If your flows do not work properly there are several possible reasons for this:
You may need to adjust the power values
The times for the “Washing_Machine_Timer” timer may have to be adjusted
The behaviour of washing machines varies from one washing machine to another
It is most useful to record the power curve and analyze it. This can be done either in Insights or with a log app (e.g. PaperTrails). In my experience the recording interval should not be longer than 5 seconds.
In Insights, the view must be set to “Last Hour”. Because a wash program usually takes longer than one hour, you should download the CSV file every 55 minutes. Then import the CSV files into Excell, Numbers etc. and delete duplicate time values, if necessary create a graphic from it. Based on the determined values you can then adjust the values in the flows.
If you check the data of your washing machine and modify the flows as needed, you should usually need not 5-7 flows. On the other hand, if you have 15-20 flows for your washing machine, dryer and dishwasher, Homey will have no problem with that. Some users have over 500 flows.
Another possibility would be to program the flows via Homey script, but I’m not familiar with that.
As already said, use an app for logging data, e.g. PaperTrails or SimpleLog.
It’s normal for a dryer to pause during the program, thats why there is a timer connected to the flow, if the timer finishes then, and only then we assume the program has finished. And it is always only a assumption because there is no hard link between the end of a program and homey unless you are using a ‘smart’ dryer which supports those functions.
So basically the question is, what do you need from us?
As the others mentioned, a timer can solve the “zero-energie” problem,
but be aware, at the end of the drying cycle, the motor is starting for a short time every minute. So if you use a timer, set the time shorter than 1 minute, otherwise you never get a “finished” message.
In you CSV you see that every 1 min there a peak.
So the timer needs to belonger then 1 min to prevent a false notification.
Set it to three minuut and test it out
The 1 minute peaks are from the “anti wrinkle” program, that is active after the real drying is finished, so your timer should be just under 1 minute. This is for notification, not for switching off!
10 minutes for a drying program is way to short for drying something.
I think this is a refreshing program. The behavior of a normal drying program is way different.
And to help fantross properly, it is also important to include the exact time when the machine will be ready. Because usually the machine continues to run in an anti wrinkle function.
My machine does that for almost an hour.
