LIDL PARKSIDE Smart Watering Timer issue

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Not sure if this is of any value for people around, I’ve got two of the valves installed and solved the timeout problem with a simple rule:

var Timer waterTimer1 = null
var Timer waterTimer2 = null

rule "Continuous water flow 1"
when
    Item Ventil1_OnOff changed to ON
then
    logInfo("continuousWaterFlow", "Rule triggered...")
    if (waterTimer1 !== null) {
        logInfo("continuousWaterFlow", "...but timer already intitialised. Rescheduling now.")
        waterTimer1.reschedule(now);
        return;
    }

    waterTimer1 = createTimer(now, [ |
        if (Ventil1_OnOff.state == ON) {
            Ventil1_OnOff.sendCommand("ON")
            logInfo("continuousWaterFlow", "Sent 'on' command to valve, rescheduling timer. ")

            waterTimer1.reschedule(now.plusSeconds(40))
        } else {
            logInfo("continuousWaterFlow", "State switched to 'off' stopped sending commands")
            waterTimer1.cancel()
        } 
    ])
end

rule "Continuous water flow 2"
when
    Item Ventil2_OnOff changed to ON
then
    logInfo("continuousWaterFlow", "Rule triggered...")
    if (waterTimer2 !== null) {
        logInfo("continuousWaterFlow", "...but timer already intitialised. Rescheduling now.")
        waterTimer2.reschedule(now);
        return;
    }

    waterTimer2 = createTimer(now, [ |
        if (Ventil2_OnOff.state == ON) {
            Ventil2_OnOff.sendCommand("ON")
            logInfo("continuousWaterFlow", "Sent 'on' command to valve, rescheduling timer. ")

            waterTimer2.reschedule(now.plusSeconds(40))
        } else {
            logInfo("continuousWaterFlow", "State switched to 'off' stopped sending commands")
            waterTimer2.cancel()
        } 
    ])
end

Based on this: Design Pattern: Looping Timers

With that rule in a rules file, I am able to just switch the valves like there is no timeout.

Any hints for further improvement apreciated! :slight_smile:

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