HA_AppDaemonGarbageBinDaySensor

Appdaemon program to show a sensor in Hass.IO for garbage bin type in next collection cycle

Notes

• This has been developed as an Appdaemon 3 module.
• The limitations of my implementaiton is that it assumes that the collection cycle follows a fixed cadence. For my case, the bins are collected on a Monday and repeats every two weeks.
• The code can support as many bins as you like. This is configurable.
• Once the code executes, it will create a new Hass.IO sensor.

To implement this sensor

1. Install AppDaemon 3.
2. Configure AppDaemon and make sure that you can run the helloworld application.
3. Download this code and put it into the "/config/appdaemon/apps/" folder in your Hass.IO device.
4. In the code make changes for garbage bin types and their cycle. More information given below.
5. In your "/config/appdaemon/apps/apps.yaml" file, put in the following lines of code.

GarbageBinDay_sensor:
  module: appd_binDayCalc.py
  class: binCalc

Adding a new bin

Modify the function setupBins(). In the below example, I've added two bin types - a blue bin and a red bin. The second parameter is the date of the collection. Chose a date in the past. And the third parameter is the number of days till the new cycle. In Australia where I live, the cycle is blue bin (recycle) and red bin (organic) alternating every week, hence the two week cycle.

    #-- Setup the bins
    def setupBins(self):
        #-- Initialise the bins
        self.garbageBins.append(binType("BLUE", "13/01/2020", 14))
        self.garbageBins.append(binType("RED", "06/01/2020", 14))

Modify the sensor values

To change the sensor values, modify the contents of the variables below.

        self.set_state("sensor.next_garbageCollection", state=stateInfo, attributes=\
                       {"binColour": nBinColour, \
                        "nextCollectionDate": nextCollectionDate, \
                        "daysTillNextCollection": daysLeft,
                        "lastUpdated": lastUpdated
                       })

Enjoy.