Rule syntax for checking condition

Setup, Configuration and Use Scripts & Rules
1

Hi everybody

I’m a newbee in programming rules and have a little problem. I have a litte rule wich switches garden ligts at a specific time on and at astro event (sunset) off. But now the time comes, when sunset state changes bevor time to switch on is arrived.
How can i handle this in my rule?

rule "Gartenlicht-Ein-Morgen"

when
	Time cron " 	0 0 7 ? * MON-FRI *"
then
	sendCommand(r0, ON)

end

rule "Gartenlicht-Aus-Morgen"

when
	Item Sunrise_Event received update ON
then	
	sendCommand(r0, OFF)
	
end

thanks for any help

2

To take advantage of the Astro binding events, the when statement should be along the lines of:

when
  Channel 'astro:sun:local:set#event' triggered START
then
3

Hi rgerrans,

i still use my rule from OH1.x in OH2, because the rule created with OH2 rule interpreter doesn’t work. My rule works quit well, but I don’t know how to solve the problem of sunrise bevor 7 o’clock.

4

First decide what you would like to happen. Guessing that if 0700 is after sunrise, don’t do anything?

If your Sunrise_Event Item really is a short-lived event, rather than a steady “daytime” indicator … you probably want to create a daytime Item. Then in your cron rule (and any other lighting rules) you can test to see if is dark (i.e.not daylight) before action.
Various helpful bits here