# Item change trigger does not trigger rule **URL:** \ **Category:** Beginners\ **Created:** [June 22, 2023, 7:44am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404 "2023-06-22T07:44:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![timo12357](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/timo12357/32/97056_2.png) [@timo12357](https://community.openhab.org/u/timo12357)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 7:44am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/1 "2023-06-22T07:44:45Z")
- Platform information: - Hardware:Orangepi 3 LTS - OS: Armbian 5.15 - InfluxDB - openHAB version: 3.4.4 I use the code developed by @masipila [to control my heat pump to follow spot electricity price](https://community.openhab.org/t/control-a-water-heater-and-ground-source-heat-pump-based-on-cheap-hours-of-spot-priced-electricity/136566/13). I also use the script to update points in InfluxDV to control my dishwasher to start at night at the cheapest hour. **The logic goes as follows:** The script fetches the electricity spot price for tomorrow 1. Prices for tomorrow are stored in InfluxDB hour by hour 2. The code finds the cheapest consecutive 3 hours from the forecast 3. These hours are marked in a separate InfluxDB registry as 1, the other hours are marked 0 4. Every hour a script reads the current hour status, 1 or 0, from influxdb and updates a number item, dishwasherControl accordingly 5. If the item status changes from 0 to 1 the dishwasher should start This is the script that writes data to influxdb: ```yaml dh = require('test/date-helper.js'); wh = require('test/waterheater.js'); influx = require('test/influx.js'); start = dh.getMidnight('start'); stop = dh.getMidnight('stop'); // Determine cheap hours for dishwasher and washer and write control values to the database hours = 2; points = wh.determineHours(start, stop, hours); influx.writePoints('dishwasher_control', points); // Determine cheap hours for washer and write control values to the database hours = 2; points = wh.determineHours(start, stop, hours); influx.writePoints('washer_control', points); ``` This script reads influxdb every hour and updates the dishwasherControl an washerControl items: ```yaml dh = require('sienitie18/date-helper.js'); influx = require('sienitie18/influx.js'); nyt = dh.getCurrentHour(); // update dishwasher control item tiskikoneenOhjaus = influx.getCurrentControl('dishwasher_control',nyt); console.log("Tiskikoneen ohjaus: " + tiskikoneenOhjaus); items.getItem("dishwasherControl").postUpdate(tiskikoneenOhjaus); // update washer control item pesukoneenOhjaus = influx.getCurrentControl('washer_control',nyt); console.log("Pesukoneen ohjaus: " + pesukoneenOhjaus); items.getItem("washerControl").postUpdate(pesukoneenOhjaus); ``` I have a rule that is triggered when item dishwasherControl changes to 1: ```yaml configuration: {} triggers: - id: "3" configuration: itemName: dishwasherControl state: "1" type: core.ItemStateChangeTrigger conditions: - inputs: {} id: "6" configuration: itemName: Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Operation_State state: Run operator: "!=" type: core.ItemStateCondition actions: - inputs: {} id: "4" configuration: itemName: Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Virta command: ON type: core.ItemCommandAction - inputs: {} id: "2" configuration: itemName: Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Selected_Program command: Dishcare.Dishwasher.Program.Auto2 type: core.ItemCommandAction - inputs: {} id: "5" configuration: itemName: Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Program_Actions command: start type: core.ItemCommandAction - inputs: {} id: "1" configuration: itemName: Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Program_Actions command: start type: core.ItemCommandAction ``` **The problem** If I change the item dishwasherControl status manually by running the following single line script, the dishwasher starts ```yaml items.getItem("dishwasherControl").postUpdate("1"); ``` However, if dishwasherControl is updated by the script above the script is not triggered. Analysis of dishwasherControl shows, that the item value has been updated at 4 AM last night: ![kuva](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/8/0/80caf18e08a20adcea005614d35578af39b56462.png) Dishwasher did not start. How come updating item dishwasherControl manually triggers the rule but automatic udates do not? ---
**Author:** ![Matze0211](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Matze0211](https://community.openhab.org/u/Matze0211)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 8:18am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/2 "2023-06-22T08:18:38Z")
What’s your log saying? Also there could be a difference between 1 and “1” in the state? ---
**Author:** ![timo12357](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/timo12357/32/97056_2.png) [@timo12357](https://community.openhab.org/u/timo12357)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/3 "2023-06-22T08:22:59Z")
The log says the status has changed from 0 to 1. The difference between 1 and “1” is unclear to me, I should probably test this. ---
**Author:** ![Matze0211](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Matze0211](https://community.openhab.org/u/Matze0211)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/4 "2023-06-22T08:24:49Z")
Within programming “1” is a string with the character 1 and 1 a number. Not sure if that will matter for openhab ---
**Author:** ![moody\_blue](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/moody_blue/32/46213_2.png) [@moody\_blue](https://community.openhab.org/u/moody_blue)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/5 "2023-06-22T08:30:09Z")
I think you have to use `sendCommand` instead of `postUpdate`. See [Textual Rules | openHAB](https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/rules-dsl.html#manipulating-item-states) ---
**Author:** ![timo12357](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/timo12357/32/97056_2.png) [@timo12357](https://community.openhab.org/u/timo12357)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 8:40am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/6 "2023-06-22T08:40:03Z")
My manual script uses postUpdate and that works. ---
**Author:** ![masipila](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/masipila/32/90959_2.png) [@masipila](https://community.openhab.org/u/masipila)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/7 "2023-06-22T09:18:51Z")
Can you share the logs here so that we can see the chain of events there? ---
**Author:** ![Matze0211](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Matze0211](https://community.openhab.org/u/Matze0211)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/8 "2023-06-22T09:25:18Z")
Can you remove the condition for testing, to verify that is not preventing the rule to run? ---
**Author:** ![rlkoshak](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/rlkoshak/32/75251_2.png) [@rlkoshak](https://community.openhab.org/u/rlkoshak)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/9 "2023-06-22T13:35:01Z")
What type of Item is `dishwasherControl`? What’s the state of `Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Operation_State`? > [@timo12357](#): > > If I change the item dishwasherControl status manually by running the following single line script, the dishwasher starts Does this actually change the state? If the Item was already `1` there’d be no change and the rule won’t trigger. > [@timo12357](#): > > The log says the status has changed from 0 to 1. When logs are requested, please post the actual logs, not just a description of them. The sort of information we need is: - state of the Items before the update - events.log showing the Items changing states and receiving commands - openhab.log showing any logs created by the rule, particularly errors. > [@Matze0211](#): > > Within programming “1” is a string with the character 1 and 1 a number. Not sure if that will matter for openhab Depends on the Item type. > [@moody\_blue](#): > > I think you have to use `sendCommand` instead of `postUpdate`. See [Rules | openHAB](https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/rules-dsl.html#manipulating-item-states) `postUpdate` should work here so long as the Item isn’t already `1`. ---
**Author:** ![timo12357](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/timo12357/32/97056_2.png) [@timo12357](https://community.openhab.org/u/timo12357)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/10 "2023-06-22T15:49:47Z")
Here is the log from last night: ```yaml 023-06-22 02:00:00.081 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.2f5869435c] - influx.js: Getting the current value for nibe_control... 2023-06-22 02:00:00.121 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.3182dbd7b9] - influx.js: Getting the current value for washer_control... 2023-06-22 02:00:00.130 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.2f5869435c] - influx.js: Current nibe_control is 0 2023-06-22 02:00:00.134 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.2f5869435c] - Heat pump compressor: No state change needed. 2023-06-22 02:00:00.173 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.3182dbd7b9] - influx.js: Current washer_control is 0 2023-06-22 02:00:00.174 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.3182dbd7b9] - Washer: No state change needed. 2023-06-22 02:00:00.601 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Getting the current value for dishwasher_control... 2023-06-22 02:00:00.634 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.70e8e77f5c] - influx.js: Getting the current value for spot_price... 2023-06-22 02:00:00.648 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Current dishwasher_control is 0 2023-06-22 02:00:00.649 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - Tiskikoneen ohjaus: 0 2023-06-22 02:00:00.654 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Getting the current value for washer_control... 2023-06-22 02:00:00.675 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.b2e14a2c5f] - influx.js: Getting the current value for drier_control... 2023-06-22 02:00:00.704 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.70e8e77f5c] - influx.js: Current spot_price is 5.6184400000000005 2023-06-22 02:00:00.718 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Current washer_control is 0 2023-06-22 02:00:00.719 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - Pesukoneen ohjaus: 0 2023-06-22 02:00:00.758 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.b2e14a2c5f] - influx.js: Current drier_control is 1 2023-06-22 02:00:00.763 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.b2e14a2c5f] - Drier ON. 2023-06-22 03:00:00.075 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.2f5869435c] - influx.js: Getting the current value for nibe_control... 2023-06-22 03:00:00.121 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.2f5869435c] - influx.js: Current nibe_control is 0 2023-06-22 03:00:00.121 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.3182dbd7b9] - influx.js: Getting the current value for washer_control... 2023-06-22 03:00:00.125 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.2f5869435c] - Heat pump compressor: No state change needed. 2023-06-22 03:00:00.164 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.3182dbd7b9] - influx.js: Current washer_control is 1 2023-06-22 03:00:00.601 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Getting the current value for dishwasher_control... 2023-06-22 03:00:00.633 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.70e8e77f5c] - influx.js: Getting the current value for spot_price... 2023-06-22 03:00:00.654 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Current dishwasher_control is 1 2023-06-22 03:00:00.656 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - Tiskikoneen ohjaus: 1 2023-06-22 03:00:00.658 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Getting the current value for washer_control... 2023-06-22 03:00:00.674 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.b2e14a2c5f] - influx.js: Getting the current value for drier_control... 2023-06-22 03:00:00.703 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.70e8e77f5c] - influx.js: Current spot_price is 5.1398 2023-06-22 03:00:00.707 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Current washer_control is 1 2023-06-22 03:00:00.709 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - Pesukoneen ohjaus: 1 2023-06-22 03:00:00.752 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.b2e14a2c5f] - influx.js: Current drier_control is 1 2023-06-22 03:00:00.754 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.b2e14a2c5f] - Drier: No state change needed. 2023-06-22 03:00:00.763 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.3182dbd7b9] - Washer: Started. 2023-06-22 04:00:00.081 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.2f5869435c] - influx.js: Getting the current value for nibe_control... 2023-06-22 04:00:00.120 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.3182dbd7b9] - influx.js: Getting the current value for washer_control... 2023-06-22 04:00:00.133 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.2f5869435c] - influx.js: Current nibe_control is 0 2023-06-22 04:00:00.136 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.2f5869435c] - Heat pump compressor: No state change needed. 2023-06-22 04:00:00.172 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.3182dbd7b9] - influx.js: Current washer_control is 1 2023-06-22 04:00:00.602 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Getting the current value for dishwasher_control... 2023-06-22 04:00:00.603 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.3182dbd7b9] - Washer: Started. 2023-06-22 04:00:00.633 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.70e8e77f5c] - influx.js: Getting the current value for spot_price... 2023-06-22 04:00:00.648 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Current dishwasher_control is 1 2023-06-22 04:00:00.649 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - Tiskikoneen ohjaus: 1 2023-06-22 04:00:00.652 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Getting the current value for washer_control... 2023-06-22 04:00:00.674 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.b2e14a2c5f] - influx.js: Getting the current value for drier_control... 2023-06-22 04:00:00.751 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Current washer_control is 1 2023-06-22 04:00:00.753 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - Pesukoneen ohjaus: 1 2023-06-22 04:00:00.762 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.70e8e77f5c] - influx.js: Current spot_price is 5.09268 2023-06-22 04:00:00.836 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.b2e14a2c5f] - influx.js: Current drier_control is 1 2023-06-22 04:00:00.838 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.b2e14a2c5f] - Drier: No state change needed. 2023-06-22 05:00:00.076 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.2f5869435c] - influx.js: Getting the current value for nibe_control... 2023-06-22 05:00:00.122 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.3182dbd7b9] - influx.js: Getting the current value for washer_control... 2023-06-22 05:00:00.123 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.2f5869435c] - influx.js: Current nibe_control is 0 2023-06-22 05:00:00.167 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.3182dbd7b9] - influx.js: Current washer_control is 0 2023-06-22 05:00:00.168 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.3182dbd7b9] - Washer: No state change needed. 2023-06-22 05:00:00.600 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Getting the current value for dishwasher_control... 2023-06-22 05:00:00.634 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.70e8e77f5c] - influx.js: Getting the current value for spot_price... 2023-06-22 05:00:00.659 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Current dishwasher_control is 0 2023-06-22 05:00:00.662 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - Tiskikoneen ohjaus: 0 2023-06-22 05:00:00.664 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Getting the current value for washer_control... 2023-06-22 05:00:00.674 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.b2e14a2c5f] - influx.js: Getting the current value for drier_control... 2023-06-22 05:00:00.702 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.70e8e77f5c] - influx.js: Current spot_price is 5.6234 2023-06-22 05:00:00.731 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.b2e14a2c5f] - influx.js: Current drier_control is 1 2023-06-22 05:00:00.734 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.b2e14a2c5f] - Drier: No state change needed. 2023-06-22 05:00:00.765 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Current washer_control is 0 2023-06-22 05:00:00.767 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - Pesukoneen ohjaus: 0 2023-06-22 06:00:00.080 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.2f5869435c] - influx.js: Getting the current value for nibe_control... 2023-06-22 06:00:00.120 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.3182dbd7b9] - influx.js: Getting the current value for washer_control... 2023-06-22 06:00:00.127 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.2f5869435c] - influx.js: Current nibe_control is 0 2023-06-22 06:00:00.130 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.2f5869435c] - Heat pump compressor: No state change needed. 2023-06-22 06:00:00.167 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.3182dbd7b9] - influx.js: Current washer_control is 0 2023-06-22 06:00:00.168 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.3182dbd7b9] - Washer: No state change needed. 2023-06-22 06:00:00.601 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Getting the current value for dishwasher_control... 2023-06-22 06:00:00.634 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.70e8e77f5c] - influx.js: Getting the current value for spot_price... 2023-06-22 06:00:00.655 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Current dishwasher_control is 0 2023-06-22 06:00:00.657 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - Tiskikoneen ohjaus: 0 2023-06-22 06:00:00.660 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Getting the current value for washer_control... 2023-06-22 06:00:00.674 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.b2e14a2c5f] - influx.js: Getting the current value for drier_control... 2023-06-22 06:00:00.684 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.70e8e77f5c] - influx.js: Current spot_price is 6.18264 2023-06-22 06:00:00.712 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - influx.js: Current washer_control is 0 2023-06-22 06:00:00.714 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.722b404955] - Pesukoneen ohjaus: 0 2023-06-22 06:00:00.725 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.b2e14a2c5f] - influx.js: Current drier_control is 0 2023-06-22 06:00:00.728 [INFO] [nhab.automation.script.ui.b2e14a2c5f] - Drier OFF. ``` ---
**Author:** ![timo12357](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/timo12357/32/97056_2.png) [@timo12357](https://community.openhab.org/u/timo12357)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/11 "2023-06-22T16:08:23Z")
> [@rlkoshak](#): > > What type of Item is `dishwasherControl`? It is of the type Number. > [@rlkoshak](#): > > What’s the state of `Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Operation_State`? When not running it is “inactive”. Did not check what it was at 4 in the morning, though. > [@rlkoshak](#): > > Does this actually change the state? If the Item was already `1` there’d be no change and the rule won’t trigger. I think it does so, at least judging from the logs. > [@rlkoshak](#): > > The sort of information we need is: > > - state of the Items before the update > - events.log showing the Items changing states and receiving commands > - openhab.log showing any logs created by the rule, particularly errors. The openhab.log is posted above, where the item states may be available. Events log: ```yaml 023-06-22 03:00:00.167 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_virtakatkaisija_Pesukoneen_virtakytkin' received command ON 2023-06-22 03:00:00.179 [INFO] [penhab.event.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_virtakatkaisija_Pesukoneen_virtakytkin' predicted to become ON 2023-06-22 03:00:00.188 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_virtakatkaisija_Pesukoneen_virtakytkin' changed from OFF to ON 2023-06-22 03:00:00.567 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_ohjelmanappi_pesukoneenOhjelmaNappi' received command ON 2023-06-22 03:00:00.576 [INFO] [penhab.event.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_ohjelmanappi_pesukoneenOhjelmaNappi' predicted to become OFF 2023-06-22 03:00:00.661 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'dishwasherControl' changed from 0.0 to 1.0 2023-06-22 03:00:00.709 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'sahkonHinta' changed from 5.6184400000000005 to 5.1398 2023-06-22 03:00:00.714 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'washerControl' changed from 0.0 to 1.0 2023-06-22 03:00:00.891 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_virtakatkaisija_Pesukoneen_virtakytkin' received command OFF 2023-06-22 03:00:00.899 [INFO] [penhab.event.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_virtakatkaisija_Pesukoneen_virtakytkin' predicted to become OFF 2023-06-22 03:00:00.903 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_virtakatkaisija_Pesukoneen_virtakytkin' changed from ON to OFF 2023-06-22 03:00:01.271 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_ohjelmanappi_pesukoneenOhjelmaNappi' received command OFF 2023-06-22 03:00:01.273 [INFO] [penhab.event.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_ohjelmanappi_pesukoneenOhjelmaNappi' predicted to become OFF 2023-06-22 03:00:04.988 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka' changed from 22.6 °C to 22.5 °C 2023-06-22 03:00:04.991 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 225 °C to 22.5 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 03:00:24.486 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'MIinan_huoneen_Zigbee_sensori_Miinan_huoneen_lampotila' changed from 21.6 °C to 21.3 °C 2023-06-22 03:00:33.941 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Autotallin_Zigbeeanturi_Autotallin_Lampotilaanturi' changed from 21.4 °C to 21.3 °C 2023-06-22 03:04:00.001 [INFO] [openhab.event.ChannelTriggeredEvent] - astro:sun:local:rise#event triggered START 2023-06-22 03:10:04.901 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 225 °C to 22.5 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 03:10:09.696 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aulanZigbeeAnturi' changed from 21.8 °C to 21.6 °C 2023-06-22 03:10:14.881 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'TerassinZigbeeLampoAnturi' changed from 14.4 °C to 14.1 °C 2023-06-22 03:17:00.001 [INFO] [openhab.event.ChannelTriggeredEvent] - astro:sun:local:daylight#event triggered START 2023-06-22 03:17:00.002 [INFO] [openhab.event.ChannelTriggeredEvent] - astro:sun:local:rise#event triggered END 2023-06-22 03:20:05.342 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 225 °C to 22.5 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 03:20:19.722 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aaroninHuoneenAnturi' changed from 23.7 °C to 23.6 °C 2023-06-22 03:20:19.725 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aaroninMakuuhuone' changed from 23.7 °C to 23.6 °C through aaroninHuoneenAnturi 2023-06-22 03:20:39.623 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'radioHuoneenLampotilaMqtt' changed from 22.8 °C to 22.7 °C 2023-06-22 03:30:04.907 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka' changed from 22.5 °C to 22.3 °C 2023-06-22 03:30:04.911 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 223 °C to 22.3 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 03:30:23.836 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'MIinan_huoneen_Zigbee_sensori_Miinan_huoneen_lampotila' changed from 21.3 °C to 21.1 °C 2023-06-22 03:30:33.943 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Autotallin_Zigbeeanturi_Autotallin_Lampotilaanturi' changed from 21.3 °C to 21.2 °C 2023-06-22 03:40:04.912 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 223 °C to 22.3 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 03:40:09.663 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aulanZigbeeAnturi' changed from 21.6 °C to 21.4 °C 2023-06-22 03:40:14.400 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'TerassinZigbeeLampoAnturi' changed from 14.1 °C to 13.6 °C 2023-06-22 03:40:29.129 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'ZigbeeSensori' changed from 24.6 °C to 24.5 °C 2023-06-22 03:50:04.927 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 223 °C to 22.3 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 03:50:19.736 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aaroninHuoneenAnturi' changed from 23.6 °C to 23.4 °C 2023-06-22 03:50:19.739 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aaroninMakuuhuone' changed from 23.6 °C to 23.4 °C through aaroninHuoneenAnturi 2023-06-22 03:50:38.742 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'radioHuoneenLampotilaMqtt' changed from 22.7 °C to 22.6 °C 2023-06-22 04:00:00.175 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_virtakatkaisija_Pesukoneen_virtakytkin' received command ON 2023-06-22 04:00:00.187 [INFO] [penhab.event.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_virtakatkaisija_Pesukoneen_virtakytkin' predicted to become ON 2023-06-22 04:00:00.199 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_virtakatkaisija_Pesukoneen_virtakytkin' changed from OFF to ON 2023-06-22 04:00:00.425 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_ohjelmanappi_pesukoneenOhjelmaNappi' received command ON 2023-06-22 04:00:00.436 [INFO] [penhab.event.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_ohjelmanappi_pesukoneenOhjelmaNappi' predicted to become OFF 2023-06-22 04:00:00.774 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'sahkonHinta' changed from 5.1398 to 5.09268 2023-06-22 04:00:00.882 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_virtakatkaisija_Pesukoneen_virtakytkin' received command OFF 2023-06-22 04:00:00.891 [INFO] [penhab.event.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_virtakatkaisija_Pesukoneen_virtakytkin' predicted to become OFF 2023-06-22 04:00:00.895 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_virtakatkaisija_Pesukoneen_virtakytkin' changed from ON to OFF 2023-06-22 04:00:01.107 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_ohjelmanappi_pesukoneenOhjelmaNappi' received command OFF 2023-06-22 04:00:01.119 [INFO] [penhab.event.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Item 'Pesukoneen_ohjelmanappi_pesukoneenOhjelmaNappi' predicted to become OFF 2023-06-22 04:00:05.527 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 222 °C to 22.2 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 04:00:05.528 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka' changed from 22.3 °C to 22.2 °C 2023-06-22 04:00:24.572 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'MIinan_huoneen_Zigbee_sensori_Miinan_huoneen_lampotila' changed from 21.1 °C to 20.8 °C 2023-06-22 04:10:04.954 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 222 °C to 22.2 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 04:10:09.719 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aulanZigbeeAnturi' changed from 21.4 °C to 21.2 °C 2023-06-22 04:10:14.446 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'TerassinZigbeeLampoAnturi' changed from 13.6 °C to 13.3 °C 2023-06-22 04:10:28.802 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'ZigbeeSensori' changed from 24.5 °C to 24.4 °C 2023-06-22 04:18:53.379 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 0 W/m² to 20.708617506597598 W/m² 2023-06-22 04:20:04.936 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 222 °C to 22.2 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 04:20:19.271 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aaroninHuoneenAnturi' changed from 23.4 °C to 23.2 °C 2023-06-22 04:20:19.274 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aaroninMakuuhuone' changed from 23.4 °C to 23.2 °C through aaroninHuoneenAnturi 2023-06-22 04:23:53.377 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 20.708617506597598 W/m² to 22.891902273835065 W/m² 2023-06-22 04:28:53.379 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 22.891902273835065 W/m² to 25.143183248021963 W/m² 2023-06-22 04:30:04.923 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka' changed from 22.2 °C to 22.1 °C 2023-06-22 04:30:04.927 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 221 °C to 22.1 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 04:30:24.438 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'MIinan_huoneen_Zigbee_sensori_Miinan_huoneen_lampotila' changed from 20.8 °C to 20.6 °C 2023-06-22 04:30:34.030 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Autotallin_Zigbeeanturi_Autotallin_Lampotilaanturi' changed from 21.2 °C to 21.1 °C 2023-06-22 04:33:53.379 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 25.143183248021963 W/m² to 27.468845665925524 W/m² 2023-06-22 04:38:53.379 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 27.468845665925524 W/m² to 29.876697520343455 W/m² 2023-06-22 04:40:05.414 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 221 °C to 22.1 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 04:40:10.593 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aulanZigbeeAnturi' changed from 21.2 °C to 21 °C 2023-06-22 04:40:15.493 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'TerassinZigbeeLampoAnturi' changed from 13.3 °C to 13.1 °C 2023-06-22 04:43:53.377 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 29.876697520343455 W/m² to 32.3757486446299 W/m² 2023-06-22 04:48:53.377 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 32.3757486446299 W/m² to 34.97602548834719 W/m² 2023-06-22 04:50:04.938 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 221 °C to 22.1 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 04:50:19.277 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aaroninHuoneenAnturi' changed from 23.2 °C to 23 °C 2023-06-22 04:50:19.281 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aaroninMakuuhuone' changed from 23.2 °C to 23 °C through aaroninHuoneenAnturi 2023-06-22 04:50:38.793 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'radioHuoneenLampotilaMqtt' changed from 22.6 °C to 22.5 °C 2023-06-22 04:53:53.377 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 34.97602548834719 W/m² to 37.68817543342162 W/m² 2023-06-22 04:56:23.904 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Lampopumpun_ohjaus_Nibe1245_rele' changed from OFF to ON 2023-06-22 04:58:53.377 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 37.68817543342162 W/m² to 40.52316932740925 W/m² 2023-06-22 05:00:00.128 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'Lampopumpun_ohjaus_Nibe1245_rele' received command OFF 2023-06-22 05:00:00.138 [INFO] [penhab.event.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Item 'Lampopumpun_ohjaus_Nibe1245_rele' predicted to become OFF 2023-06-22 05:00:00.147 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Lampopumpun_ohjaus_Nibe1245_rele' changed from ON to OFF 2023-06-22 05:00:00.666 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'dishwasherControl' changed from 1.0 to 0.0 2023-06-22 05:00:00.708 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'sahkonHinta' changed from 5.09268 to 5.6234 2023-06-22 05:00:00.771 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'washerControl' changed from 1.0 to 0.0 2023-06-22 05:00:04.942 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka' changed from 22.1 °C to 22 °C 2023-06-22 05:00:04.946 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 220 °C to 22 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 05:00:24.545 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'MIinan_huoneen_Zigbee_sensori_Miinan_huoneen_lampotila' changed from 20.6 °C to 20.4 °C 2023-06-22 05:00:34.086 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Autotallin_Zigbeeanturi_Autotallin_Lampotilaanturi' changed from 21.1 °C to 21 °C 2023-06-22 05:00:59.001 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Nibe1245Sensor' changed from OFF to ON 2023-06-22 05:00:59.003 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Nibe1245StatusNumber' changed from 0 to 1 2023-06-22 05:03:53.380 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 40.52316932740925 W/m² to 43.49197788751984 W/m² 2023-06-22 05:08:53.377 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 43.49197788751984 W/m² to 46.605219945062146 W/m² 2023-06-22 05:10:04.909 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 220 °C to 22 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 05:10:09.684 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aulanZigbeeAnturi' changed from 21 °C to 20.9 °C 2023-06-22 05:10:29.133 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'ZigbeeSensori' changed from 24.4 °C to 24.3 °C 2023-06-22 05:13:53.380 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 46.605219945062146 W/m² to 49.87301604140222 W/m² 2023-06-22 05:15:58.719 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Nibe1245Sensor' changed from ON to OFF 2023-06-22 05:15:58.720 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Nibe1245StatusNumber' changed from 1 to 0 2023-06-22 05:18:53.380 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 49.87301604140222 W/m² to 53.30463534705911 W/m² 2023-06-22 05:20:05.141 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 220 °C to 22 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 05:20:19.674 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aaroninHuoneenAnturi' changed from 23 °C to 22.9 °C 2023-06-22 05:20:19.677 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aaroninMakuuhuone' changed from 23 °C to 22.9 °C through aaroninHuoneenAnturi 2023-06-22 05:20:38.639 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'radioHuoneenLampotilaMqtt' changed from 22.5 °C to 22.4 °C 2023-06-22 05:23:53.384 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 53.30463534705911 W/m² to 56.908436504803525 W/m² 2023-06-22 05:28:53.377 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 56.908436504803525 W/m² to 60.69175452200436 W/m² 2023-06-22 05:30:04.905 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka' changed from 22 °C to 21.9 °C 2023-06-22 05:30:04.910 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 219 °C to 21.9 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 05:33:53.377 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 60.69175452200436 W/m² to 64.66076591353674 W/m² 2023-06-22 05:38:53.378 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 64.66076591353674 W/m² to 68.8205083316983 W/m² 2023-06-22 05:40:04.886 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 219 °C to 21.9 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 05:40:14.367 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'TerassinZigbeeLampoAnturi' changed from 13.1 °C to 13.4 °C 2023-06-22 05:43:53.379 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 68.8205083316983 W/m² to 73.17487795920579 W/m² 2023-06-22 05:48:53.378 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 73.17487795920579 W/m² to 77.72658225814456 W/m² 2023-06-22 05:50:04.914 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Olohuone' changed from 219 °C to 21.9 °C through Takan_Zigbee_anturi_Takka 2023-06-22 05:50:19.629 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aaroninHuoneenAnturi' changed from 22.9 °C to 22.7 °C 2023-06-22 05:50:19.632 [INFO] [hab.event.GroupItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'aaroninMakuuhuone' changed from 22.9 °C to 22.7 °C through aaroninHuoneenAnturi 2023-06-22 05:50:38.644 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'radioHuoneenLampotilaMqtt' changed from 22.4 °C to 22.3 °C 2023-06-22 05:53:53.377 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 77.72658225814456 W/m² to 82.47732612284155 W/m² 2023-06-22 05:58:53.379 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Aurinko_Sateily_yhteensa' changed from 82.47732612284155 W/m² to 87.42772186161257 W/m² ``` ---
**Author:** ![timo12357](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/timo12357/32/97056_2.png) [@timo12357](https://community.openhab.org/u/timo12357)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/12 "2023-06-22T16:22:08Z")
> [@Matze0211](#): > > Can you remove the condition for testing, to verify that is not preventing the rule to run? Will try next night. @masipila is it possible to change the point data in influxdb, so that I can test this during daytime instead of once per night only? ---
**Author:** ![masipila](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/masipila/32/90959_2.png) [@masipila](https://community.openhab.org/u/masipila)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/13 "2023-06-22T16:28:46Z")
> [@timo12357](#): > > Will try next night. > @masipila is it possible to change the point data in influxdb, so that I can test this during daytime instead of once per night only? For sure it is. I have a small script that I use every now and then for this kind of debugging purposes: ```javascript influx = require('change-this-to-be-correct-path/influx.js'); // change this to be the point you want measurement = 'spot_price'; // Define one or more points to be written like this points = [ { "datetime": "2023-05-27T22:00:00Z", "value": -0.42408 }, { "datetime": "2023-05-27T23:00:00Z", "value": -0.44144 } ]; influx.writePoints(measurement, points); ``` Note that the timestamps are on UTC. Finland is 3 hours ahead of UTC during daylight saving. ---
**Author:** ![masipila](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/masipila/32/90959_2.png) [@masipila](https://community.openhab.org/u/masipila)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/14 "2023-06-22T16:35:03Z")
I propose to debug this as follows: 1. Change the item state manually and observe that the dishwasher starts as expected - Copy the logs (events.log and openhab.log) here where you can see your manual item change and the piece of logs where the dishwasher starts. - For the sake of clarity, mention the timestamp when you manually updated the item state. 1. Write a control point with value 1 with the script from my previous post to a full hour when you want to test this. - Copy the same logs and post them here - For the sake of clarity, mention the timestamp when you were expecting the dishwasher to start ---
**Author:** ![timo12357](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/timo12357/32/97056_2.png) [@timo12357](https://community.openhab.org/u/timo12357)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/15 "2023-06-22T19:51:52Z")
> [@masipila](#): > > 1. Change the item state manually and observe that the dishwasher starts as expected > > - Copy the logs (events.log and openhab.log) here where you can see your manual item change and the piece of logs where the dishwasher starts. > - For the sake of clarity, mention the timestamp when you manually updated the item state. I ran this one-liner at 22:44: ```yaml items.getItem("dishwasherControl").postUpdate("1"); ``` The item changed accordingly: ![image](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/2/2205bbd40640993cdbf07b4e015a4a66acf766dc.png) Events.log: ```yaml 2023-06-22 22:44:22.963 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'dishwasherControl' changed from 0.0 to 1 2023-06-22 22:44:22.966 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Virta' received command ON 2023-06-22 22:44:22.978 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Selected_Program' received command Dishcare.Dishwasher.Program.Auto2 2023-06-22 22:44:22.986 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Program_Actions' received command start 2023-06-22 22:44:22.996 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Program_Actions' received command start 2023-06-22 22:44:22.998 [INFO] [penhab.event.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Virta' predicted to become ON 2023-06-22 22:44:23.005 [INFO] [penhab.event.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Selected_Program' predicted to become Dishcare.Dishwasher.Program.Auto2 2023-06-22 22:44:23.012 [INFO] [penhab.event.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Program_Actions' predicted to become start 2023-06-22 22:44:23.020 [INFO] [penhab.event.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Program_Actions' predicted to become start 2023-06-22 22:44:23.022 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Virta' changed from OFF to ON 2023-06-22 22:44:23.023 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Selected_Program' changed from UNDEF to Dishcare.Dishwasher.Program.Auto2 2023-06-22 22:44:23.023 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Program_Actions' changed from to start 2023-06-22 22:44:27.644 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Selected_Program' changed from Dishcare.Dishwasher.Program.Auto2 to Dishcare.Dishwasher.Program.Eco50 2023-06-22 22:44:27.647 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Remaining_Program_Time' changed from UNDEF to 17700 s 2023-06-22 22:44:27.648 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Progress_State' changed from UNDEF to 0 % 2023-06-22 22:44:28.368 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Remaining_Program_Time' changed from 17700 s to UNDEF 2023-06-22 22:44:28.372 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Door_State' changed from CLOSED to OPEN 2023-06-22 22:44:28.433 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Operation_State' changed from Inactive to Ready 2023-06-22 22:44:28.435 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Progress_State' changed from 0 % to UNDEF 2023-06-22 22:44:29.427 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Selected_Program' changed from Dishcare.Dishwasher.Program.Eco50 to Dishcare.Dishwasher.Program.Auto2 2023-06-22 22:44:29.428 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Remaining_Program_Time' changed from UNDEF to 8400 s 2023-06-22 22:44:30.375 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'Siemens_Astianpesukone_012020388740013427_Program_Actions' changed from start to ``` Dishwasher is active and waiting for program start command. Now looking at this it looks like the diswasher is still in some kind of power-up sequence when OpenHAB already gives program select and start commands. As there is no way to insert delays in rules without scripts, I will try a script with delays between the commands. Report will follow. ---
**Author:** ![Matze0211](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Matze0211](https://community.openhab.org/u/Matze0211)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/16 "2023-06-22T22:11:17Z")
If you run it manually your item is changing from 0.0 to 1 If it’s automatically it’s changing from 0.0 to 1.0 That’s why it’s important to provide the exact log… > [@timo12357](#): > > `2023-06-22 03:00:00.661 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'dishwasherControl' changed from 0.0 to 1.0` > [@timo12357](#): > > `2023-06-22 22:44:22.963 [INFO] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Item 'dishwasherControl' changed from 0.0 to 1` 1 and 1.0 is technically different, therefore the rule is not running. Adjust your rule to run at state 1.0 or better use a switch item with on/off state, if the number own will only change between 0 and 1 ---
**Author:** ![timo12357](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/timo12357/32/97056_2.png) [@timo12357](https://community.openhab.org/u/timo12357)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/item-change-trigger-does-not-trigger-rule/147404/17 "2023-06-23T08:49:14Z")
This “1” vs “1.0” seems to be the root cause to the problem. Changing the rule to run at state 1.0 indeed starts the dishwasher. However, I would rather use the ON and OFF states and a switch that would give direct control of the item. It works, but this leads to problems with the InfluxDB database type, as it is a float: ```yaml 2023-06-23 11:36:55.282 [ERROR] [.client.write.events.WriteErrorEvent] - The error occurred during writing of data com.influxdb.exceptions.UnprocessableEntityException: failure writing points to database: partial write: field type conflict: input field "value" on measurement "dishwasherControl" is type integer, already exists as type float dropped=1 ``` Thank you all for helping with the debugging and leading me to the solution! I will test the rule for a few days before marking this solved. Edit: Last night the dishwasher started automatically when electricity price hit the lowest point. I will mark this solved. Thank you all for the help!