Door open action

#1

1) Give a description of the problem
I believe the else is always running every time the door is closed

2) What is the expected behavior?
I want it to run once, after the door is finally closed

4) Post a Green Snapshot of the pistonimage

door left open
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#2

I tried to use a variable and deleted the else statement. How does this look?

door left open modded
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#3

When the door has been left open for 5 minutes do you immediately get 2 text messages?

#4

Here’s my piston that I used to turn my thermostat off if my doors of been open for more than 5 minutes.

It actually doesn’t turn it off, it just sets the temperature setting way high or way low. If effectively turning it off Until the door closes.

You can ignore all the extra crap I have in my piston. I have other things going on too. But you get the idea. This should give you an idea to stop it from resuming program every time a door closes. I was having that problem too. Till I figured out how to use a variable…

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#5

I am. I noticed I had done that. Lol

#6

Just what I was looking for…
Any suggestion on how to make it also wait 5 minutes when the door is closed back before making changes to the thermostat??