How to trigger rule when power drops

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Hi,

I’m trying to create a rule that triggers when my Popp zwave switch/power meter is turned on, but registering less than 3 watts of power (i.e. because the device plugged in has turned off).

The device itself works fine, with the following items file:

Switch FooSwitch "Foo state" {zwave="3:command=switch_binary,refresh_interval=10"} Number FooPower "Foo Power [%.1f W]" <energy> (Metering) { zwave="3:command=METER,meter_scale=E_W" }

I can turn it on/off and see the power usage. But I can’t work out how to make a rule that’s triggered if the device is on AND the power is less than 3 watts. I think I can create a variable holding the power with

var double t = new Double(CoffeePower.state.toString())

but I can’t do that outside the rule, and I can hardly have the rule triggered by a variable defined in the rule itself.

What am I missing?

Many thanks!

Dan

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Maybe trigger on the change in FooPower, but then in the body of the rule, further check the other conditions?

import org.openhab.core.library.types.*

rule Foo
when
  Item FooPower changed
then
  if ((FooPower.state as DecimalType) < 3 && FooSwitch.state == ON) {
    // do stuff
  }
end
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Brilliant - works perfectly… thank you!

(note for anyone else doing this - I had to add a refresh_interval into the Numbers item definition as otherwise openhab wasn’t picking up changes))

4

Doesn’t the Popp support associations? If so, you shouldn’t use refresh_interval - you should set the association… Associations will automatically report changes without the need for additional traffic of polling…

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thanks - I’d missed that step. I’ll try following the instructions here: https://github.com/cdjackson/HABmin/wiki/Z-Wave-Configuration

Dan