CoRE - Get peer assistance here with setting up Pistons

[eibyer]

Past 1259PM?

[Xobniu (Phil)]

Doesn’t engage. Tried changing it to “time is after”
As well but still won’t turn it on.

[Automatic00]

@ryan.ray

What I’m saying is that if you save a state or attribute to a variable it can not be used in a later condition within the same piston. It can be used within an action that occurs after the initial action of saving but not a condition within the same piston. The act of saving is an action which all actions are scheduled to occur after all of the conditions have been evaluated.

So in your example saving the state is an action and the recall that state is an action. This should function as long as the recall is after the save. In my use case I was trying to use the save in a later condition within the same piston.

The above all makes sense, but if I am setting a variable on a condition, and I do not use that variable in any other condition within the current Piston again (it will only be used to restrict an action), shouldn’t that work?

[ryan.ray]

Is the restrict of an action in the same piston?

[Automatic00]

Yes, I am trying to use the variable I set in the condition to restrict an action in the same piston.

[ryan.ray]

OK, let me try and explain this…

If Condition #1
Individual Action #1 (Set Variable)

Then
Action #2 (restricted by variable set in Individual Action #1)

I think this is your scenario.

So your piston fires and it evaluates Condition #1 which is true, so it schedules the Individual Action #1 to occur (doesn’t actually perform this action, just schedules it)

And because Condition #1 is true it schedules Action #2 (Since the Individual Action #1 has been schedule but not run the restriction doesn’t work).

And finally the scheduled actions (Individual Action #1 & Action #2) run. Does this help to clarify it?

[ady624 (I hate Mondays)]

You are very right Sir, if you would excuse my “very”

[Automatic00]

That is exactly my use case, and I’m so over this.

Thank you both @ady624 and @ryan.ray for clarifying that for me.

Do you see any way around this, another possible way I can achieve this case successfully?

[ady624 (I hate Mondays)]

What timezone are you in? Looks like a time zone issue or something weird. Some 3 minutes off… 1:15pm is 13:15, plus 10:42 means 23:57, which is 3 minutes off from midnight. Is you phone’s time set to automatic? Is your phone’s date and time off by 3 minutes?

[ady624 (I hate Mondays)]

Yes. Me allowing Set Variable to run immediately (during the condition evaluation). I’ll think about that, you’re not the first who expects that to happen… The main beef is with Waits, but I can sort that out, so that if you use setVariable without a wait, then you get that set immediately, so you can use it in subsequent condition evaluations.

[Xobniu (Phil)]

EST. 1:58pm locally here. Phone is displaying the time fine, and the time IDE is reporting in the logs match. But nothing ever comes up in logs under CoRE.

[ady624 (I hate Mondays)]

Well, it’s almost 2:01 here… Check the time online, see if matches your phone

[Automatic00]

Would love that!

This Rule Engine is my life right now. Mmmm, I’m lovin’ it more than McDonald’s

[Xobniu (Phil)]

Yeah my time is fine. Updated automatically by my carrier AT&T. Matches the time on my hub and time.gov.

[Mrviper]

Xobniu, this piston setup works for me just fine. If you click on the CoRE Dashboard, do you see the piston go from False to True at the time set? Also, try a different outlet.

[bridaus (Brian)]

Why doesn’t @DTTemp save?

It’s zero always.

[Jonpho (Jon)]

I’ve set up above piston which simulates lights when we’re not home. It’s fit for purpose now but as sunset gets earlier from 21st June need a way of calculating length of time between custom times in condition. Then somehow using this to determine how long a loop for the lights going on and off lasts for. Can this be done in CoRE. Is there a system variable for sunset time?

I know there is the Vacation Lighting Director App that does this, but wanted to try with CoRE as I like all my automation in one place so to speak

[tyrch (Paul)]

just a quick question - im really loving CoRE, but one thing i cant get working - execute routine ( example of use i want : IF no motion bedroom sensor, THEN execute routine away) doesn’t let me select this option. I get “error refreshing page”. is this aspect not working yet…if so i can wait. i dont need to use routines in my pistons, but just makes life easier and also id like to so the widget info in android updates correctly. im using the V0.1.09e.20160617

Thank you in advance

[Jonpho (Jon)]

Is there any way to get above 2 pistons into 1? Because the top piston has a trigger I cant put another OR statement in the bottom piston as the trigger prevents all the other conditions from evaluating.

Another question related to TOS and TCP.
If the Hall light is on because of motion in the bottom piston. If someone arrives home will the hall light turn off after 10 minutes or will it still turn off after the 3 minutes/fade section. Still haven’t got my head round TCP/TOS

[ady624 (I hate Mondays)]

Logs please? Enable debugging in the piston, save, then try to modify it and see if you get an error in the logs. Thank you