Pause/Resume vs Stop/Start - What's the difference?

[johnwill1]

I just relocated a Z Wave outlet. It was tucked behind a sofa to connect to the tree lights at Christmas and unused the rest of the time (not acting as a repeater for any devices). I reused it to connect to a solenoid valve I have that will water some wall mounted planters while I'm away.

There was a rule I'd wrote for the tree lights and after xmas I just paused it. Now the outlet is being used for another purpose I noticed the paused rule and wondered - what is the difference between pausing and stopping a rule?

[bertabcd1234]

See:

Difference between RM "Pause" and RM "Stop"

With Pause, all of the rule's subscriptions and schedules remain intact. When a trigger fires or a scheduled event happens, the rule discovers that it is paused, and exits. The rule can be resumed by another rule or through the UI for the rule. With Stop, all of the rule's subscriptions and schedules are removed. The rule has to be restarted through the UI for the rule. It is as if the rule was never initialized to begin with.

[johnwill1]

Thanks @bertabcd1234. I did do a little search but didn’t come across that post - that explains it perfectly.