Presence rule I created ignores time condition

[bruce1]

I created what I thought was a simple rule. I wanted a number of lights turn on when I enter my Geofence but onlt between Sunset and 1:30am. The trigger turns on all the lights no matter what time it is. My Rule is below

[spokra]

you then need to wrap the on statement with an if condition then. look under condition actions. and insert the if before your statement and add an end-if at the end

[csteele]

@spokra is right, you've created the time condition, but aren't using it. RM4 does not have Restrictions like previous versions.

IF {condition} THEN
Your Lights ON
END-IF

[bruce1]

Thanks Like this right?

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[spokra]

exactly!!

[markhwarren]

What's the point of the Manage or Create Conditions section then? I'm having same issue where it's not respecting the conditions. I acknowledge the advice about making an IF statement but it begs the question what the heck the other way is actually for.

[markhwarren]

Nevermind, I see that bottom section is what populates the Conditions dropdown when building the IF (condition) Then statement. Asked and answered.

[markhwarren]

and it's clicking now that Conditions in Rule Machine are different than Restrictions in Basic Rules. Restrictions DO work in the way you'd intuitively expect whereas Conditions are Managed/Populated by the bottom area and then called upon in the Actions area in Rule Machine rule setup.