Hello Guys,
how can i achieve a script (like Blockly or ECMA) running every couple of minutes once?
I found the SetInterval-Command (ECMA), but that wont work as the script need to be triggered and it isnt constantly running, right?
Better to use the Rule with a CRON trigger?
Idea: Check every like 15 Minutes if generated power is higher than consumed power - if yes, turn on AC. If no, turn off AC
This is possible with the GUI functions without use scripts.
You can do that under Settings → Schedule
As Trigger you can choose Time-Event and then "on a schedule (cron).
You can build a cron expression with the builder:
Example every 15 minutes:
Thank you very much. That worked.
Openhab is event based, why do you want to check every 15 minutes and not e.g. of the consumed / generated power is changing?
Because im not very familiar with timers and i dont want to switch OFF and ON and OFF and ON the AC-Units every few seconds.
I like to have a delay, like
Generated Power is less than X → Switch off AC Units
DONT Switch on during next X Minutes
If generated power is more than X and Timeout is not running anymore → Switch on AC Units
So for me it was easier to just run the script checking the energy every few minutes instead of dealing with timers
Cool, thanks for sharing.
Would I would also recommend is to use hysteresis and set different threshold for on and off command, e.g. turning AC on if generated power - consumed power > 100, but turn it off when generated power - consumed power > 50
Thats exactly what i did in Blockly - but at the moment fix values.
Not sure how i should define “internal” or “virtual” Items to be used without any connection to like KNX or Binding/Thing … just to show on HMI later
