Multiple Triggers question

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I am very newbie at this programming, so bear with me in my lack of knowledge.

To keep it short and sweet I have 5 hub variables (booleans) that generally register false. If any register true for more than than 2 minutes, that variable needs to be reset back to false.

I created one rule with all the hub variables Booleans as triggers as noted above.

The question is how do I make the actions act on the one that has gone over the 2 minute mark.

I could do this easily with one rules for each hub variables but I want to be efficient

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Let me answer your question with a question, if you set a variable that is reading false to false does it matter, i.e. the easist thing to do is reset all of them.

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The rule will track the device that triggered it. You just need to put %device% into a local string variable then use that in conditional actions to determine which hub variable to reset back to false.

Local Variables
LastTrigger - Type String

Trigger Events
Variable reports Boolean1 = true and stays that way for: 0:02:00
Variable reports Boolean2 = true and stays that way for: 0:02:00

Actions to Run
Set LastTrigger to %device%
IF (Variable LastTrigger = 'Boolean1') Set Boolean1 to false
IF (Variable LastTrigger = 'Boolean2') Set Boolean2 to false

Note that the IF is a simple condition so THEN and END-IF aren't used.

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It makes a huge difference and would break my programming in other rules.

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Thanks! I get your approach!

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Excellent!

Made the adjustment and my initial test was successful for one Boolean value. Now testing it for multiple trigger conditions happening somewhat concurrently.

Thank you so much for your assistance!

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