Time Rule does not fire on New OH 4 setup

Setup, Configuration and Use Beginners
1

Hi all. My OH 2 setup died so I decided to install a fresh new setup. I downloaded the latest Openhabian with OpenHab 4.2.1.

I created a Rule to test the time-based rules

configuration: {}
triggers:

  • id: “1”
    configuration:
    time: 23:20
    type: timer.TimeOfDayTrigger
    conditions:
    actions:
  • inputs: {}
    id: “2”
    configuration:
    itemName: OfficeLights_Office_Lights
    command: OFF
    type: core.ItemCommandAction

The light is not switched off at 23:20. Is there any plugin or Add on I need to load to make the time-based rules work?

Also in version 2 I used a extension expire to switch off a extractor after it ran for 20 minutes

//Sonoff extractor
Switch EXTRACTOR “Main Bathroom Extractor” [Switchable]
{ mqtt=“>[broker:cmnd/Extractor/POWER1:command:*:default],
<[broker:stat/Extractor/POWER1:state:default]” , expire=“20m,command=OFF”}

How do I do that now in Version 4?

2

Please post code using code fences.

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Using quote blocks does not preserve the white space and special characters making the code very hard to understand.

No, this rule should work out-of-the-box.

If you are still using .items files, what you have there for expire will work as is. Expire is now part of core instead of being a separate add-on.

If you have managed Items (i.e. defined through the UI), navigate to Settings → Items → EXTRACTOR → Add Metadaa → Expiration Timer.

3

Sorry I was not sure which icon to use

configuration: {}
triggers:
  - id: "1"
    configuration:
      time: 23:20
    type: timer.TimeOfDayTrigger
conditions: []
actions:
  - inputs: {}
    id: "2"
    configuration:
      itemName: OfficeLights_Office_Lights
      command: OFF
    type: core.ItemCommandAction

I have now done it all using the GUI and not files. I will have a look at the Metadata

4

The Rules show a status of Idle. Is that correct?

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5

Yes, it will only show differently when it’s actively running but that’s usually too fast to see in the UI. Or it will show disabled if the rule is disabled.

I don’t see anything obviously wrong with the rule. Are you sure a command wasn’t sent to the Item? Have you checked events.log to confirm?

6

If I click the run button it works but it does not fire on its own when the time is 23:20 or whatever time I set.

7

OK I figured out what is wrong but not what is creating the issue. There is 1 hour difference between Openhab and my Pi time. Here you can see if I get the system time it is 22:43 but in the log file it is 21:43. So the Rule will fire but I have to subtract 1 hour. My locale is correct and my time zone etc. What could it be?

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8

OK I followed this and the time now seems fine

9

Checking the timezones was going to be the next step. I’m sure this will fix it and it should work going forward.