Keep off the actions spam

[Constantinos_Contis]

i am trying to write a doorbell rule using my lame programming skills .I use a xiaomi wireless switch for a doorbell button and when someone short/long/double press it i do things like its playing a sound at the xiaomi gateway and flashing a light,send me an email with a camera photo… etc.All good so far.The one thing i want to know is how can i set a delay at the presses so if an asshole keep spamming the button i wont be flowed by notifications and actions.

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

Design Pattern: Motion Sensor Timer

Edit: Updates for OH 4 Please see Design Pattern: What is a Design Pattern and How Do I Use Them for details on how to use DPs. Problem Statement Many motion detectors only report ON when they detect motion but do not send a corresponding OFF after no motion has been detected after a period of time. In addition, often one wants to control a device like a light for a certain period after the last motion is seen, not after the motion sensor goes to OFF. Therefore one needs to keep a Contact OPEN…

Should get you started.

Set the timer like in the example and in your rule that triggers when the door bell button is pressed put:

if(timer !== null) return;

Or if you use Expire based timers:

if(Doorbell_Timer.state == ON) return;

This will cause the Rule to ignore all events until the timer expires and goes away.

[Constantinos_Contis]

thanx mate this is so simple.I did it the hard way using a virtual switch who is triggered to on by the 3 xiaomi button actions and using expire goes to off after 30 seconds.Then i trigger my doorbell actions using that switch when change state from off to on.It works ok but your way is much nicer.i learned something today,Thank you.

[Constantinos_Contis]

Switch doorbell_switch "doorbell_switch" { expire="30s,command=OFF" }

rule "doorbell_switch"
when
        Channel "mihome:sensor_switch:158d0001d8f5d3:button" triggered SHORT_PRESSED
		or
		Channel "mihome:sensor_switch:158d0001d8f5d3:button" triggered DOUBLE_PRESSED
		or
		Channel "mihome:sensor_switch:158d0001d8f5d3:button" triggered LONG_RELEASED
	then
	    if(doorbell_switch.state==OFF) {
          doorbell_switch.sendCommand(ON)
		  }
end

rule "Doorbell"

   when
       Item doorbell_switch changed from OFF to ON

    then
	    if(Alarm_State.state==ON) {
		  sendHttpGetRequest("http://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/doorbell/with/key/IFTTT_API_KEY")
		  }
	else {
		  val Integer currentHour = now.getHourOfDay
          if ((7..21).contains(currentHour)) {
            mihome_gateway_7811dcb24452_volume.sendCommand(20)
		    mihome_gateway_7811dcb24452_sound.sendCommand(10)
		    sendHttpGetRequest("http://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/doorbell/with/key/IFTTT_API_KEY")
		    Flash_Green.sendCommand(ON)
		}
		else {
		    sendHttpGetRequest("http://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/doorbell/with/key/IFTTT_API_KEY")
		    Flash_Green.sendCommand(ON)
			}
	  }	
end