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[DesT]

Hey guys...

Long time...

Since my first day with Vera, I'm using RulesEngine from @vosmont to handle complex rules that will do something based on multiple condition base on "true/false" and also based on time.

Do you think I will be able to do that directly with LUA in openLuup ?

For example..

IF bedroom-motion1 is not detecting motion for 15 minutes
AND
IF bedroom-motion2 is not detecting motion for 15 minutes
AND
IF current-time is between 6am and 11pm
AND
IF binary-light1 is OFF
AND
IF binary-light2 is OFF
THEN
execute LUA code
WAIT 2 minute
execute LUA code

BUT IF any "conditions" failed while in the "THEN" , It need to stop...

I currently have around 60 rules like that

[akbooer]

Well, you could, but I imagine that some here will be recommending Reactor, or MSR?

[DesT]

@akbooer said in Need to get rid of RulesEngine:

Well, you could, but I imagine that some here will be recommending Reactor, or MSR?

yeah but what if, I would like to stay as clean as possible without any dependency...

[akbooer]

With rules like this, having no specific event trigger, it's easy enough to evaluate them periodically (say, every minute?) in a scene.

Using openLuup's object-oriented API, you can make the conditions very readable...

local API = require "openLuup.api"

local now = os.time()
local m_15_ago = now - 15 * 60   -- 15 minutes ago
local hour = os.date "*t" .hour

local b1 = API[nnn].security -- bedroom 1 motion sensor
local b2 = API[ppp].security -- bedroom 2 motion sensor

local bl1 = API[xxx].switch  -- binary light 1
local bl2 = API[yyy].switch  -- binary light 2

if
   b1.Tripped == '0' and b1.LastTrip < m_15_ago
and
   b2.Tripped == '0' and b2.LastTrip < m_15_ago
and
   hour >= 6 and hour < 23
and
   bl1.Status == '0'
and
   bl2.Status == '0'
then
  -- execute LUA code
end

I'm a bit unclear about your...

BUT IF any "conditions" failed while in the "THEN" , It need to stop

...but I'm sure you can explain further.

[DesT]

@akbooer said in Need to get rid of RulesEngine:

'm a bit unclear about your...
BUT IF any "conditions" failed while in the "THEN" , It need to stop
...but I'm sure you can explain further.

@akbooer

For that, in the "THEN" block, if I have a wait 2 minutes somewhere, and while "waiting" some condititions changes, for example, a motion detector detect something, I need that the "THEN" stop executing.

[akbooer]

You mean that 2 minutes wait you mention here...

THEN
execute LUA code
WAIT 2 minute
execute LUA code

...you'd just have to re-check the compound condition again before executing the second code block.

So the easiest way would simply be to wrap the test in a function so you can call it in a one-liner...

local API = require "openLuup.api"

local now = os.time()
local m_15_ago = now - 15 * 60   -- 15 minutes ago
local hour = os.date "*t" .hour

local b1 = API[nnn].security -- bedroom 1 motion sensor
local b2 = API[ppp].security -- bedroom 2 motion sensor

local bl1 = API[xxx].switch  -- binary light 1
local bl2 = API[yyy].switch  -- binary light 2

local function ok_to_go ()
return
   b1.Tripped == '0' and b1.LastTrip < m_15_ago
and
   b2.Tripped == '0' and b2.LastTrip < m_15_ago
and
   hour >= 6 and hour < 23
and
   bl1.Status == '0'
and
   bl2.Status == '0'
end

if ok_to_go() 
then
  -- execute LUA code, block #1
  if ok_to_go() then
    -- execute LUA code, block #2
  end
end