Basic Rules Issue

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I am moving my automation from one system to Hubitat.
I have a hot water circulation pump that comes on at 6:30 AM and goes off at 12:00 PM. This works correctly for the current system.

I have a simple rule for the same function that is:

When Time of Day is 6:30 AM ...
Turn on CircPump
Wait until Time of Day is 12:00 PM, then ...
Turn off CircPump

Rule and pending actions can run ...
Only when mode is Guest, Home

To test the function, I manually turn on the CircPump and modify the rule to turn the pump off at, for example, 1:15 PM (current time is 12:45 PM).

The pump does not switch off. What am I missing about the rule?

Regards,

Milt

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Have you tried changing the rule's start time and let the rule turn the pump on? And have your mode set correctly as well. I don't think the rule is active until that first "When Time of Day" trigger occurs and then the wait will be relevant.

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That appears to be correct. My observation is that if the first time is not encountered to activate the switch, the second time is not executed.

I don't believe this is proper behavior; it may be the design but I believe it should work at the second time even if the first is not encountered.

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Yes, that is definitely the way it works, and I imagine it is by design. The trigger must happen before any actions are executed. The "wait until" is considered to be an action.
From documentation:

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If you want the pump to turn off, regardless of how it was turned on then create 2 Basic rules. One to turn it on and one to turn it off.

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That is the solution I finally determined. Thanks,

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I did finally figure that out, the trigger must fire first. My next test is:

Allow first trigger to fire.
,,,
manually turn off device
...
manually turn on device
...
WAIT - will remainder of rule, turn device off later, still work.

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That looks like something the Room Lighting app can do.
Set the rule to run only during modes Guest, Home.
Turn on at 0630
Turn off at 1200

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I will give that a try, thank you.

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