Rule Machine®Version 2.5
There are a number of updates to Rule Machine. These fixes and new features will not be available in existing rules, only in new rules. Any old rules will continue to run on the prior version of Rule Machine. If you are affected by any of these changes, you will need to redo the rule with this new version, Version 2.5.
Removal of Limitations
Prior limitations on the number of Time of Day, Days of Week and Mode conditions for a rule have been removed. Similarly, prior limitations on the number of Certain Time, Mode and Periodic events for triggers have been removed. It is now possible to have any number of such conditions in a rule or events for a trigger.
Previously, Private Boolean for other rules could only be set to true or false, but not separately for different rules. Now it is possible to set some rules to true and others to false.
New Features
Repeat Actions and Stop Actions
There are two new actions, one to Repeat These Actions, and the other to Stop Actions. The first allows a rule to begin a repetition of its actions for true or false, with the repetition optionally being stopped upon truth change. The second allows a rule to stop the actions of another rule or trigger, including delayed actions, repeated actions, periodic triggers and fade dimmers over time.
Cloud and Local Endpoints
It is now possible to use a cloud or local endpoint as an event in a trigger. Choosing this event selection will create the corresponding URL, which may be copied for use elsewhere. Hitting that URL will fire the trigger.
Refined UI Layout
The UI for actions has been cleaned up to more clearly distinguish groups of related actions. Come actions selection pages have been reorganized for clarity.
Bug Fix
A reported bug with using hsmStatus as a trigger as been fixed. Previously, such a trigger fired indiscriminately without testing for the correct value.
