Platform information: Hardware: RPI3B OS: OPENHABIAN openHAB version: openHAB 2.5.10-1 Issue of the topic: Hello, Please let me know how I can use a variable inside a CRON expresion. I want to have the option to configure the starting time and ending time from the user interface perspectiv…

[image] marian.tudor: Please let me know how I can use a variable inside a CRON expresion. You cannot. [image] Cron rule controled by the user Beginners You can’t. Cron expressions used to trigger rules are fixed and hard coded. For OH 2.5 see one of th…

With the Jruby scripting addon , you can! dynamic_rule.tems: String Cron_Expr "Cron expression for dynamic rule" dynamic_rule.rb require 'openhab' def dynamic_rule(name, cron_expr, &block) remove_rule(name) rule name do cron cron_expr run block end end def remove_rule(name) rule…

[image] pacive: dynamic_rule.rb require 'openhab' def dynamic_rule(name, cron_expr, &block) remove_rule(name) rule name do cron cron_expr run block end end def remove_rule(name) rules = $se.get('ruleRegistry') rules.get_all.select { |rule| rule.name.match?(name) }.each { |ru…

Configurable rule that has the cron specification parameterized

Setup, Configuration and Use Runtime

rossko57 (Rossko57) February 23, 2021, 11:26am 2

You cannot.