Basic Trigger "condition" Question?

Hi all,
I want to setup a Trigger that will turn "on" an appliancelinc, but ONLY after it receives
at least 3 or more open/close (any signal) signals from a specific Triggerlinc (door sensor) within
a 5 minute time period.
Thanks
-Tom

Here's just a quick solution that would work, it took about 5 minutes to write and I didn't do much to pretty it up but it's functional:

2 Variables - DoorLastReset and DoorSignals
2 Triggers + 1 Script (screenshots and code to follow)

When you get your door signal you run this trigger:

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When door signals is more than 2 you have another trigger that fires:

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The 2nd trigger action is a python script that checks for 5 minutes passed and if so then it turns on the appliance link, changes the time stamp to now and resets the door signal count:

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import datetime
import time

Now = datetime.datetime.now()

doAction = False
lastReset = indigo.variables["DoorLastReset"]

if lastReset.value == '':
   doAction = True

if doAction == False:
   Last = datetime.datetime.strptime(lastReset.value, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
   d = divmod(time.mktime(Now.timetuple()) - time.mktime(Last.timetuple()),86400)  # days
   h = divmod(d[1],3600)  # hours
   m = divmod(h[1],60)  # minutes
   s = m[1]  # seconds
   
   if m[0] > 5:
      doAction = True
 
if doAction == True:
   indigo.variable.updateValue(lastReset, Now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d ") + Now.strftime("%H:%M:%S"))
   indigo.variable.updateValue("DoorSignals", "0")
   indigo.device.turnOn(848833485)

You could also easily do this in just one trigger that executes the script each time a device change has occurred with the door sensor. You could increment the value and run the script in the same script and only turn on the light if the value is over 2, or you could always reset the date stamp every 5 minutes - any number of things you can do once the basic framework is put into place.

Thanks Colorado4Wheeler,

I will give this a try when I get a chance. It looks like a good solution.

-Tom