Time based alerts

Paul Freeman

Another "condition" for alerts should be time based. For example if magnetic sensor is triggered between 08:00 - 17:00, then send an email.

Not all of us want to know every time we open a door, but we want to know if a door is opened when we're normally at work. This "condition" would allow us to do just this.

Philipp Eierund

Second that!

Will Miller

Thirded.  The boss is asking for exactly this.

...Just came up with a work-around for now, though:  I'll try having it send an HTTP request to a PHP script hosted at the office, and then let my script handle the time-of-day thing.

Update:  Just did what I mentioned above, and it works fine.

For anyone wanting to do something similar: I have the action as "HTTP Request" set to http://my.server.com/twine/?door=[open/closed]

And then in twine/index.php, I just have:

<?php

$door = @$_GET["door"];

$hour = date("H");

if ($door == "open") {
  if ($hour >= 18 || $hour <= 6) {
    mail("me@my.server.com", "Door opened after hours!", "Door is $door");
  } else {
    mail("me@my.server.com", "Door opened during busines hours", "Door is $door");
  }
}

?>

Krzysztof Wychowałek

I strongly support this suggestion!