The P100 is an incredible multi state sensor with so much potential. I love all the different uses that users are setting up. I had considered a few ideas but couldn’t let go of the idea of a laundry finished alert. Still having trouble figuring out the washer bit as it stops momentarily between cycles. I have worked out how to get the dryer automation to work fairly well. It’s set up in two different automations one to start the dryer cycle automation and one to reset for the next dryer cycle. The alerting automation will turn on two lights (I also had custom audio alerts, and Aqara notification set up but felt it was a bit much). The P100 starts off facedown and when I start the drying cycle I turn it right side up. Then after the cycle completes I turn the P100 back to the face down position which triggers the reset automation.
I would make one recommendation to Aqara and that would be a Mount that can be rotated so you can initiate different automations on its orientation without removing it from the where you have it mounted. Needless to say, I had to leave mine on mounted so that I could flip it face down and face up to trigger the automations. But I believe if I could attach it to the side of the dryer and turn it similar, automations can be achieved.
I was just thinking through a similar concept based on my existing dryer automation. If I could use multiple states from this sensor together as you have done I could make the automation more seamless. I was thinking of putting a P100 on the dryer door and using an automation that says when the ‘door is closed + vibration’ to equate a running dryer.
hm, so you change the orientation of it manually to indicate the different states? that’s an interesting approach. But in my case, the sensitivity is certainly not enough to make it detect the vibration of my washer. Does it mean that for you it’s sensitive enough?
For the dryer it is, but I haven’t tried it for the washer yet. The washer keeps stopping for different cycles, so I haven’t figured out how to account for that gap of no vibrations. So that it doesn’t trigger early. But so far the dryers worked really well.
That’s a good idea. I was hoping to get it done with one sensor per machine. I thought about combining it with the original vibration sensor, but couldn’t really come up with a solution for that either. It does open a whole new door of possibilities! lol
