Hi.
I’m looking to make a rule that runs my pool pump every other hour. Pump is on a jasco 40 amp relay.
There is a periodic schedule in rule machine. Is it as simple as setting up a periodic schedule for 1 hour to achieve an on for an hour - off for an hour schedule? Or do I have to create multiple discrete on off rules.
TIA.
Mac
No, what you suggest could work. And you can make it even easier using the "Toggle" action instead of "on" and "off" (assuming your device reports status accurately). Something like this:
Trigger: Every 1 hour
Actions: Toggle: Pool Pump
Or if it doesn't, it's not too much harder--something like:
Trigger: Every 2 hours
Actions:
On: Pool Pump
Wait for event: elapsed time --> 1:00:00
Off: Pool Pump
That being said, there's nothing wrong with using two rules, and in general, I'd suggest keeping things simpler with multiple rules compared to fewer, longer, more complex rules. But this one is easy enough either way. 
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Appreciate that.
I’ll try the toggle…set it to 1 min to test how it works. Then switch to an hour after I’ve let it run some cycles !
Thanks.
Mac
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