Hi, installed a sensor in my bed to detect presence and linked it to openhab. I’d like to make a rule to prevent false-activations (like just sitting down in bed for a short time,… ). What would be the best approach? Thanks!

[image] emilbauer: I wanted to make a rule with a timer but i don’t know how to determine if the sensor was active the whole time during the duration of the timer (and not only when the timer ends) Okay, so you’d set up a timer that was accessible from multiple rules. When the sensor changes…

Rule to prevent false-activations of sensor

Setup, Configuration and Use Scripts & Rules

rossko57 (Rossko57) November 21, 2018, 3:46pm 6

Okay, so you’d set up a timer that was accessible from multiple rules.
When the sensor changes to “occupied”, start the timer.
When the sensor changes to “unoccupied”, cancel the timer.
If the timer runs to completion, do whatever was wanted.

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