That is basically what I am doing. I had to write a php site to receive the data from their site. It archives that data for trending. The current problem is that they don't have a rule structure that raises notifications at each change.
So... you are persisting the previous reading, and checking to see if the new reading is greater than the setpoint and the previous is not, then triggering the action? I assume that marks the rule as "applied". How do the Trigger and Reset values …
Just tried that. Set the trigger after to 600 seconds, and left the reset at .1. Set it to send me a text message. I got "compile error". Tried setting the reset to 1200. Same. Also, with an update frequency of 1 minute, what is the value of .…
I tried that. I set it up to call a URL on my server when temp is above -100. It hit the URL once. I expected it to be called at every update. I think we need more rule options.
I don't think you could use it directly (ie, mounting it on the door). You'd have to use a lever that changes the direction to rotate it in a different axis.
I love the garage door option! But, I'd need a new rule structure that lets me have this:"Send me a text if the garage door has been open for more than 10 minutes".