Simple rule to Rule Machine migration

[kahn-hubitat]

@mikeswan

equivalent of a DO WHILE loop in RULE 5.1? What I wanted to do was turn a wall fan on and off depending high and low temperature readings. I had planned to use a predicate to put time bounds on when and how long the loop would run. I've been rereading the documentation on RULE 5.1 and don't yet see and elegant way to do it.

Write two rules.

I if temp > x on

Another if temp < y off

[bertabcd1234]

@mikeswan

I've been rereading the documentation on RULE 5.1 and don't yet see and elegant way to do it.

The Rule 5.0 docs are probably a better source for this at the moment (the 5.1 docs are new and still missing some things, this being one from what I remember). But my suggestion is the one @672southmain suggested above, the "Repeat While (Expression)" feature.

[PunchCardPgmr]

Just here to say I just took this path to convert one of my Simple Automation Rules to RM, was going to go rewrite the rule in RM from scratch but decided to give this a try.

Using the migration path was a piece of cake and I can see how it would have the added benefit to help folks bootstrap their way into RM use.

Adding what I couldn't do with the rule in SAR was all I had to focus on thanks to all the rest of the stuff being laid out exactly the way it should be/needed to be. Seeing the basic construct of operations was in fact instructive.

Thanks.