that. So what would be the simplest way to implement same? I could do it with x number of rules that are simple but numerous. Or in a single rule with x number of If/Then or a ridiculously nested If/Then/Else. A Case statement would be clean, but not available. But is there a clever way that looks a lot cleaner?

Creating a custom water sensor device driver that adds contact capabilities would work, I guess.

Background: While I ask the question in the abstract, I will offer the use case details. The goal is to have Alexa announce the specific location of the leak. One can't send a parameter as far as I know. I'm creating a virtual contact/switch for each specific thing I want Alexa to say. Note: I'm well aware of Echo Speaks which simplifies the hell out of this, but I'm trying to rule out user apps for the moment, and would prefer not to set up a second hub either.

[bjcowles]

I understand your use case. I don't have an eloquent solution for you but figured I'd share how I do it, just in case you didn't come up with something better.

I have a single rule with a conditional for each sensor (I've already lost you, haven't I?) that will turn a light on near any reported leak, send a notification to our phones, and send a notification to all of our Echo devices with the name of the sensor. The Echo notification uses a community driver that links to the NotifyMe Alexa skill.

[RELEASE] Alexa Notifications Driver

This driver allows you to setup a notification device for use with the NotifyMe Alexa Skill (Notify Me - Thomptronics). When you send a notification to it, your Alexa devices will chime and show a notification from "NotifyMe" and will contain the text of your notification. This is NOT a TTS service. Installation: Go to the Alexa Skills Store (or ask Alexa ) to enable the Notify Me skill. After you enable the Notify Me skill, you'll get an email with your access code. Go to Drivers Code and cr…

This is not TTS. This is a notification complete with annoying tone and spinning yellow light that must be manually played. "Alexa, play notifications".

I can tell you, when my water heater gave up last year, this worked perfectly! And there isn't much of a chance of not waking when 12 Echo devices play the tone at once.

[Angus_M]

You can use clone to copy your first rule and then make the edits quite quickly. I can't think of any other way but separate rules or conditionals as you say.