Alarm Notification "only" for the First OFF

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

Design Pattern: Event Limit

Please see Design Pattern: What is a Design Pattern and How Do I Use Them first. Problem Statement Often one will be in a situation where an event will occur many times but an action should only be taken on the event once over a certain time period and the rest ignored. This is best explained with an example. For example, in my own rules I generate an alert when the temperature outside is a few degrees cooler than the inside (in the summer) to open the windows and another alert when it is war…

You can combine this with the Design Pattern: Associated Items and have a flag for each Item you want to limit the alerts for.