I am trying to set up a rule/script within the OH 3 UI which is intended to do the following: Set room state to occupied when motion sensor state changes to ON. Set room state to unoccupied 5 minutes after motion sensor state changes to OFF Unless it changes back ON during that 5 minute period. …

I was struggling with this myself today, and cobbled together bits of knowledge from a number of posts. Much thanks to @rlkoshak for his very helpful posts and knowledge! OH 3 Examples: Writing and using JavaScript Libraries in MainUI created Rules How to start rule programming in OH3? - #9 by rlk…

Ah, so this is just a UI Rules issue? I guess JS also does not need the „this“ then in rules JS files?

[image] wzbfyb: … in rules JS files? What are those?

I meant JavaScript rules in files

That seems to be covered by - [image] rlkoshak: JavaScript already works like Rules DSL in this respect. All the “global” variables defined in a .js file is available to all the Rules defined in that .js file, just like in Rules DSL javascript transforms are something different,just wanted …

Thanks again for pointing that out to me!

[image] wzbfyb: May I ask why one should call it via this.Bath_Timer instead of just Bath_Timer? It looks like a class member anyway. Shouldn’t it work with Bath_Timer just as well? Either will work. I use this. for consistency and to be explicit, especially with answers and answering questio…

Thanks. That’s a beyond awesome explanation Looking forward tinplate with groovy, as I like it a lot. Are there any examples for full groovy rule files? I’d rather work with files for rules. Thanks again!

[image] wzbfyb: Are there any examples for full groovy rule files? There are not many Groovy users who are active on the forum. You’ll be largely on your own. But from the little I’ve seen it looks like a lot like Rules DSL in a lot of ways. I’ve never looked into it but my intent is to have …

If I can be of help, let me know. I’ll try to read up on how groovy with OH works.

I used the input from this conversation to build a simple timer rule with a dimmer item and switch. The dimmer item defines the time my heating should stay on. Switching on works, but the minutes set are not applied. Where am I doing it wrong? triggers: - id: "1" configuration: itemName…

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rlkoshak (Rich Koshak) April 22, 2021, 5:44pm 60

Yes. Search the forum for examples. Particularly OH 3 Examples: Writing and using JavaScript Libraries in MainUI created Rules