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Notification/indication when the basil needs water #85

Closed corbanmailloux closed 1 year ago

corbanmailloux commented 3 years ago

Since 6a180a679c4ab3fe284c0e784bfbdb2196415dc6, I now have a functioning sensor system for the basil plant in my office (Bailey the basil). The sensors integrated and exposed in the UI, but I'd like to be proactively informed when the sensors are out of spec based on the plant entity (plant.basil).

Someone else has already made a convenient automation for this case: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/automation-to-notify-if-any-plants-require-watering/128277/5?u=corbanmailloux

It'd be kind of cool to get more clever with the notifications though.

Consider other interesting integrations like that.

Also, a simple notification would make a good blueprint to share with the community.

corbanmailloux commented 3 years ago

One more idea for this: I can't report the battery status from the plant sensor, and the sensors won't appear as unavailable in HASS because of the BLE bridge, so I won't know quickly when the battery dies in this sensor.

Add a notification/indication when the sensor hasn't reported in more than a couple hours to remind me to change the battery. Here's a reference: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/sensor-last-updated-monitor/197705

corbanmailloux commented 2 years ago

The initial version of this (showing status somewhere) is now part of my office status screen OLED on my desk: https://github.com/corbanmailloux/home-assistant-configuration/blob/master/esphome/office_status_screen.yaml

I still need to add a way to notice when the battery is dead on the plant sensor, so I'm leaving this open for that.

corbanmailloux commented 2 years ago

Add better card: https://github.com/Olen/lovelace-flower-card