Room Lighting wait or second trigger?

[jaredeaves]

I've had a basic rule that works. Basically, when sunset, turn on lamppost, wait until 2245, turn off lamppost. I was looking at moving stuff around and was wondering about room lighting. Obviously it can do that basic function and a lot more. My question is more about how it works. The basic rule was based on a wait. If it didn't ever trigger, it wouldn't wait, and it wouldn't turn off.

With room lighting, is it the same concept or are there two triggers? The means to activate is sunset and the means to turn off is 2245. Does it trigger at both or does it trigger at sunset and wait until 2245?

On a side note, I understand room lighting may be overkill for a basic on/off routine, BUT, is there an advantage to using a basic rule over room lighting? Or is there something better for every day, non-mode related rules?

[bravenel]

@jaredeaves

Does it trigger at both or does it trigger at sunset and wait until 2245?

There is no difference, other than what happens next. A "wait" is nothing more than a trigger for whatever happens after the wait (plus some subtlety around what happens with another trigger happening). In both cases, the app isn't actually 'running', it's waiting for an event.