blueprint: name: Monitor the state of an appliance - by leofabri description: >- `- Version: 2.1.1 -` This automation can detect and monitor the state of your appliances by observing their power consumption. This automation blueprint is universal and very versatile. You can use it with anything that consumes energy: a washing machine, a dishwasher, your fridge, the TV, etc. I refer to the appliance's operations with the generic word job. A job could be anything (washing, rinsing...). You can pair this project with other automations and services. I designed it with flexibility in mind. For instance, if you want to send alerts when the washing machine is not resuming a job, you want to send TTS notifications, or if your fridge is somehow not working and de-icing you can see that happening. All you needed is just a little bit of creativity. You can use the state machine and the custom actions to extend it. The state machine: * **unplugged** - The appliance is no longer powered. It happens when the user manually turns off the smart socket (from HA or the socket itself). * **idle** - There is no pending job, the machine is powered but idling. * **paused** - Indicates that a job is pending (incomplete cycle), but the appliance is not performing it. The inhibitors of these state are the ***detached_overload*** and ***unplugged*** states. In this condition the power consumption is lower than the finishing power threshold. The appliance must be off (maybe the user turned it off manually, or maybe the job needs some time to recover). The blueprint is waiting for the appliance to resume. **Pro Tip!** You could also use this to diagnose and warn if a job is not resumed after x minutes. * **detached_overload** - This happens when, during a cycle, the appliance used too much power and was suspended. It is also technically unplugged but we don't say that. * **job_ongoing** - Triggered in two cases: * when a new job cycle begins: the previous one is completed, and the Starting Power threshold is surpassed. * when a job is resumed. * **job_completed** - Triggered when the current incomplete job cycle is finished. The appliance consumes less than the Finishing Power threshold (with the possibility of selecting for how long) First setup? [Follow the instructions](https://github.com/leofabri/hassio_appliance-status-monitor) domain: automation input: appliance_socket: name: Appliance Smart Socket description: >- (*REQUIRED) The socket that is used to control this appliance. default: [] selector: entity: domain: switch appliance_power_sensor: name: Appliance Power Consumption description: >- (*REQUIRED) The power entity with the current power absorption in Watts. default: [] selector: entity: domain: sensor appliance_starting_power_threshold: name: Starting power threshold description: >- (*REQUIRED) Power threshold above which we assume the appliance has started a new job or is resuming the current one (job_ongoing state). default: 5 selector: number: min: 1.0 max: 100.0 unit_of_measurement: W mode: slider step: 1.0 appliance_finishing_power_threshold: name: Finishing power threshold description: >- (*REQUIRED) Power threshold below which we assume the appliance has finished a job (job_completed state). default: 3 selector: number: min: 1.0 max: 100.0 unit_of_measurement: W mode: slider step: 1.0 appliance_suspended_sensor: name: Appliance Suspended entity description: >- (OPTIONAL) An input_number variable that turns into a value > 0 when an overload occurs. That would indicate that the machine was disconnected. default: [] selector: entity: domain: input_number appliance_state_machine: name: Appliance State Machine description: >- (*REQUIRED | Helper | Name: _state_machine | [?](https://github.com/leofabri/hassio_appliance-status-monitor/blob/main/home%20assistant/packages/your_appliance_name.yaml#L18)) The State Machine entity of this appliance. default: [] selector: entity: domain: input_select appliance_job_cycle: name: Appliance Job Cycle description: >- (*REQUIRED | Helper | Name: _job_cycle | [?](https://github.com/leofabri/hassio_appliance-status-monitor/blob/main/home%20assistant/packages/your_appliance_name.yaml#L9)) A sensor that stores whether the appliance is still in a job cycle or not.
This has to be a boolean (so: 0 or 1).
off -> the appliance is not performing any job
on -> the job is incomplete.
Note that this entity does not provide any information about the detailed status of the machine (like an overload stuation). For that, you need the state machine.
default: [] selector: entity: domain: input_boolean delayed_job_completion_timer: name: Delayed Job Completion timer description: >- (*REQUIRED | Helper | Name: _delayed_job_completion_timer | [?](https://github.com/leofabri/hassio_appliance-status-monitor/blob/main/home%20assistant/packages/your_appliance_name.yaml#L2)) The timer that will allow to 'wait' & 'see' before assuming that a job has been completed default: [] selector: entity: domain: timer automation_self_trigger: name: Automation Self-triggering entity description: >- (*REQUIRED | Helper | Name: _automation_self_trigger | [?](https://github.com/leofabri/hassio_appliance-status-monitor/blob/main/home%20assistant/packages/your_appliance_name.yaml#L13)) This entity is in charge of triggering the execution of the automation when it changes from off -> on. Sometimes, if the power consumption of the appliance is perfectly steady, no other trigger will work, but this will. This variable allows the automation to call itself when some conditions are met. default: [] selector: entity: domain: input_boolean delayed_job_completion_duration: name: Delayed Job Completion duration description: >- (OPTIONAL | Helper | Suggested: 0, Default: 0 | DISABLED) During a job cycle, some appliances may intermittently use less power than the finishing power threshold, thus entering the job_completed state (even when the job is not finished). With this value set, the automation will wait for the indicated time in seconds, and see if in that timespan the power consumption rises. ... WARNING: Setting a duration introduces a delay on the transition to the 'job_completed' state. Please make sure that you really need this, or leave it 0 if unsure. default: 0.0 selector: number: min: 0.0 max: 900.0 step: 1.0 unit_of_measurement: seconds mode: slider actions_new_job_cycle_begins: name: Action(s) when a new job cycle begins description: >- Executed when the appliance starts a new job cycle (idle -> job_ongoing state). Note that here the job cycle indicator is off, which means that no previous job has to be completed. ... **WARNING:** Just use non-blocking actions in this space! No delays, actionable notifications, TTS, waits, or anything that takes time to execute. Please consider that the permanence in this state could last for a limited amount of time (seconds, potentially!). This section is meant to be used to trigger other things. If you really need to trigger long operations, a clean solution is to dispatch the work by calling other services or using the State Machine entity to wake up other external automations. default: [] selector: action: actions_job_cycle_resumes: name: Action(s) when a job cycle resumes description: >- Executed when a pending job cycle is resumed (paused | unplugged | detached_overload -> job_ongoing state). Note that in this situation, the job cycle indicator is still on. That's how I know that the appliance is resuming and not startig a job. ... **WARNING:** Just use non-blocking actions in this space! No delays, actionable notifications, TTS, waits, or anything that takes time to execute. Please consider that the permanence in this state could last for a limited amount of time (seconds, potentially!). This section is meant to be used to trigger other things. If you really need to trigger long operations, a clean solution is to dispatch the work by calling other services or using the State Machine entity to wake up other external automations. default: [] selector: action: actions_job_cycle_ends: name: Action(s) when a job cycle is finished description: >- Executed when the appliance finishes a job cycle (job_ongoing -> job_completed state). ... **WARNING:** Just use non-blocking actions in this space! No delays, actionable notifications, TTS, waits, or anything that takes time to execute. Please consider that the permanence in this state could last for a limited amount of time (seconds, potentially!). This section is meant to be used to trigger other things. If you really need to trigger long operations, a clean solution is to dispatch the work by calling other services or using the State Machine entity to wake up other external automations. default: [] selector: action: actions_unplugged_overload: name: Action(s) when an overload occurs description: >- Executed when the appliance is detected as unplugged (because of an overload situation). ... **WARNING:** Just use non-blocking actions in this space! No delays, actionable notifications, TTS, waits, or anything that takes time to execute. Please consider that the permanence in this state could last for a limited amount of time (seconds, potentially!). This section is meant to be used to trigger other things. If you really need to trigger long operations, a clean solution is to dispatch the work by calling other services or using the State Machine entity to wake up other external automations. default: [] selector: action: actions_paused_after_overload: name: Action(s) when the overload situation is solved, now paused description: >- Executed when the state changes from detached_overload -> paused (NOT resuming the job). ... **WARNING:** Just use non-blocking actions in this space! No delays, actionable notifications, TTS, waits, or anything that takes time to execute. Please consider that the permanence in this state could last for a limited amount of time (seconds, potentially!). This section is meant to be used to trigger other things. If you really need to trigger long operations, a clean solution is to dispatch the work by calling other services or using the State Machine entity to wake up other external automations. default: [] selector: action: actions_resuming_after_overload: name: Action(s) when the overload situation is solved, now resuming description: >- Executed when the state changes from detached_overload -> job_ongoing (resuming the previous job). ... **WARNING:** Just use non-blocking actions in this space! No delays, actionable notifications, TTS, waits, or anything that takes time to execute. Please consider that the permanence in this state could last for a limited amount of time (seconds, potentially!). This section is meant to be used to trigger other things. If you really need to trigger long operations, a clean solution is to dispatch the work by calling other services or using the State Machine entity to wake up other external automations. default: [] selector: action: actions_paused_after_unplugged: name: Action(s) when the appliance is plugged back in, now paused description: >- Executed when the state changes from unplugged -> paused (NOT resuming the job). ... **WARNING:** Just use non-blocking actions in this space! No delays, actionable notifications, TTS, waits, or anything that takes time to execute. Please consider that the permanence in this state could last for a limited amount of time (seconds, potentially!). This section is meant to be used to trigger other things. If you really need to trigger long operations, a clean solution is to dispatch the work by calling other services or using the State Machine entity to wake up other external automations. default: [] selector: action: source_url: https://github.com/leofabri/hassio_appliance-status-monitor/blob/main/appliance-status-monitor.yaml variables: appliance_socket: !input "appliance_socket" appliance_suspended_sensor: !input "appliance_suspended_sensor" delayed_job_completion_duration: !input "delayed_job_completion_duration" delayed_job_completion_timer: !input "delayed_job_completion_timer" trigger: - platform: state entity_id: !input "appliance_power_sensor" id: power_event - platform: state entity_id: !input "appliance_socket" id: socket_state_change_event - platform: state entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" from: detached_overload to: paused id: paused_after_overload_event - platform: state entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" from: unplugged to: paused id: paused_after_unplugged_event - platform: state entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" from: detached_overload to: job_ongoing id: resuming_after_paused_overload_event - platform: state entity_id: !input "automation_self_trigger" from: "off" to: "on" id: automation_self_triggered - platform: event event_type: timer.finished event_data: entity_id: !input "delayed_job_completion_timer" id: job_completed_timer_finished - platform: homeassistant event: start id: home_assistant_started_event - platform: event event_type: - automation_reloaded id: automation_reloaded_event condition: - condition: or conditions: - condition: trigger id: power_event - condition: trigger id: socket_state_change_event - condition: trigger id: paused_after_overload_event - condition: trigger id: paused_after_unplugged_event - condition: trigger id: resuming_after_paused_overload_event - condition: trigger id: automation_self_triggered - condition: trigger id: job_completed_timer_finished - condition: trigger id: home_assistant_started_event - condition: trigger id: automation_reloaded_event action: - service: input_boolean.turn_off data: {} target: entity_id: !input "automation_self_trigger" - choose: - conditions: - condition: template value_template: "{{ appliance_suspended_sensor|length > 0 }}" - condition: and conditions: - condition: template value_template: "{{ states(appliance_suspended_sensor) | float > 0.0 }}" - condition: state entity_id: !input "appliance_job_cycle" state: "on" sequence: - condition: not conditions: - condition: state entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" state: detached_overload - service: input_select.select_option data: option: detached_overload target: entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" - choose: [] default: !input "actions_unplugged_overload" - choose: - conditions: - condition: state entity_id: !input "appliance_job_cycle" state: "on" - condition: template value_template: "{% if appliance_suspended_sensor|length > 0 %}{{ states(appliance_suspended_sensor) | float <= 0.0 }}{% else %}true{% endif %}" - condition: template value_template: "{{ states(appliance_socket) == 'on' }}" - condition: numeric_state entity_id: !input "appliance_power_sensor" below: !input "appliance_finishing_power_threshold" - condition: or conditions: - condition: state entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" state: detached_overload - condition: state entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" state: unplugged - condition: not conditions: - condition: state entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" state: paused sequence: - service: input_select.select_option data: option: paused target: entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" - conditions: - condition: template value_template: "{{ states(appliance_socket) == 'off' }}" - condition: not conditions: - condition: template value_template: "{{ appliance_suspended_sensor|length > 0 }}" - condition: and conditions: - condition: template value_template: "{% if appliance_suspended_sensor|length > 0 %}{{ states(appliance_suspended_sensor) | float > 0.0 }}{% else %}false{% endif %}" - condition: state entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" state: detached_overload sequence: - condition: not conditions: - condition: state entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" state: unplugged - service: input_select.select_option data: option: unplugged target: entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" - choose: - conditions: - condition: template value_template: "{{ states(delayed_job_completion_timer) == 'active' }}" sequence: - service: timer.cancel data: {} target: entity_id: !input "delayed_job_completion_timer" - conditions: - condition: trigger id: paused_after_overload_event sequence: - choose: [] default: !input "actions_paused_after_overload" - conditions: - condition: trigger id: paused_after_unplugged_event sequence: - choose: [] default: !input "actions_paused_after_unplugged" - conditions: - condition: trigger id: resuming_after_paused_overload_event sequence: - choose: [] default: !input "actions_resuming_after_overload" default: - choose: - conditions: - condition: template value_template: "{{ states(appliance_socket) == 'on' }}" - condition: numeric_state entity_id: !input "appliance_power_sensor" above: !input "appliance_starting_power_threshold" sequence: - choose: - conditions: - condition: template value_template: "{{ states(delayed_job_completion_timer) == 'active' }}" sequence: - service: timer.cancel data: {} target: entity_id: !input "delayed_job_completion_timer" - condition: not conditions: - condition: state entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" state: job_ongoing - service: input_select.select_option data: option: job_ongoing target: entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" - choose: - conditions: - condition: state entity_id: !input "appliance_job_cycle" state: "off" sequence: - service: input_boolean.turn_on data: {} target: entity_id: !input "appliance_job_cycle" - choose: [] default: !input "actions_new_job_cycle_begins" default: - choose: [] default: !input "actions_job_cycle_resumes" - conditions: - condition: state entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" state: job_ongoing - condition: state entity_id: !input "appliance_job_cycle" state: "on" - condition: template value_template: "{{ states(appliance_socket) == 'on' }}" - condition: numeric_state entity_id: !input "appliance_power_sensor" below: !input "appliance_finishing_power_threshold" sequence: - choose: - conditions: - condition: template value_template: "{{ states(delayed_job_completion_timer) != 'active' }}" - condition: not conditions: - condition: trigger id: job_completed_timer_finished sequence: - service: timer.start data: {} target: entity_id: !input "delayed_job_completion_timer" - choose: - conditions: - condition: template value_template: "{{ delayed_job_completion_duration > 0 }}" sequence: - choose: - conditions: - condition: template value_template: "{% if states(delayed_job_completion_timer) == 'active'\ \ %}\n {% set t_expiring_date = state_attr(delayed_job_completion_timer,\ \ 'finishes_at') %}\n {% set t_remaining_sec = 0 if t_expiring_date\ \ == None else (as_datetime(t_expiring_date) - now()).total_seconds()\ \ | int %}\n {% set t_total_duration = state_attr(delayed_job_completion_timer,\ \ 'duration') %}\n {% set duration_split = t_total_duration.split(':')\ \ %}\n {% set t_total_duration_sec = (duration_split[0] | int\ \ * 3600) + (duration_split[1] | int * 60) + (duration_split[0]\ \ | int) %}\n {% set t_elapsed_sec = (t_total_duration_sec - t_remaining_sec)\ \ | int %}\n {{ t_elapsed_sec < (delayed_job_completion_duration)\ \ | int }}\n{% else %}\n {{0}}\n{% endif %}" sequence: - delay: seconds: "{% if states(delayed_job_completion_timer) == 'active'\ \ %}\n {% set t_expiring_date = state_attr(delayed_job_completion_timer,\ \ 'finishes_at') %}\n {% set t_remaining_sec = 0 if t_expiring_date\ \ == None else (as_datetime(t_expiring_date) - now()).total_seconds()\ \ | int %}\n {% set t_total_duration = state_attr(delayed_job_completion_timer,\ \ 'duration') %}\n {% set duration_split = t_total_duration.split(':')\ \ %}\n {% set t_total_duration_sec = (duration_split[0] | int\ \ * 3600) + (duration_split[1] | int * 60) + (duration_split[0]\ \ | int) %}\n {% set t_elapsed_sec = (t_total_duration_sec -\ \ t_remaining_sec) | int %}\n {% set t_remaining = ((delayed_job_completion_duration)\ \ | int) - t_elapsed_sec %}\n \n {{ 1 + t_remaining }}\n{% else\ \ %}\n {{ 1 + (delayed_job_completion_duration) | int }}\n{%\ \ endif %}" - service: input_boolean.turn_on data: {} target: entity_id: !input "automation_self_trigger" - condition: template value_template: "{{0}}" default: [] - service: input_boolean.turn_off data: {} target: entity_id: !input "appliance_job_cycle" - service: input_select.select_option data: option: job_completed target: entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" - choose: - conditions: - condition: template value_template: "{{ states(delayed_job_completion_timer) == 'active' }}" sequence: - service: timer.cancel data: {} target: entity_id: !input "delayed_job_completion_timer" - choose: [] default: !input "actions_job_cycle_ends" - choose: - conditions: - condition: or conditions: - condition: trigger id: automation_self_triggered - condition: template value_template: "{{ delayed_job_completion_duration <= 0 }}" sequence: - delay: minutes: 1 - service: input_boolean.turn_on data: {} target: entity_id: !input "automation_self_trigger" default: - choose: - conditions: - condition: state entity_id: !input "appliance_job_cycle" state: "off" - condition: not conditions: - condition: state entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" state: idle sequence: - service: input_select.select_option data: option: idle target: entity_id: !input "appliance_state_machine" mode: restart max_exceeded: silent trace: stored_traces: 10