Rule machine 5.1 question and bug?

[pomonabill220]

First question....
When using and If/THEN/ELSE and a comparison, there are the expected <>>= tests, but there is one that I have NO idea what it does or how it works.
That is "in". What is this used for?

I haven't found any info on this option.

Second....
When editing in "manage conditions", and if I don't want to change a condition, a "cancel this condition" appears and IF I click on it, my condition is DELETED with NO warning!!!!

I would think a safe way to leave this editing would be to WARN of deletion, or add a "cancel editing" button WITH the warning.

[JohnRob]

@pomonabill220

That is "in". What is this used for?

I probably shouldn't answer because I don't really know. However my bet is when using the "in" comparison the next operand could be a list or map or some collection of things.

[pomonabill220]

Thanks JohnRob, that is sort of what I thought but haven't tried it yet.
I was hoping for an explanation from people that have used it, but I am open to anyone's ideas.

[kewashi]

I've used the "in" test when comparing numbers and it allows you to give a range. For example, your temperature sensor could be checked to be in range 68 to 72 using this feature.

[pomonabill220]

Thanks kewashi. That would simplify my rule greatly and make temperature testing simpler.
I will give it a try!

[terminal3]

I had no idea what it meant either. so good to know. I had seen it and kept meaning to check it out and see what it was but just never did. It might have come in handy had I know that is what it was. Perhaps "In Range, or "Within" ight be a better description.

[pomonabill220]

This is where I used the "in" on my rule:

I am wondering about any overlap between the ranges affecting operation, such as
range 82.0 to 84.0
and
range 84.0 to 86.0
causing problems, but I will see what happens.

I am using the Zooz zen54 0-10 volt dimmer to control a Teco VFD driving a 3 ph. fan motor speed.
Seemed to work ok this morning, but I am going to test again tonight (7/31) to see if there is any "hunting".
My original rule looked like this:

Accomplished the same thing but was harder to create and/or modify, and didn't look as clean.

[672southmain]

Would be much cleaner and easier to read if you used ELSE-IF rather than ELSE … IF

[pomonabill220]

Yes I agree. I kinda noticed that AFTER I wrote the rule, but decided to quit while I was ahead.
There are several ways to write a rule and not being a hard core coder (more of a "hobby"), these things I tend to gloss over.... as long as it works!
I may get enthusiastic and re-write it to follow the correct methods.