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What it does

Monitors a washer, a dryer, or both and sends alerts when a cycle ends. Each machine is detected by power sensor, vibration sensor or a status sensor. Alerts go to mobile devices, Alexa or TTS speakers, with quiet hours, handoff reminders and status text helpers.

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Set it up from your iPhone Vulpo's automation editor turns this blueprint's 14 sections into a form, and shows each run as it happens.

Works with

  • Binary sensorbinary_sensor
  • Input booleaninput_boolean
  • Input textinput_text
  • Media playermedia_player
  • Mobile Appmobile_app
  • Scheduleschedule
  • Sensorsensor
  • Text-to-speech (TTS)tts

What you'll pick when you import it.

Washer — General

  • Enable washer monitoringOptional
  • Detection methodOptional
  • Running state helper (input_boolean) — REQUIREDOptional
  • Stop delay (minutes)Optional
  • Start delay (minutes)Optional

Washer 🌐 Integration detection settings

  • Status sensorOptional
  • Stopped/idle statesOptional

Washer ⚡ Power sensor detection settings

  • Power sensor entityOptional
  • Start threshold (watts)Optional
  • Stop threshold (watts)Optional

Washer 🔃 Vibration detection settings

  • Vibration sensor entityOptional

Dryer — General

  • Enable dryer monitoringOptional
  • Detection methodOptional
  • Running state helper (input_boolean) — REQUIREDOptional
  • Stop delay (minutes)Optional
  • Start delay (minutes)Optional

Dryer 🌐 Integration detection settings

  • Status sensorOptional
  • Stopped/idle statesOptional

Dryer ⚡ Power sensor detection settings

  • Power sensor entityOptional
  • Start threshold (watts)Optional
  • Stop threshold (watts)Optional

Dryer 🔃 Vibration detection settings

  • Vibration sensor entityOptional

Mobile notifications

  • Enable mobile notificationsOptional
  • Mobile devicesOptional
  • Washer notification title (mobile)Optional
  • Washer notification message (mobile)Optional
  • Dryer notification title (mobile)Optional
  • Dryer notification message (mobile)Optional

Alexa announcements

  • Enable Alexa announcementsOptional
  • Alexa media player targetsOptional
  • Alexa announcement typeOptional
  • Alexa notify service nameOptional
  • Washer announcement message (Alexa)Optional
  • Dryer announcement message (Alexa)Optional

TTS (text-to-speech) / Speaker announcements

  • Enable TTS / Speaker announcementsOptional
  • Primary TTS engine entityOptional
  • Primary media player targetsOptional
  • Secondary TTS engine entity (optional)Optional
  • Secondary media player targetsOptional
  • Washer announcement message (TTS)Optional
  • Dryer announcement message (TTS)Optional

Quiet hours

  • Quiet hours modeOptional
  • Schedule helper (schedule mode only)Optional
  • Start time (manual mode only)Optional
  • End time (manual mode only)Optional
  • Channels to suppress during quiet hoursOptional

Washer → Dryer handoff reminders

  • Enable handoff remindersOptional
  • Handoff timeout (minutes)Optional
  • Repeat reminder interval (minutes)Optional
  • Maximum remindersOptional
  • Handoff reminder message (mobile)Optional
  • Handoff reminder message (Alexa)Optional
  • Handoff reminder message (TTS)Optional

Status text helpers

  • Enable status text helpersOptional
  • Washer status text helper (input_text)Optional
  • Dryer status text helper (input_text)Optional

Information

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Version
1.1.0
Checked
Imports cleanly
Needs Home Assistant
2024.10.0 or newer
Category
Energy

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