Compare two temperatures and send telegram message

[Dande (M)]

Hello,

I wanna compare two temperatures with a rule and send me a message over telegram. The telegram part works, but the comparing not. I changed the code from this topic [SOLVED] Simple Rule comparing a temperature value not working like this:

    var Temp.Aussen = Aussentemperatur_Temperature.state as Number
    var Temp.Wohn = ThermostatWohnzimmer1OG_Temperature.state as Number
if(Temp.Aussen > Temp.Wohn) {
   val telegramAction = getActions("telegram","telegram:telegramBot:1337263e00")
   telegramAction.sendTelegram("TEST")

}
end

But it doesn’t work. Can anybody see my mistake?

[JimT (jimtng)]

Try removing the dot so instead of temp.something, use tempsomething.

[Dande (M)]

Nice idea But it doesn’t change anything

[Flip]

Additionally can you try to declare TempAussen and TempWohn as Number?

var Number TempAussen = Aussentemperatur_Temperature.state as Number
var Number TempWohn = ThermostatWohnzimmer1OG_Temperature.state as Number

After the declaration you can also log the values with:

logInfo("TempComparison", "Aussen: " + TempAussen + " / Wohn: " + TempWohn)

Have a look at the logviewer and check

[rossko57]

@Dande

I wanna compare two temperatures

Find out if you are comparing two temperatures, two numbers, or maybe one of each.

Working with Number:Temperature Items in rules

openHAB provides Quantity Type features, which can seem baffling. On top of that, Temperature type Quantities have a few quirks all of their own. These notes intend to guide the rules author. I’ve shown work examples in DSL rules language, see below for other scripts examples. All have similar features, if different syntax. Knowing what can be done is half the battle. What is a Quantity Type? Simply, Item states and rule variables may contain Quantities - that just means a number AND a unit …

[Dande (M)]

@Flip

Have a look at the logviewer and check

I don’t now how I can find the logviewer. I don’t use openhabian. I installed openhab on debian itself. Where can I find the log?

@Flip

var Number TempAussen = Aussentemperatur_Temperature.state as Number
var Number TempWohn = ThermostatWohnzimmer1OG_Temperature.state as Number

It doesn’t change the problem. But the log can maybe help me.

[Flip]

openHAB on Linux

[Dande (M)]

I found this in the log file. But it does not help me. Is this helpful for you?

2022-07-29 18:33:27.128 [ERROR] [internal.handler.ScriptActionHandler] - Script execution of rule with UID 'b61402e0ba' failed:         var Number TempAussen = Aussentemperatur_Temperature.state as Number
        var Number TempWohn = ThermostatWohnzimmer1OG_Temperature.state as Number
        if(TempAussen > TempWohn) {
       val telegramAction = getActions("telegram","telegram:telegramBot:1337263e00")
telegramAction.sendTelegram("Temp Check")
logInfo("TempComparison", "Aussen: " + TempAussen + " / Wohn: " + TempWohn)
}
end
   The method or field end is undefined; line 8, column 393, length 3

[Dande (M)]

I found the problem. The “end” of the end on my script was the problem.

Now I want disable the rule at the end and enable a other rule. Is this possible?

I tasted this but I doesn’t worked:

ruleEngine.setEnabled(ruleUID, True)# enable rule
ruleEngine.setEnabled(ruleUID, False)# disable rule

[rossko57]

@Dande

The “end” of the end on my script was the problem.

Sounds like you copied a rule example intended for xxx.rules file based usage, into a GUI rule environment. You have to be careful about that.

@Dande

Now I want disable the rule at the end and enable a other rule.

Sure, see various options at

Design Pattern: Rule Disable

Please see Design Pattern: What is a Design Pattern and How Do I Use Them for an explanation of what a DP is and how to use them. Problem Statement Often one has a set of Rules that need to run under a given set of conditions and not run when those conditions are not present. For example, one may have certain Rules that only run when everyone is away, only during a holiday season, or when the family is on vacation. This DP covers various techniques that one can use to enable and disable Rules…

@Dande

I tasted this but I doesn’t worked:

ruleEngine.setEnabled(ruleUID, True)# enable rule

Depends what you did with it. It’s not DSL rules language, so it wouldn’t work if you just copy/pasted into the same rule type you used for the other stuff.
You have to pay attention to which language you are trying to use.

[Dande (M)]

I must disable the rule and enable a other rule inside the script. It does only happen when the telegram message was send. But I can’t find that way to disable/enable a rule in your linked post. I am stupid?

[rossko57]

How to disable/enable rules is shown in the section marked “Scripted Automation”

It looks like you found that before, and tried to copy-paste part of into a DSL rule.
That won’t work, because the example is not using DSL rules language.
It’s in “scripted automation” or Jython. You need to take care to use the same rules language.

There is just no way to enable/disable in DSL, but there are alternative approaches to get the same effect. Also described in that post.

There’s also the built-in action in the UI rules editor

Beginner question: having a global mode to activate / deactivate rules

Hi, Have you checked the different options when creating a rule via the gui? There you can select the action to enable or disable rules. Just create a rule which gets triggered when your item state changes. With this rule you enable or disable the other rules depending on the items state. [image]

but I think you’ll have to make a separate rule for that and call it from your first rule.