Add timeout on state change in a rule?

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I’ve submitted a PR for a new feature for jruby helper libraries to do this.

It’s not yet merged / updated to the gem (look for version 5.0.0.rc11 or newer), but once it has, you could:

  1. Change your trigger to ItemStateChangeTrigger and remove the “state: OPEN” condition, so that it triggers on any state change for the Door_State item.
configuration: {}
triggers:
  - id: "1"
    configuration:
      itemName: Door_State
    type: core.ItemStateChangeTrigger
  1. Install jruby automation + configure it with the helper library. The easy way to do this is by installing the jruby automation from the Marketplace.
  2. You would change your action to run a script, select Ruby script, and have this in your script:
debounce_for(1.minute) do
  next unless event.state.open?
  Voice.say("CLOSE THE DOOOOOOOR", sink: "enhancedjavasound")
end

Voila!

Here’s the full yaml for UI based rule:

configuration: {}
triggers:
  - id: "1"
    configuration:
      itemName: Door_State
    type: core.ItemStateChangeTrigger
conditions: []
actions:
  - inputs: {}
    id: "2"
    configuration:
      type: application/x-ruby
      script: |-
        debounce_for(1.minute) do
          next unless event.state.open?
          Voice.say("CLOSE THE DOOOOOOOR", sink: "enhancedjavasound")
        end
    type: script.ScriptAction

Note that this is already supported in file-based rules in the current version of the helper library. The file based rule would look like this:

rule "Open door alert" do
  changed Door_State, to: OPEN, for: 1.minute
  run { Voice.say("CLOSE THE DOOOOOOOOR", sink: "enhancedjavasound") }
end