Hi all, I have a question on rules. Suppose I have a fan (iFan02 with Tasmota), which has a state: Switch_sonoff_WZ_fan_spd . I attached a rule like the following: rule "Monitor Temperature at Ventilator - Wohnzimmer" when Item Switch_sonoff_WZ_fan_temp changed then val c…

[image] Sergio_DE: if(currMonth >= 10 || currMonth <= 3){ I think this would be clearer. if((currMonth >= 10) ||( currMonth <= 3)){ I am not sure the order of operations otherwise. Similarly, [image] Sergio_DE: if(Switch_sonoff_WZ_fan_temp.state >= 25.5 && Switch_sonoff_WZ_fan_spd.stat…

[image] Sergio_DE: I wish however not to turn off the fan if I enabled it (e.g., via web GUI). Let’s work on that bit. What do you do at your UI to “enable it”, what “it”? How can your rule detect that happened? When does it stop being “enabled”, is that another UI action,or does it last a…

@Bruce_Osborne nice catch. Thank you! @rossko57 thank you for your reply. Here is mine: [image] rossko57: What do you do at your UI to “enable it”, what “it”? “it” is the fan, where “enable it” means that I changed the fan_spd.state via UI from any value to any other value… Values are a map…

There is no way to separate a command issued to an Item by UI, from a command issued to Item by rule. In other words, if you want to command Item X by rule you cannot also detect UI commands by rule. That’s why I was interested in this part up front. What you want can be done of course, but it qu…

I understand the principle… what would you choose for the “manual” flag? Is here Persistence just too much?

Persistence? Well, I suppose you might want that if you needed your “manual mode” to survive a reboot. I wouldn’t bother, you don’t expect to reboot for months at a time. But if you want persistence/restore, then you will have to use an Item. Otherwise I’d just use a (global) variable.

You’re right… too many things for no requirement on initialization… I’m going for a global variable. Thank you!

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