My shades fail to activate when set to open and close at a Certain Time. The other shade in my house open and close properly at sunrise and sunset with a similar simple Rule Machine rule. I also have another device (a switch) that uses a Certain Time setting using a Basic Rules rule that operates properly. These problematic shades do open and close properly when I test them by clicking on the “Run Action” button in the rule window.
The log show the following entries at 6:00 AM, the time the Kitchen Shade is set to open, but the shade is not opening: “Event: Triggered at Certain Time”, “Triggered: Triggered at Certain Time”, and “Action: Open: Kitchen shade”.
I have confirmed that my latitude, longitude, the time zone in my Hubitat, on my computer, and my Internet browser are correct. I have also tried recreating the rules but continue to get the same results. I have the most current Hubitat update and have run a restart from the Diagnostic Tool.
It seems simple enough but I can’t to figure out what I am missing. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Are you able to open/close those same shades consistently via the device page?
From the same device page, could you go to events and share a screenshot?
I’m asking as it sounds like the rule is running but the action to open the shades might not be received by the shades themselves…
Yes, I can consistently open and close shades via the device page.
Okay, and have you tried a Basic Rule to see if it would work from that app instead?
I have another device on a Basic rule that operates properly using a Certain Time but have not been able to create a Basic rule that will operate my shades.
Right - Shades are not a supported device type to action on in Basic Rules…
Next thing I would try is to run the rule manually to see what happens. Turn on logging on the shades as well if you can, so we have a complete picture.
I closed and opened the shade:
Was this log captured after running the rule manually, and if so are you saying that it worked - it opened the shade?
Yes the screen shots were after I opened and closed the shade manually. It did open and close properly.
Okay, just to be sure I understand, the screenshot was taken after the shade was open and closed manually from the Device screen, right?
Assuming this is correct, can you manually run the RM rule (via the “Run Actions” button on the bottom of the rule’s main page) and see what that does?
I have been running it by clicking on the "Run Actions" button at the bottom of the rule page and it always work properly this way.
Okay, thanks!
And you said you re-created it and had the same issue. Can you try a reboot with the advanced option -> Rebuild Database option checked?
Once rebooted, see if it works with a new time that is a few minutes in the future. I’m starting to wonder if there may be a database corruption issue here…
Ok - I will start that now.
After the reboot I set it to open an 12:22 and it opened using this preset time!
Thank You!!
It looks like all is well now.
