ASTRO Rule Weirdness

Setup, Configuration and Use Scripts & Rules
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1

So I have the following rule…

rule "Holiday Mode On"
when
	Channel 'astro:sun:home:set#event' triggered START
then
if (VIR_HolidaySwitch.state==ON)
{
    HolidayRemote1.sendCommand(ON)
    FntPatioPlug.sendCommand(ON)
    WalkGatePlug.sendCommand(ON)
    GarageHolidaySwitch.sendCommand(ON)
}	
end

The rule does not fire…

If I change the WHEN statement from ASTRO to CRON it works as it should.

I do not see any errors in the log files

What is weird to me, is that I have another rule with similar styling that DOES RUN.

rule "turn landscape lighting off"
when
    Channel 'astro:sun:home:set#event' triggered START 
then
    FntLandscapeLights.sendCommand(ON)
    BckLandscapeLights.sendCommand(ON)
end

Can you not run two rules that start off the same trigger?

Any suggestions?

2

Yes, you can. I’m having it the same way with my astro triggers.

Add some logging to find out at which step the rule does not get executed …

3

As I mentioned above, if I change the Astro line to Cron it works…the Astro trigger is the line that does not fire.

4

If you are sure about that look for some hidden characters in your rule code.

5

No hidden characters. I wonder if this is related to the other multiple Astro rule errors I’ve seen mentioned.

6

Can you please post your astro thing config

7 
astro:sun:home  [ geolocation="29.732733029,-95.475100095", interval=60 ]
astro:moon:home [ geolocation="29.732733029,95.475100095", interval=60 ]
8

One of your longitudes looks wrong. Not sure which one, though, and not sure it’s even relevant to the problem.

-95.475100095
95.475100095
9

Snapshot 2.2 works without any problems.

10

Ok, I’m, still having ASTRO weirdness…

I am on 2.2 Snapshot 1072

This rule works perfectly…

exterior.rules

rule "turn landscape lighting off"
when
    Channel 'astro:sun:home:rise#event' triggered START 
then
    FntLandscapeLights.sendCommand(OFF)
    BckLandscapeLights.sendCommand(OFF)
end

rule "turn landscape lighting on"
when
    Channel 'astro:sun:home:set#event' triggered START 
then
    FntLandscapeLights.sendCommand(ON)
    BckLandscapeLights.sendCommand(ON)
end

In the log I see the following:

2017-11-09 17:28:00.009 [vent.ChannelTriggeredEvent] - astro:sun:home:set#event triggered START
2017-11-09 17:28:00.084 [ome.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'FntLandscapeLights' received command ON
2017-11-09 17:28:00.086 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - FntLandscapeLights changed from OFF to ON
2017-11-09 17:28:00.087 [ome.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'BckLandscapeLights' received command ON

I also have another rule:

sunset_holiday.rules

rule "Holiday Mode On"
when
    Channel 'astro:sun:home:set#event' triggered START
then
    if (VIR_HolidaySwitch.state==ON)
{
    HolidayRemote1.sendCommand(ON)
    FntPatioPlug.sendCommand(ON)
    WalkGatePlug.sendCommand(ON)
    GarageHolidaySwitch.sendCommand(ON)
}
end

rule "Holiday Mode Off"
when
    Time cron "0 1 0 1/1 * ? *" 
then
    if (VIR_HolidaySwitch.state==ON)
{
    HolidayRemote1.sendCommand(OFF)
    FntPatioPlug.sendCommand(OFF)
    WalkGatePlug.sendCommand(OFF)
    GarageHolidaySwitch.sendCommand(OFF)
}	
end

The virtual holiday switch is on

this rule does not fire and writes nothing to the log files…something is afoul here.

Guidance is greatly appreciated.

11

I don’t know if underscores are allowed in rules names, I would try it without:

sunsetholiday.rules

12

Geez…really? :roll_eyes:

I’ll rename and see if that works…if it does I’ll submit to the docs so it can be put in the rules documentation.

Grrrr

1 Like
13

Well the UNDERSCORE was the issue. Thanks to @sihui for pointing it out.

I’ll post a suggested change to the documentation so that others will not run into this.

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