Rule is triggering two times in a row

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Well, the first place to look is the docs.

createTimer(AbstractInstant instant, Procedure procedure): schedules a block of code to execute at a future time

  • instant is usually a DateTime calculated using the built in variable now.
  • procedure is the block of code and is defined using lambda notation (i.e. square brackets)

It’s kind of pointless to schedule a timer for now. It will run immediately.

It’s very dangerous to reschedule a timer forever. What if those two Items never become go to OFF? the timer will never exit and run forever (which was a really really dangerous part of your original rule).

Why not skip most of this complexity? OH is an event based system. This is a standard [Deprecated] Design Pattern: Motion Sensor Timer problem. See that post for proper ways to implement something like this. Or even better, install a rule that does this from the marketplace: Open Reminder [3.3.0;3.4.9).