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Air Quality Notification

This guide will show you how to create a flow that sends a notification to everyone who's home when the air quality in your home is less than ideal.

This guide is made using the web browser due to using Advanced Flows version of Homey!

1. First we need to open a web browser such as Firefox and head to the Homey webapp and click on the Flow tab on the left side.

2. Click "New Flow" then "Advanced Flow".

Homey Create a new Flow dialog with Advanced Flow selected

3. Click "Add" and select "When".

Homey Advanced Flow Add menu with When highlighted

4. In the search bar at the top, type in "co2 becomes" and select the card for the sensor you want to track. We are choosing "CO2 becomes greater than" for the Apollo AIR-1 device.

Homey card search for co2 becomes, selecting the AIR-1 CO2 becomes greater than card

5. Place your card on your flow area with a left click. You should have this node on your flow canvas.

AIR-1 CO2 becomes greater than ppm card placed on the Homey flow canvas

6. Select "ppm" and type in your value, we will use 999.

AIR-1 CO2 becomes greater than 999 ppm card in Homey

7. Duplicate steps 4 and 5 above but this time select "CO2 becomes less than" and place it on your flow canvas. Make sure to fill in your less than ppm value such as 1000.

AIR-1 CO2 cards for greater than 999 ppm and less than 1000 ppm in Homey

8. Click "Add" and select "Then" and search for "set a color" and choose the AIR-1 device option.

Homey card search for set a color with the AIR-1 card highlighted

9. Draw a line to connect "CO2 becomes greater than 999 ppm". Click the 3 dots and select a color - we have chosen red to indicate a problem.

Homey flow linking CO2 greater than 999 ppm to an AIR-1 Set a color card set to red

10. Duplicate steps 7 and 8 but this time select green for the color when "CO2 becomes less than 1000 ppm".

Homey flow setting red above 999 ppm CO2 and green below 1000 ppm CO2 on the AIR-1

11. Click "Add" and select "Then" and search "push" and choose "Send message to user".

Homey card search for push with the Send message to user card highlighted

12. Draw a line to connect set a color to the push notification. Write in "The CO2 level in the bedroom is currently CO2 ppm. Open the Window, turn on HVAC, etc to lower this value!" Then replace the second "CO2" and click the little tag icon and type in CO2 then select the blue CO2 option under Apollo AIR-1.

Homey push notification message box with the cursor on the tag iconHomey tag search for co2 with the AIR-1 CO2 tag selected

Homey flow sending a push notification with the AIR-1 CO2 tag after the red color card

13. Click "User" and choose "Everyone who's home" or your preferred option.

Homey push notification user list with Everyone who's home highlighted

13. Click "Add" and select "Delay" and then place it on your flow canvas. Change to minutes and input 5 for adding a 5 minute delay then drag a line from "set a color" to the delay.

Homey flow with the green Set a color card connected to a 5 minute delay

14. Click "Add" and select "Then" and search for "turn off" and choose the AIR-1 device option.

Homey card search for turn off with the AIR-1 card highlighted

15. Drag a line from the Delay in step 13 to the Turn off card and that's it! Click save at the top and give your flow a name.

Completed Homey Advanced Flow for AIR-1 CO2 alerts with colors, a notification, and turn off

16. As a bonus, you can add a note reminding you what this automation does. Click "Add" then click "Note" and type in "CO2 level alert with RGB LEDs" on the note.

Homey Advanced Flow with a CO2 level alert with RGB LEDs note added

17. You are done! Your sensor is now ready to create flows and add as a favorite to your dashboard!

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