Advice: GE Washer and Dryer Entity States and Automations

[plaidbear]

Hello All. I am using the Telegram bot for state communication from the washer and dryer but having a tough time with the entities. I have the Telegram bot working but I am not sure what flow of entity states I should be monitoring.

I have "R335413N Laundry End Of Cycle turned on" as a trigger and have the Telegram bot sending a message to a family group to "put the wash in the dryer". SmartHQ I noticed has a "wet laundry" alert. This looked like it could be the "R335413N Laundry End Of Cycle turned OFF" as this comes on some time after the "ON". It's 5-6 minutes by experiment. This status trigger though gets tickled quite often. I will get 6-10 alerts over the course of the night from the "OFF" status.

In any event, I just wish to show in-use status, communicate when cycles are done and then maybe give a unique warning after a set duration to move or retrieve the laundry.

What is everyone else doing with their GE washer and dryer?

Thanks!

Kevin

[Waank1]

@plaidbear I have automations to have Alexa tell me when the wash is complete and flash a lamp in the living room {Blue} and remains on and blue until the washer door is opened . If no one opens the washer door after 30 minutes Alexa tells me wash completed 30 minutes ago. Then I do the same for the dryer using {Orange} for the color. Once the machine door is opened the lamp returns to it's previous state. I would like to do the same for detergent level low, but no mater what it always reports 'full'. I just use a timer for the 30 minutes not the "wet laundry" alert.

[dshokouhi]

personally for the washer i find the door lock sensor to work the best, the door to the washer gets locked as soon as any cycle starts and unlocks when done. No need to check anything else.