Delay for triggered Sensor

[TheRealFalseReality]

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Proposal

It would be nice to have a delay if a binary_sensor changes state to 'on'. Like triggered alarm when sensor is on for X seconds, to prevent some false alarms (pun intended). I use a Frigate Person Occupancy sensor in hopes to only trigger the alarm when the camera detects a person, but in a certain room, a jacket can give a false positive, but only for a second or 2, but Alarmo will trigger immediately. I'm am gonna use a template helper to copy this sensor with a delay so hopefully quick state changed won't trigger the alarm.

Additional info

Now, alarm triggers as soon as sensor state is 'on'.
Requests, alarm triggers when sensor is 'on' for X seconds.

[davidtinker]

That would be a great addition. I have been trying to use the template integration to do this but haven't got it working yet. This is what I have so far but it doesn't turn on at all:

template:
  - binary_sensor:
      name: 'Back person occupancy delayed'
      delay_on: 0:00:03
      state: '{{states("sensor.back_person_occupancy")}}'
      device_class: occupancy

[davidtinker]

I fixed it. Just had to change sensor to binary_sensor in the state template and it works. Also went with 5s delay.

[TheRealFalseReality]

That would be a great addition. I have been trying to use the template integration to do this but haven't got it working yet. This is what I have so far but it doesn't turn on at all:

template:
  - binary_sensor:
      name: 'Back person occupancy delayed'
      delay_on: 0:00:03
      state: '{{states("sensor.back_person_occupancy")}}'
      device_class: occupancy

Oh I was trying to use jinja template without success. I will have to give this a try

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[marazmarci]

I'd still like to see this feature, please don't mark it as stale

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[TheRealFalseReality]

Would be good feature!