[solved]debounce rule for doorbell routine

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Ok I was wondering is the following possible with rules:

I have a doorbell that triggers a 433mhz signal from a remote (with a relais).
This is picked up by my pimatic and triggers a rule that makes a light flash, makes a snapshot with a camera and also sends a pushover message to my phone and smartwatch.
All of this is working great but only issue is that if a person pushes the physical doorbell button multiple times it also triggers the rule multiple times.

Is a debouncing possible within rules?
Something like: if doorbell button is pressed within 5 seconds after rule x was triggered then do nothing.

Hope somebody has an idea

Thanks!

@djmvt
I would implement a status variable like "door_delay"
And in your rule you check if this variable is 0 and then you execute your normal stuff, but you add also a state change for this variable like this

If XYZ and $door_delay is 0 then .......... and set $door_delay to 1 and set $door_delay to 0 after 30 seconds

@Icesory Ah thanks! So now let’s google how to do that exactly. I do get the basic idea but have no idea how to set this up

Exactly how I have described it.

Open the mobile-frontend.
Goto variables. Click on the gear in the top right corner. Now click on add new variable. Enter a name and set the value to 0. And in your rule you implemented exact the above parts.

Ha yeah was to fast with replying! Have not used the variables menu at all until now, learning every minute

And this is working perfectly

Thanks!