Creating an event using multiple door sensors

[DancingPaul]

I have a heater in my garage. I have 3 doors with sensors (A, B, C). I have a connected thermostat.

I have the following event:

Event 1
If Door Sensor A changes and becomes open
Set 'heater state virtual device' to current thermostat mode
Set thermostat mode to 'Off'

Event 2
If Door Sensor A changes and becomes closed
Set thermostat mode to 'heater state virtual device'

This works as it stores the current state of the thermostat, turns it off while the door is open, than sets it back to whatever state it was before.

NOW, the fun part. I have 2 other doors. I'd like it to turn off the heat when ANY door is open, but if door B opens, and I set the state when door B opens, it will set the state to off (as the thermostat mode is off due to door A being open).

How would I go about turning off the heat but remembering what the state was when the first door opens, and back when the last one closes, in any order?

[randy]

These Events should do what you want.



The heat will be turned off if any of the three doors are opened. The heat will be turned on when all three are closed. This could also be done with Easy Trigger groups.

[cowinger]

AH, Randy beat me to it!

Maybe you could try putting in OR IF for event 1 for the other doors and AND IF in event 2 for the other doors.

Event 1 then would look for any door open and remember the thermostat setting

Event 2 then would require all 3 doors to be closed before it returns the thermostat to those settings

[DancingPaul]

Randy, I don't think your example solves my issue.

I need to remember what state the heater was in before the first door is open, and set it to that state when the last door closes.

In your example it will turn off when any door is opened and than turn to heat when all 3 doors are closed. BUT if it was in the off position previously than it is setting the heater to heat even though it was off previously.

Problem with the state is if door a opens and it's set to heat, the trigger turns it off. Than wgeb door b opens it sets the virtual device to the current state, which is now off. so when door b and a close, the virtual state is now off and will set to off, instead of heat as it was originally.

[DancingPaul]

what I might need to do is keep a state if ANY door is open. And if a second door opens and the ANY door state is open, than not change the heater mode state

but than closing is tricky....

[cowinger]

I was thinking of something like this.

Event 1
If current thermostat mode changes to any value
Then set 'heater state virtual device' to current thermostat mode

Event 2
If door A changes and becomes open
Or If door B changes and becomes open
Or If door C changes and becomes open
Then set thermostat to Off

Event 3
If door A changes and becomes closed
And If door B changes and becomes closed
And If door C changes and becomes closed
Then set thermostat mode to 'heater state virtual device'

Something like that. Maybe needs a little tweaking.

[randy]

Randy, I don't think your example solves my issue.

I need to remember what state the heater was in before the first door is open, and set it to that state when the last door closes.

In your example it will turn off when any door is opened and than turn to heat when all 3 doors are closed. BUT if it was in the off position previously than it is setting the heater to heat even though it was off previously.

Problem with the state is if door a opens and it's set to heat, the trigger turns it off. Than wgeb door b opens it sets the virtual device to the current state, which is now off. so when door b and a close, the virtual state is now off and will set to off, instead of heat as it was originally.

If you have Easy Trigger you can write the value of your heating to a virtual device when a door opens and from the virtual device back to the heating when all doors are closed.

Beyond that you will need logic to only set the virtual heating device when the first door opens. The easiest way would be to add conditions to the Off event triggers to check that the other two doors are closed when one opens.

[DancingPaul]

Cowinger, I thought of that too but when event 2 changes it to OFF, than event 1 will trigger setting it to off.

I was thinking of something like this.

Event 1
If current thermostat mode changes to any value
Then set 'heater state virtual device' to current thermostat mode

Event 2
If door A changes and becomes open
Or If door B changes and becomes open
Or If door C changes and becomes open
Then set thermostat to Off

Event 3
If door A changes and becomes closed
And If door B changes and becomes closed
And If door C changes and becomes closed
Then set thermostat mode to 'heater state virtual device'

Something like that. Maybe needs a little tweaking.

[DancingPaul]

I *Think* I got it:

created a state for ANY door being open
if a door opens it checks if ANY is set to open, if not it sets the vrtual heater state

if ANY door is closed (meaning all are closed) than it proceeds to set the virtual heater as it's the first door opening.

Closing: every door checks for every other door to be closed. If the other 2 are closed, it's the last one and proceeds to set back the therm to the virtual state

[randy]

Cowinger, I thought of that too but when event 2 changes it to OFF, than event 1 will trigger setting it to off.

That is true. The modifications to the events I posted above should work.

[randy]

I *Think* I got it:

created a state for ANY door being open
if a door opens it checks if ANY is set to open, if not it sets the vrtual heater state

if ANY door is closed (meaning all are closed) than it proceeds to set the virtual heater as it's the first door opening.

Closing: every door checks for every other door to be closed. If the other 2 are closed, it's the last one and proceeds to set back the therm to the virtual state

That should work.

[DancingPaul]

I would really think there would be a better/easier more efficient way to do this. Hopefully someone will come up with one. I dread the day if I have 10 or more sensors doing something across the whole house and had to write something in this manner.


I know easy trigger has groups but I have yet to play with them.


There's still one edge case and that's if someone turns the heat off while one of the doors are open - but i think that can be solved by checking if the heat mode changes AND door any virtual device = open, than set the heater virtual device to the new mode.

[Uncle Michael]

Another take:
Event 1
If a recurring trigger happens (once a minute)
And If Door A has been closed for at least (60 seconds)
And If Door B has been closed for at least (60 seconds)
And If Door C has been closed for at least (60 seconds)
Then store heater state in a virtual device

Event 2
If Door A changes and becomes open
Or If Door B changes and becomes open
Or If Door C changes and becomes open
Turn heater off

Event 3
If Door A changes and becomes closed
And If Door B is closed
And If Door C is closed

Of If Door B changes and becomes closed
And If Door A is closed
And If Door C is closed

Of If Door C changes and becomes closed
And If Door A is closed
And If Door B is closed

Then restore heater to the state stored in the virtual device

[Uncle Michael]

I would really think there would be a better/easier more efficient way to do this. Hopefully someone will come up with one. I dread the day if I have 10 or more sensors doing something across the whole house and had to write something in this manner.
I know easy trigger has groups but I have yet to play with them.

Are you saying that you want something that is easier than EasyTrigger groups?

For large numbers of items, I find that a script that loops through the devices is an efficient way to handle them, and adding one more becomes pretty easy.

[DancingPaul]

I haven't tried easytrigger groups yet. I'll give them a shot.

Are you saying that you want something that is easier than EasyTrigger groups?

For large numbers of items, I find that a script that loops through the devices is an efficient way to handle them, and adding one more becomes pretty easy.