Dash Button Triggers Itself

Setup, Configuration and Use Scripts & Rules
1

Hi all, I setup some dash buttons in the greenhouse. Pretty simple use case. We water plants everyday, some days with nutrients, some days we do the floors. Wanted a way that worker bees could just press a button when they water etc. Dash button fit the bill.

I installed them just fine. Push the button and rule fires. Problem is, the dash button just keeps on triggering and adding to the count. I posted the rule below:

//daily tasks

var Number Floor_Spray

rule "Floor Spray Counter"

when 
	Item Floor_Trigger received command ON
then
     Floor_Spray = Floor_Spray + 1
	 
 logInfo("floor water counter", Floor_Spray.toString)	
 Floor_Spray1.postUpdate(Floor_Spray) 
		
end

rule "Dash Floor Spray Counter"

when 
	Channel "amazondashbutton:dashbutton:78-e1-03-98-69-00:press" triggered
then
     Floor_Spray = Floor_Spray + 1
	 
 logInfo("floor water counter", Floor_Spray.toString)	
 Floor_Spray1.postUpdate(Floor_Spray) 
		
end

//Dash Timestamp for sparying the floor

rule "Dash Timestamp for spraying the floor"
when
	Channel "amazondashbutton:dashbutton:78-e1-03-98-69-00:press" triggered        // floor sprayed
then
	floorsprayed_timestamp.postUpdate(new DateTimeType())   //defaults to now
       
end

//Timestamp for sparying the floor

rule "Timestamp for spraying the floor"
when
	Item Floor_Trigger received command ON        // floor sprayed
then
	floorsprayed_timestamp.postUpdate(new DateTimeType())   //defaults to now
       
end


//rule to reset the Switch
rule "Reset floor switch"

when 
	Time cron "1 * * * * ?"
then

	if(Floor_Trigger.state==ON ) {
		    Floor_Trigger.sendCommand(OFF)
    } 

end

rule "Today Floor Spray Reset"
when
    Time cron "	0 0 1 1/1 * ? *"
     
then
   	Floor_Spray = 0
	Floor_Spray1.postUpdate(0)

Then my log just starts doing this… without any button press:

2019-04-06 12:53:47.688 [vent.ChannelTriggeredEvent] - amazondashbutton:dashbutton:78-e1-03-98-69-00:press triggered 

==> /var/log/openhab2/openhab.log <==

2019-04-06 12:53:47.721 [INFO ] [ome.model.script.floor water counter] - 4

==> /var/log/openhab2/events.log <==

2019-04-06 12:53:47.748 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - floorsprayed_timestamp changed from 2019-04-06T12:53:41.708-0400 to 2019-04-06T12:53:47.723-0400

2019-04-06 12:53:47.755 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Floor_Spray1 changed from 3 to 4

thoughts on this one?

2

perhaps the button is getting flaky? I can’t find anything wrong with the rules or logic but I’m a rule noob

3

Maybe the button doesn’t like the spraying? That might be a result of an electrically noisy pump causing interference etc., not just humidity.

You could enhance your rules to lock out (re)triggers for a period of time.