Rule machine - as per the app developer, this app is no longer available for new installs, distribution, or support

[bamarayne (Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)]

@Otis

For you folks using Rule Machine, do you do all of your automations through this? (For consistency/to keep everything in one place, etc.?). I currently have been using the basic sunrise/sunset triggers for certain lighting, and time-based for others, and I have a couple of motion sensors that trigger lighting in certain other places. I haven’t used Rule Machine before, but it looks like endless possibilities! If I begin working with it, I assume I should nuke all my other automations and do everything through Rule Machine?

Excited to read up on this thread and see what kinds of applications folks have used with Rule Machine.

Hey there, check these two threads out.
You will find great ideas here…

Show your Rule Machine automations

There have been some very cool automations created by people using Rule Machine. Rather than people search 1750 posts in the original Rule Machine topic to find these gems, you should show your Rules and Triggers here. Upload a screen shot of your rule main page, and explain what it does. I’ve seen very cool automations, be they simple or complex!! This will help people see what they can do with Rule Machine, how they can solve their automation needs. To kick this topic off, here is a simple automation similar to one everyone uses, motion on/off lights. This rule turns on a garage light when motion is detected or vibration (acceleration) of the garage door is detected, and then turns the light off after 2 minutes of no motion/vibration. [image]

And you’ll get all kinds of help here…

Rule Machine - Get peer assistance here with setting up rules

I’m creating this thread as a place to find assistance in programming the logic of the Rule Machine App. @bravenel - I see you doing a lot of updates every day and posting them in the [Release] thread, I figure this will help to keep it clean and not get hijacked… as much… I’ll start! I’ve set up some rules for my front porch lights. I haven’t figured out how to do with any less than “4” separate rules. I’d like to simplify this as much as possible. What I want: Lights come on 20 minutes prior to sunset, go off at 11 pm, and be set to 30% When either my wife or I come home between sunset and 11pm, even if the other is already there, the lights go from 30% to 99% for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes they go back to 30%. If it is after 11 pm and before sunrise, I want the lights t…