- Use long press action on a switch
- Execute any MQTT message when a button is pressed
- Execute Several Commands when a Timer Expires
- Usage of one-shot (once)
- Use of Variables and tele-
- Use a Potentiometer
- Setting Variables
- Control device LEDs with Relays
- Thermostat Example
- Solar heater control
- Energy Saving Smart Switch
- Time-delayed Auto-off Switch
- Controlling Timers Enabled from a switch
- Toggle a Relay only when holding the button for 2 seconds
- Using Sunrise and Sunset
- Button with single press, double press, and hold
- Perform any action on single/double press (for switches AND buttons)
- External switch to enable or disable doorbell relay with HTTP call
- Force automatic re-connection to MQTT server via SD DNS
- Change distance to percentage
- Distinguish Switch1 and Switch2 without the use of Relay1 and Relay2
- Receiving state of anything that triggers SWITCH more than one time
- Prevent Wemos D1 mini load overcurrent
- Using dummy GPIO to send Serial codes to the MCU
- Arithmetic Commands to be used with VARs
- Switch relays via serial interface
- Using BREAK to simulate IF..ELSEIF..ELSE..ENDIF
- Adjust PowerDelta according to current Power values
- IR Forward
- Garage Door Opener
- Remote Control Button Multi-press
- Two-way light switches without MQTT
- Roller shutter push-button toggle
Note
This example is for GPIOs defined as switches not buttons
Activate long press action with Switchmode 5
and shorten long press time to 2 seconds (Setoption32 20
).
Long pressing on switch1 sends POWER 2
(toggle action) command to the tasmota02
device
Backlog SwitchMode 5; SetOption32 20
Rule on switch1#state=3 do publish cmnd/tasmota02/POWER 2 endon
Rule 1
Notice we use Rule
which edits Rule1
rule set. They can be used interchangeably.
When a button is pressed the user has the possibility to send a MQTT message based on FullTopic and ButtonTopic. This MQTT message is going to be received by the MQTT Broker and if there is any other device(s) subscripted to that Topic, it will receive also that message. So this approach can be used for sending messages/commands to MQTT Broker to Home Automation System, and/or sending messages/commands to MQTT Broker to other device(s).
A problem with this solution is that on a Sonoff 4CH all four buttons will be sending the same MQTT topic using only a different Power index number like cmnd/ButtonTopic/power3 toggle
.
By using a rule a single button can now send any MQTT message allowing much more flexibility.
Hardware
- Sonoff 4CH
Software
- Tasmota compiled with
#define USE_RULES
- Disable ButtonTopic as it overrides rules for buttons:
ButtonTopic 0
Rule
Rule1
on button1#state do publish cmnd/ring2/power %value% endon
on button2#state do publish cmnd/strip1/power %value% endon
(You will likely need to enable this rule if it's the first time you've used them) "Rule1 on".
Result
- When button 1 is pressed the rule kicks in and sends a MQTT message substituting variable
%value%
with the button state likecmnd/ring2/power 2
. When button 2 is pressed a MQTT message likecmnd/strip1/power 2
will be sent.
The default Timer1..16 functionality allows for controlling one output to either off, on, toggle or blink. When rules are enabled the blink option will be replaced by rule functionality allowing much more flexibility.
Hardware
- Sonoff 4CH
Software
- Tasmota compiled with
#define USE_RULES
- Configure timer5 for rule execution when activated:
Timer5 {"Arm":1,"Mode":0,"Time":"16:00","Days":"1111111","Repeat":1,"Action":3}
- Rule
Rule1 on clock#Timer=5 do backlog power2 on;power1 off;power3 2 endon
Result
- When the timer expires the rule kicks in and set Power1 to OFF, Power2 to ON and Toggles Power3
If you want to have blink functionality define a rule like on clock#Timer=5 do power 3 endon
The rule command once option provides the possibility to trigger only once on a slow change while the change is still within the bounds of the test.
Rule
on ENERGY#Current>0.100 do publish tool/tablesaw/power 1 endon
on ENERGY#Current<0.100 do publish tool/tablesaw/power 0 endon
This creates a rule to publish MQTT commands whenever a Sonoff POW has current passing through it. Used as is, it will publish MQTT commands repeatedly, over and over, while current is >0.100 ... but, executing another command:
Rule 5
Now the MQTT message will be sent once, and only once, while the condition is met. This is perfect for thermostat on/off depending on temperature, bathroom extractor fan on/off depending on humidity, workshop dust collector on/off depending on whether some dust-producing machine is running.
It meets the 'hard thermostat' requests that have been common.
Using variables allows for storing sensor results to be used in composing a single HA message like used with Domoticz. To prevent flooding Domoticz with messages we only want to send a message at TelePeriod time. This is achieved by prefixing the <SensorName>
with the label tele-
. This example will use a variable storing the temperature to be used together with humidity in one Domoticz MQTT message.
Hardware
- Sonoff TH or Wemos D1 mini
- AM2301 Temperature and Humidity sensor
Software
- Tasmota compiled with
#define USE_RULES
- Home Automation tool Domoticz configured with a virtual sensor Temp+Hum using Idx 134
Rule
Rule
on tele-am2301-12#temperature do var1 %value% endon
on tele-am2301-12#humidity do publish domoticz/in {"idx":134,"svalue":"%var1%;%value%;1"} endon
Result
- As a result of the
tele-
prefix the rules will be checked at TelePeriod time for sensor AM2301-12 Temperature and Humidity. The first rule will use the Temperature stored in%value%
and save it in%var1%
for future use. The second rule will use the Humidity stored in%value%
and the Temperature stored in%var1%
to compose a single MQTT message suitable for Domoticz.
Clever Dickies now finally have a way to send Temperatures from multiple DS18B20 to Domoticz.
Connecting a potentiometer to the Analog A0 input and a rule can be used to control the dimmer state of any device.
Hardware
- Wemos D1 mini
- Potentiometer of 2k2 connected to Gnd, A0 and 3V3
- WS2812 LED
Software
- Tasmota compiled with
#define USE_RULES
Rule on analog#a0div10 do dimmer %value% endon
Result
- Turning the potentiometer the voltage on the analog input will change resulting in a value change of 0 (Off) to 100 for the trigger. Using this value to control the dimmer of the WS2812 will control the brightness of the led(s)
Rule on analog#a0div10 do publish cmnd/grouplight/dimmer %value% endon
Result
- This time all lights configured with GroupTopic
grouplight
will change their brightness according to the potentiometer position.
NOTE: You might want to execute command SaveData 2
to reduce flash writes ;-)
Demonstrate the use of variables. Make sure to execute commands Rule 4
(Disable one-shot detection) first when trying the following example.
Set a variable
Rule on event#setvar1 do var1 %value% endon
Command: event setvar1=1
View a variable
rule on event#getvar1 do var1 endon
Command: event getvar1
- Toggle a variable
Rule
on event#togglevar1 do event toggling1=%var1% endon
on event#toggling1<1 do event setvar1=1 endon
on event#toggling1>0 do event setvar1=0 endon
on event#setvar1 do var1 %value% endon
Command: event togglevar1
Show Messages:
Rule on event#message do publish stat/[topic]/log %value% endon
Command: event message=INIT
All event commands can be executed from:
- console:
event anyname=number
- mqtt:
cmnd/[topic]/event anyname=number
Everything together:
Rule1
on event#togglevar1 do event toggling1=%var1% endon
on event#toggling1<1 do event setvar1=1 endon
on event#toggling1>0 do event setvar1=0 endon
on event#setvar1 do var1 %value% endon
on event#getvar1 do var1 endon
on event#message do publish stat/mqttTopic/log %value% endon
Note
The following won't work:
Rule1 on event#setvar1 do backlog var1 %value%; power1 %var1% endon
At least not as you probably would expect. The var1
value used by the power1
command will be the value present before the backlog
command is executed. This is so, because the rule will replace %var1%
BEFORE the backlog
commands are put in the backlog
command stream.
If a device has more than one relay and LEDs on different GPIOs (not connected to the relay) you need to use rules to display current relay status on LEDs. This example is a 3 gang wall switch. Instead of LEDs you need to assign 3 dummy relays that will be controlled when the real relays are switched to reflect their status.
Backlog ledmask 0x0000; setoption13 1; seriallog 0
rule1
on power1#state do power4 %value% endon
on power2#state do power5 %value% endon
on power3#state do power6 %value% endon
rule1 1
Note: This method doubles the number of flash writes. Link to the device
As example, to be used on a Sonoff TH10 with Sensor Si7021
This example turn on and off an output based on the temperature value and the upper set point and the lower set point. It waits until is enabled by pressing the button or by mqtt message 1 to mem1. This value is remembered. So if power cycle occurs, will resume operation. The set point values can be changed on the fly by mqtt or console commands If the Temperature sensor disconnects, the outputs will shutdown until the sensor is back again and will resume operation. When the device is power up, the thermostat also waits until the sensor value to resume operation.
Initial Config:
- Available physical button as switch1
- Relay1 will be used the controller
- Rules must be used to control Relay so the pushbutton must only control switch1 and not directly control the relay - For this we use SwitchMode1 3 as described below and create the necessary rules because the pushbutton control of the relay is only disabled when the rules are in place.
Initial config on console:
SwitchMode1 3
<- Use the switch1 as pushbutton (It will allow us to disable the link between the button and the relay by inserting a rule to dictate what the pushbutton will do - NOTE: Until rules are created the pushbutton will still control the relay!)Rule1 1
<- turn on rulesRule1 4
<- turn off one-shot ruleTelePeriod 60
<- check temp every minuteSetOption26 1
<- use power1 on mqtt messagesSetOption0 0
<- dont save relay status on eepromPowerOnState 0
<- start all relays offMem1 0
<- thermostat status: 0-off 1-enabled - View or set by MQTT cmnd/mqttTopic/mem1Mem2 25
<- setpoint Temp upper limit - View or set by MQTT cmnd/mqttTopic/mem2Mem3 23
<- setpoint Temp lower limit - View or set by MQTT cmnd/mqttTopic/mem3Var1 0
<- thermostat actual status: 1-OK 0-NOT READY - View by MQTT cmnd/mqttTopic/var1
Rules:
On boot start a watchdog timer to check temp sensor connection.
Rule on system#boot do RuleTimer1 70 endon
An available button is configured as switch to set thermostat ON or OFF
Rule1
on switch1#state do backlog event toggling1=%mem1% endon
on event#toggling1=0 do mem1 1 endon
on event#toggling1=1 do mem1 0 endon
Check temp sensor connection. If fails, set to off and turn off thermostat. Also continue checking
Rule on Rules#Timer=1 do backlog var1 0; RuleTimer1 70; power1 0 endon
Resets checking timer if temperature is connected
Rule on tele-SI7021#temperature do backlog var1 1; RuleTimer1 30; event ctrl_ready=1; event temp_demand=%value% endon
Thermostat control - upper limit and lower limit and enabled
Rule1
on event#ctrl_ready>%mem1% do var1 0 endon
on event#temp_demand>%mem2% do power1 0 endon
on event#temp_demand<%mem3% do power1 %var1% endon
Thermostat can be turned On by:
- pushing button
- by command on local console: mem1 1
- by command on any other console: publish cmnd/mqttTopic/mem1 1
- or MQTT at: cmnd/mqttTopic/mem1 1
Thermostat can be turned Off by:
- pushing button
- by command on local console: mem1 0
- by command on any other console: publish cmnd/mqttTopic/mem1 0
- or MQTT at: cmnd/mqttTopic/mem1 0
To get the status:
mem1
<- thermostat status: 0-off 1-enabled - View or set by MQTT cmnd/mqttTopic/mem1mem2
<- setpoint Temp upper limit - View or set by MQTT cmnd/mqttTopic/mem2mem3
<- setpoint Temp lower limit - View or set by MQTT cmnd/mqttTopic/mem3var1
<- thermostat actual status: 1-OK 0-NOT READY - View by MQTT cmnd/mqttTopic/var1
Everything together:
INITIAL CONFIG: (Note: RuleTimer1 must be greater that TelePeriod for expected results)
backlog SwitchMode1 3; Rule 1; Rule 4; TelePeriod 60; SetOption26 1; SetOption0 0; poweronstate 0; mem1 0; mem2 25; mem3 23; var1 0
RULES:
Rule1
on system#boot do RuleTimer1 70 endon
on Switch1#State do event toggling1=%mem1% endon
on event#toggling1=0 do mem1 1 endon
on event#toggling1=1 do mem1 0 endon
on Rules#Timer=1 do backlog var1 0; RuleTimer1 70; power1 0 endon
on tele-SI7021#temperature do backlog var1 1; RuleTimer1 70; event ctrl_ready=1; event temp_demand=%value% endon
on event#ctrl_ready>%mem1% do var1 0 endon
on event#temp_demand>%mem2% do power1 0 endon
on event#temp_demand<%mem3% do power1 %var1% endon
EXAMPLE RULES WITHOUT TEMP SENSOR TO TEST THE THERMOSTAT RULES
Rule1
on system#boot do RuleTimer1 70 endon
on Switch1#State do event toggling1=%mem1% endon
on event#toggling1=0 do mem1 1 endon
on event#toggling1=1 do mem1 0 endon
on Rules#Timer=1 do backlog var1 0; RuleTimer1 70; power1 0 endon
on event#temp do backlog var1 1; RuleTimer1 70; event ctrl_ready=1; event temp_demand=%value% endon
on event#ctrl_ready>%mem1% do var1 0 endon
on event#temp_demand>%mem2% do power1 0 endon
on event#temp_demand<%mem3% do power1 %var1% endon
TESTS:
- Push the button1. The thermostat changes to ENABLED (mem1=1)
- on console: event temp=20 (now the system receives like a tele message from temperature sensor) and will turn on the relay1 (to heat)
- on console: event temp=26 (the thermostat turn off the heater)
- on console: event temp=22 (the thermostat turn on the heater)
- wait more than a minute without using the event temp and the thermostat will turn off as there is no temperature value (like a sensor error or disconnection)
- will resume when using again the event temp
- console mem1 0, DISABLED, console mem1 1, ENABLED
TIMERS:
- With the above the timers can be used to control mem1 and add a schedule to when the thermostat will be enabled
Rule2 on Clock#Timer=1 do mem1 1 endon on Clock#Timer=2 do mem1 0 endon
In a swimming pool, a filter pump and a solar panel is installed. When the sun is shining, the pump should push water through the solar panel, to heat the pool. When it's night or cloudy, the pump should be off, to avoid cooling the pool water through the solar panel. The pump is controlled by a Sonoff TH10 with 2x DS18B20 sensors connected.
3 rules:
- Pump should start when solar panel is more than 2 deg warmer than the pool water
- Pump should stop when solar panel is less than 1 deg warmer than the pool water
- Pump should not start if the solar panel is below 25 deg Celsius.
t1
: pool temp
t2
: panel temp
var1
: in valid panel temp range?
var2
: off threshold temp for panel
var3
: on threshold temp for panel
mem3
: lowest valid panel temp
mem3 25
rule1
on DS18B20-1#temperature do
event t1=%value%
endon
on DS18B20-2#temperature do
event t2=%value%
endon
on event#t2>%mem3% do
var1 1;
endon
on event#t2<=%mem3% do
var1 0;
endon
on event#t1 do
backlog
var2 %value%;
add2 1;
endon
on event#t1 do
backlog
var3 %value%;
add3 2;
endon
on event#t2>%var3% do
power1 %var1%;
endon
on event#t2<%var2% do
power1 0;
endon
rule1 1
To test the rule without having the sensors in place, simply enter the events for t1
and t2
in the console:
Backlog event t1=21;event t2=30
And watch the relay turn on and off based on the values.
Please note that this example does not support manual override or handle missing sensor data. Take a look at Thermostat Example for examples.
Example of a switch controlling a light with a condition of a required amount of lux.
When the switch is on, the light will turn on but only when you have less than 100 lux in that room. While if the switch is off the light will be off.
Rule1
on switch1#state=1 do var1 100 endon
on switch1#state=0 do backlog var1 0; power1 off endon
on APDS9960#Ambient<%var1% do power1 on endon
All together to work as a rule:
Rule 1
Rule1
on switch1#state=1 do var1 100 endon
on switch1#state=0 do backlog var1 0; power1 off endon
on APDS9960#Ambient<%var1% do power1 on endon
Rule:
Rule1
on button1#state do backlog power1 %value%; RuleTimer1 600 endon
on Rules#Timer=1 do power1 off endon
Result:
on button1#state do backlog power1 %value%;
On Button press the Light will toggle on/off
RuleTimer1 600 endon
Additionally RuleTimer1 will begin to countdown 10 minutes
on Rules#Timer=1 do power1 off endon
After the RuleTimer1 expires the light will be turned off (if you forgot to turn it off)
Rule1 on switch1#state=1 do backlog
power1 on;
ruletimer1 0
endon
on switch1#state=0 do
ruletimer1 300
endon
on rules#timer=1 do
power1 0
endon
backlog switchmode1 1; rule1 1
Legend:
ruletimer1 300
sets a 5 minute timer. After that time, fan will be switched off. If during the defined 5 minutes (or in general - when timer is counting) you the switch on, the timer will be canceled.
switchmode1 1
sets the switch in follow mode (LOW=off, HIGH=on)
If you have inverted switch (LOW=on, HIGH=off) then use switchmode1 2
Example works fine on a Wemos D1 Mini. Used as night light with motion sensor or as ambient light on floor or kitchen. I connect an LED Strip WS2812 on D1 and the PIR on D2 and a LDR on A0 (voltage divider with 10k ohm resistor)
PIR example: HR-SC501
The Settings are:
18 Generic
D1 WS2812
D2 Switch1
LDR on Wemos A0 (activated in user_config_override.h)
and type the following statements in the Console:
Rules:
SwitchMode1 1
Rule1
on analog#a0<400 do backlog Rule3 0; Rule2 1 endon
on analog#a0>500 do backlog Rule2 0; Rule3 1 endon
Rule2
on switch1#state do backlog power1 1; RuleTimer1 30 endon
on Rules#Timer=1 do power1 off endon
Rule3
on switch1#state do power1 off endon
Activate Rule1 with one shot detection
Backlog Rule1 1; Rule1 6
Optional
Backlog Rule2 4; Rule3 4
Result:
on analog#a0>400
disable Rule3 and activate Rule2
on analog#a0>500
disable Rule2 and activate Rule3
- Rule2 activates the LEDs for RuleTimer1 30 seconds on each trigger from PIR the RuleTimer start again.
on Rules#Timer=1 do power1 off
The LEDs turn off after the RuleTimer expires
- Rule3 is active on daylight and pipe the PIR signal in a power1 off signal. The LEDs stay off.
Assuming that your switch is on GPIO00
and configured as Switch1
:
SwitchMode1 1
Rule1
on Switch1#state=1 do Timers 0 endon
on Switch1#state=0 do Timers 1 endon
Rule1 1
Switchmode1 1
will make Switch1#state be 1 when ON and 0 when OFF
If you don't set Switchmode1
or it is equal 0, it will only have Switch1#state=2
(toggle) and the previous rule will not work.
The following example is to explain how to catch and use the HOLD feature for buttons.
Behavior: Disable Button1 Short Press and Toggle Relay1 only when holding button1 for 2 Seconds.
Type in the console:
Backlog ButtonTopic 0; SetOption1 1; SetOption32 20
Rule1
on button1#state=3 do power1 2 endon
on button1#state=2 do delay endon
Rule1 1
Commands Explanation
ButtonTopic 0
: (default) To not use topics for buttons
SetOption1 1
: Allow only single, double and hold press button actions
SetOption32 20
: Set key hold time from 0.1 to 10 seconds (20 = 2 seconds)
Rule on button1#state=3 do power1 2 endon
: When holding the button1 for 2 seconds it will toggle relay 1 (state = 3 means HOLD)
on button1#state=2 do delay endon
: Do nothing when short pressing the button1 (state = 2 means TOGGLE)
Rule1 1
: To enable rules
NOTE: There is no state value for "double press" for Buttons. It is designed that double press will toggle the relay. See Multi-Press Functions for more information.
In the case you do not want the double press feature you can configure your button as switch and also set SwitchMode
that fits your use case (such as SwitchMode 5
to make the switch behave like a pushbutton) [SWITCH does not support double press]
Another example but using switch instead of button:
Backlog SwitchTopic1 0; SwitchMode1 5; SetOption32 20
Rule1
on switch1#state=3 do power1 2 endon
on switch1#state=2 do delay endon
Rule1 1
Using Timers, you can set a light to turn on and off to illuminate a street/patio by night. But if the device has no power at the trigger time, then, when it powers up, the light will be off all night. So, as a fail-safe, implement a conditional control to be checked at Tasmota Startup.
Set Timers to turn on your light at Sunset and Turn off at sunrise.
Use poweronstate 0
in order to start with lights off when powering up your device.
Set the following rules:
Rule1
on Time#Initialized do backlog event checksunrise=%time%; event checksunset=%time% endon
on event#checksunset>%sunset% do power1 1 endon
on event#checksunrise<%sunrise% do power1 1 endon
The previous rules are conditionals that represent the following logic:
IF %time%>%sunset DO power1 1 / IF %time%<%sunrise DO power1 1
Turn on light at dusk until your nighttime and again in the morning before dawn.
What if the sun sets after your nighttime, as in during the summer? Then the timer will turn off the light at "night", but then the Sunset timer will turn it on again, so it stays on all night.
Rule1
on Time#Initialized do event chkSun endon
on Time#Minute=%sunset% do event chkSun endon
on Time#Minute=%mem2% do event chkSun endon
on Time#Minute=%sunrise% do event chkSun endon
on Time#Minute=%mem1% do event chkSun endon
Rule2
on event#chkSun do backlog var1 0; event chkSunrise=%time%; event chkSunset=%time%; event chkmorn=%time%; event chknight=%time%; event setPower endon
on event#chkSunrise<%sunrise% do var1 1 endon
on event#chkSunset>=%sunset% do var1 1 endon
on event#chkmorn<%mem1% do var1 0 endon
on event#chknight>=%mem2% do var1 0 endon
on event#setPower do power1 %var1% endon
Backlog mem1 360; mem2 1350
Backlog Rule1 1; Rule2 1
Explanation:
-
When device restarts, calculate if the light should be on or off
on Time#Initialized do event chkSun endon
-
Calculate if the light should be on or off
on Time#Minute=%sunset% do event chkSun endon
on Time#Minute=%mem2% do event chkSun endon
on Time#Minute=%sunrise% do event chkSun endon
on Time#Minute=%mem1% do event chkSun endon
-
Calculate if the light should be on or off
on event#chkSun do backlog
-
Assume off
var1 0;
-
Trigger each event with the current time
event chkSunrise=%time%; event chkSunset=%time%; event chkmorn=%time%; event chknight=%time%; event setPower
-
End rule
endon
-
If before sunrise, turn on
on event#chkSunrise<%sunrise% do var1 1 endon
-
If past sunset, turn on
on event#chkSunset>=%sunset% do var1 1 endon
-
But if before Morning time (
mem1
), do not turn on
on event#chkmorn<%mem1% do var1 0 endon
-
Or if after Night time (
mem2
), do not turn on
on event#chknight>=%mem2% do var1 0 endon
-
Perform on/off state
on event#setPower do power1 %var1% endon
-
Set variables for Morning (06h00) and Night (22h30) times
Backlog mem1 360; mem2 1350
-
Turn on the rule sets
Backlog Rule1 1; Rule2 1
PreInfo:
- PIR HC-SR501
- GPIO14 09 Switch1 (Sonoff Basic)
- Jumper outside ( like this )
- Lat and Lng set in config
Commands:
SwitchMode1 1
Rule1
on Switch1#state=1 do backlog event checksunrise=%time%; event checksunset=%time% endon
on event#checksunrise<%sunrise% do power1 1 endon
on event#checksunset>%sunset% do power1 1 endon
Rule1 1
Background: Tasmota powers a Sonoff Basic attached to a TS-2561 Luminance Sensor. This switch toggles a lamp ON or OFF. The switch should work as below: i) during daytime (sunrise-sunset): ON when it is too dark (<150 lx) and OFF when it gets brighter (>175 lx). ii) during evenings it ignores the sensor and turns on at sunset and turns off after about 5 hours
Approach: Used a combination of Clock Timers and Rule to do this.
Timer 1: Power ON switch at Sunset
Powers on the switch at sunset with an offset of 20 minutes. Repeats every day.
Timer1 {"Arm":1,"Mode":2,"Time":"-00:20","Window":0,"Days":"1111111","Repeat":1,"Output":1,"Action":1}
Timer 2: Power OFF switch at Night.
Turns power OFF at 23.00hrs. Repeats every day.
Timer2 {"Arm":1,"Mode":0,"Time":"23:00","Window":0,"Days":"1111111","Repeat":1,"Output":1,"Action":0}
Timer 3: Trigger Luminance Rule at Sunrise
Start watching the Lux sensor 15 minutes after sunrise.
Timer3 {"Arm":1,"Mode":1,"Time":"00:15","Window":0,"Days":"1111111","Repeat":1,"Output":1,"Action":3}
Rule 1: Main Rule to check Luminance
If Luminance is less than 150lx, power ON. If it goes beyond 175lx, power OFF.
Rule1
on tele-TSL2561#Illuminance<150 do power1 1 endon
on tele-TSL2561#Illuminance>175 do power1 0 endon
Rule1 1
Rule 2: Trigger Rule1 only in the Mornings
This ensures that Rule1 is triggered when Timer3 starts (in the morning) and stops when Timer1 starts (in the evenings).
Rule2
on Clock#Timer=3 do Rule1 1 endon
on Clock#Timer=4 do Rule1 0 endon
Rule2 1
You can have all 3 actions but only if defining your GPIO as button. In this case the double press will toggle the relay.
There is also an option to swap the actions of the single press and double press.
BUTTON WITH 3 DIFFERENT ACTIONS
-
As an example: [assuming Button1]
single press: Turn relay 1
double press: send a mqtt message
hold 2 secs: send another mqtt messageBacklog ButtonTopic 0; SetOption1 1; SetOption11 1; SetOption32 20 Rule1 on button1#state=3 do publish cmnd/topicHOLD/power 2 endon on button1#state=2 do publish cmnd/topicDOUBLEPRESS/power 2 endon Rule1 1
-
Another example: [assuming Button1]
single press: send a mqtt message
double press: Turn relay 1
hold 2 secs: send another mqtt messageBacklog ButtonTopic 0; SetOption1 1; SetOption11 0; SetOption32 20 Rule1 on button1#state=3 do publish cmnd/topicHOLD/power 2 endon on button1#state=2 do publish cmnd/topicSINGLEPRESS/power 2 endon Rule1 1
Note:
SetOption11 0
SWITCHES WITH 2 DIFFERENT ACTIONS
Switches do not have double press feature
-
Example: [assuming a connected pushbutton configured as Switch1]
single press: Do nothing
hold 2 secs: Toggle relay 1Backlog SwitchTopic1 0; SwitchMode1 5; SetOption32 20 Rule1 on Switch1#State=3 do Power1 2 endon on Switch1#State=2 do Delay endon Rule1 1
SwitchMode 5
Rule1
on switch1#state==2 do add1 1 endon
on switch1#state==2 do power1 2 endon
on var1#state!=0 do backlog delay 6;var1 0 endon
on var1#state==2 do publish cmnd/othertasmota/POWER toggle endon
Rule1 on
Explanation:
- each toggle of the switch triggers first condition and adds 1 to our variable (var1 in the example),
- each toggle of the switch toggles the associated relay (
Power1 2
- but can do anything else instead,Publish
for example) - when var1 changes to non zero, we set it back to 0 but after a
Delay
(arbitrarily chosen 6 here - 0.6 seconds) - when var1 reaches 2 (i.e. the switch has been toggled twice within the last 0.6 seconds), desired action is triggered (here:
Publish
toothertasmota
)
Result:
Every time you press the switch, your light toggles state (as it should). If you do press the switch twice in a rapid succession (i.e., double-click), you can trigger a different action (e.g., on a remote device).
When you want to send MQTT messages ( we use domoticz in this example ) and choose when you want the relay on or off, by simply sending HTTP commands to trigger an event.
Initial Config:
- PushButton Doorbell
- (Sonoff Basic R1) GPIO14 - Switch4 (12)
Connect the Switch to GND and the GPIO on your device. Be sure put a 4.7k resistor between VCC(3.3v) and the GPIO. This prevents ghost switching (capacitor is optional) See: YouTube
Dont forget to change the IDX value
Commands:
Backlog SwitchTopic 0; SwitchMode4 2; SetOption0 0; PowerOnState 0
var1 1
Rule1
on event#doorbell do var1 %value% endon
on switch4#state=1 do publish domoticz/in {"idx":11,"nvalue":1} endon
on switch4#state=1 do power1 %var1% endon
on switch4#state=0 do publish domoticz/in {"idx":11,"nvalue":0} endon
on switch4#state=0 do power1 0 endon
Rule1 1
Usage:
Turn off the relay by calling the event using HTTP:
http://<tasmotaIP>/cm?cmnd=event%20doorbell=0
Turn on the relay by calling the event using HTTP:
http://<tasmotaIP>/cm?cmnd=event%20doorbell=1
If your Tasmota device is password protected, which is most common, then use the following HTTP commands instead. Make sure you change <tasmotaUsername>
and <tasmotaPassword>
Off:
http://<tasmotaIP>/cm?&user=<tasmotaUsername>&password=<tasmotaPassword>&cmnd=event%20doorbell=0
On:
http://<tasmotaIP>/cm?&user=<tasmotaUsername>&password=<tasmotaPassword>&cmnd=event%20doorbell=1
In order to search for the MQTT server using SD-DNS service (a.k.a. Bonjour or Zero Network Configuration) the suggested configuration is to leave the MQTT Host field blank.
The standard behavior of Tasmota is
- searches for _mqtt._tcp service
- resolve that to the proper IP address
- connect to it
- in case the connection is successful, retain the IP address and use that in the subsequent connections
The above is not proper, though, in case you have a redundant MQTT (e.g., two MQTT server synchronized). In such case, when the active MQTT fails for any reason, the expected behavior is to achieve automatic re-connection to the other MQTT server.
That can be easily configured defining the following rule on the device console:
Rule1 on Mqtt#Disconnected do MqttHost 0 endon
Rule1 1
If the MqttHost field already contains an IP, you have to delete it using the web interface or the following MQTT command:
mosquitto_pub -h mqtt_server.local -t "cmnd/mqttTopic/MqttHost" -m ''
When measuring distance and you have the need to see it in percentage of distance. In the example 100% is everything below 69cm and 0% is everything above 128cm. This is used for showing fill percentage of a wood pellets storage.
Rule1
on tele-SR04#distance do backlog var1 %value%; event checklimit=%value%; event senddistance endon
on event#checklimit>128 do var1 128 endon
on event#checklimit<69 do var1 68 endon
on event#senddistance do backlog SCALE1 %var1%, 128, 69, 0, 100; event pubdata endon
on event#pubdata do publish tele/pannrum-temp/SENSOR %var1% endon
Rule1 1
When two (or more) switches are defined as input and you want to distinguish these in the RESULT topic without the use of Relays, then consider the following rules.
-
SwitchMode1 1 will make Switch1#state to be 1 when ON and 0 when OFF
SwitchMode1 1
-
SwitchMode2 1 will make Switch2#state to be 1 when ON and 0 when OFF
SwitchMode2 1
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Publish json with key POWER1 and value %value%
Rule1 on switch1#state do publish stat/wemos-4/RESULT {"POWER1":"%value%"} endon
-
Publish json with key POWER2 and value %value%
Rule2 on switch2#state do publish stat/wemos-4/RESULT {"POWER2":"%value%"} endon
-
Enable Rule1
Rule1 1
-
Enable Rule2
Rule2 1
Output:
RUL: SWITCH1#STATE performs "publish stat/wemos-4/RESULT {"POWER1":"1"}"
MQT: stat/wemos-4/RESULT = {"POWER1":"1"}
RUL: SWITCH2#STATE performs "publish stat/wemos-4/RESULT {"POWER2":"1"}"
MQT: stat/wemos-4/RESULT = {"POWER2":"1"}
RUL: SWITCH1#STATE performs "publish stat/wemos-4/RESULT {"POWER1":"0"}"
MQT: stat/wemos-4/RESULT = {"POWER1":"0"}
RUL: SWITCH2#STATE performs "publish stat/wemos-4/RESULT {"POWER2":"0"}"
MQT: stat/wemos-4/RESULT = {"POWER2":"0"}
RUL: SWITCH1#STATE performs "publish stat/wemos-4/RESULT {"POWER1":"1"}"
MQT: stat/wemos-4/RESULT = {"POWER1":"1"}
RUL: SWITCH1#STATE performs "publish stat/wemos-4/RESULT {"POWER1":"0"}"
MQT: stat/wemos-4/RESULT = {"POWER1":"0"}
With analog intercom doorbells you can take out info about ringing from speaker voltage. You can connect GPIO to it via opto-isolator and resistor to take out state. But even with those speaker voltage is dropping so it switches the device multiple times.
MQT: cmnd/doorbell/POWER2 = OFF (retained)
MQT: cmnd/doorbell/POWER2 = ON (retained)
MQT: cmnd/doorbell/POWER2 = OFF (retained)
MQT: cmnd/doorbell/POWER2 = ON (retained)
MQT: cmnd/doorbell/POWER2 = OFF (retained)
To solve it we can use rules.
SwitchTopic 0
Rule1
on System#Boot var1 0 endon
on Switch2#State do backlog add1 1; event START endon
on event#START do event BELL=%var1% endon
on event#BELL=1.000 do backlog publish cmnd/bell/power on; RuleTimer1 60 endon
on event#BELL=0 do publish cmnd/bell/power off endon
on Rules#Timer=1 do backlog var1 0; event BELL=0 endon
Rule1 1
description:
- turn off switchtopic as it is necessary to trigger Switch2#state
- on system boot set var1 to 0
- on switch2 click (person pushing doorbell) - var1 += 1; trigger event START
- on START - set event BELL equal to var1
- if event#BELL=1 (triggered first time) publish mqtt message ON and trigger RulesTimer1 for 60 seconds
- if event#BELL=0 publish mqtt message OFF
- on RulesTimer1 - reset var1 to 0, and call event#BELL.
- enable rule 1
In this case we have lock for 60 seconds for multiple people calls or to be resistant for speaker voltage drops.
As a WS2812 24 led ring draws approximately 24x3x20 mA = 1.44A and the Wemos D1 mini powered from a PC's USB port can only provide up to 0.5A it would be nice to have some kind of mechanism in place to limit the amount of current to the WS2812 LEDring to 0.1A. This is still enough to light all 24 leds up to color 202020.
Hardware
- Wemos D1 mini
- INA219 I2C sensor
- WS2812 LEDring with 24 LEDs powered by the Wemos D1 mini 5V thru the INA219 sensor
Rule1 on INA219#Current>0.100 do Backlog Dimmer 10;Color 10,0,0 endon
Rule1 on
Result
- When a user raises brightness to a level using more than 0.1A the rule kicks in and lowers the current by executing command
Dimmer 10
and changes the color to Red with commandColor 10,0,0
.
By having a device (an Oil Diffusser) that controls all its features through an MCU and reports the states in serial codes to the ESP8266 I had to create some rules to control it using the Web UI or standard Power commands.
Rule2
on power1#state=1 do serialsend5 55AA00060005020400010213 endon
on power1#state=0 do serialsend5 55AA00060005020400010011 endon
on power2#state=1 do serialsend5 55AA00060005060400010217 endon
on power2#state=0 do serialsend5 55AA00060005060400010015 endon
Power1 controls the device, Power2 turn on and off the light on the device.
Another rule was created to issued commands on boot so the serial interface works every time and to control the built in fan using Event triggers and have its state retained in an MQTT message for Home Assistant.
Rule3
on system#boot do backlog baudrate 9600; seriallog 2; serialsend5 55aa000300010306 endon
on event#high do backlog serialsend5 55AA00060005650400010175; publish2 stat/diffuser/FAN high endon
on event#low do backlog serialsend5 55AA00060005650400010074; publish2 stat/diffuser/FAN low endon
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ADD
ADD1
toADD5
: Add a value toVARx
Syntax:ADDx value
Usage:ADD1 15
Result:VAR1 = VAR1 + 15
-
SUBTRACT
SUB1
toSUB5
: Subtract a value fromVARx
Syntax:SUBx value
Usage:SUB1 15
Result:VAR1 = VAR1 - 15
-
MULTIPLY
MULT1
toMULT5
: Multiply a value toVARx
Syntax:MULTx value
Usage:MULT1 15
Result:VAR1 = VAR1 * 15
-
SCALE A VALUE
SCALE1
toSCALE5
: Scale a value from a low and high limit to another low and high limit and store it inVARx
(directly equivalent to MAP arduino command)Syntax:
SCALEx value, fromLow, fromHigh, toLow, toHigh
where,
value: the number to scale
fromLow: the lower bound of the value’s current range
fromHigh: the upper bound of the value’s current range
toLow: the lower bound of the value’s target range
toHigh: the upper bound of the value’s target range(omitted values are taken as zero)
Usage:
SCALE1 15, 0, 100, 0, 1000
Result:VAR1 = 150
Send only when the sensor value changes by a certain amount.
Rule1
on SI7021#temperature>%var1% do backlog var1 %value%; publish stat/mqttTopic/temp %value%; var2 %value%; add1 2; sub2 2 endon
on SI7021#temperature<%var2% do backlog var2 %value%; publish stat/mqttTopic/temp %value%; var1 %value%; add1 2; sub2 2 endon
This example adds 2 degrees to the measured temperature and then sends that value to an MQTT topic.
Rule1
on tele-SI7021#temperature do backlog var1 %value%; add1 2; event sendtemp endon
on event#sendtemp do publish stat/mqttTopic/temp %var1% endon
This example switches a connected relays over the software serial on and off.
Write the following rules:
rule1
on SSerialReceived#Data=on do power1 1 endon
on SSerialReceived#Data=off do power1 0 endon
receiving on
and off
results in
MQT: tele/mqttTopic/RESULT = {"SSerialReceived":"on"}
RUL: SSERIALRECEIVED#DATA=ON performs "power1 1"
MQT: stat/mqttTopic/RESULT = {"POWER":"ON"}
MQT: stat/mqttTopic/POWER = ON
MQT: tele/mqttTopic/RESULT = {"SSerialReceived":"off"}
RUL: SSERIALRECEIVED#DATA=OFF performs "power1 0"
MQT: stat/mqttTopic/RESULT = {"POWER":"OFF"}
MQT: stat/mqttTopic/POWER = OFF
BREAK
is an alternative to ENDON
. BREAK
will stop the execution for the triggers that follow. If a trigger that ends with BREAK
fires, then the following triggers of that rule will not be executed. This allows to simulate IF..ELSEIF..ELSE..ENDIF
Example:
IF temp > 85 then
VAR1 more85
ELSEIF temp > 83 then
VAR1 more83
ELSEIF temp > 81 then
VAR1 more81
ELSEIF temp = 81 then
VAR1 equal81
ELSE
VAR1 less81
ENDIF
With the actual rules, if we use a set like the following:
Rule1
on event#temp>85 do VAR1 more85 endon
on event#temp>83 do VAR1 more83 endon
on event#temp>81 do VAR1 more81 endon
on event#temp=81 do VAR1 equal81 endon
on event#temp<81 do VAR1 less81 endon
This is the output in the console:
CMD: rule
MQT: stat/living/RESULT = {"Rule1":"ON","Once":"ON","StopOnError":"OFF","Free":322,"Rules":"on event#temp>85 do VAR1 more85 endon on event#temp>83 do VAR1 more83 endon on event#temp>81 do VAR1 more81 endon on event#temp=81 do VAR1 equal81 endon on event#temp<81 do VAR1 less81 endon"}
CMD: event temp=10
MQT: stat/living/RESULT = {"Event":"Done"}
RUL: EVENT#TEMP<81 performs "VAR1 less81"
MQT: stat/living/RESULT = {"Var1":"less81"}
CMD: event temp=100
MQT: stat/living/RESULT = {"Event":"Done"}
RUL: EVENT#TEMP>85 performs "VAR1 more85"
MQT: stat/living/RESULT = {"Var1":"more85"}
RUL: EVENT#TEMP>83 performs "VAR1 more83"
MQT: stat/living/RESULT = {"Var1":"more83"}
RUL: EVENT#TEMP>81 performs "VAR1 more81"
MQT: stat/living/RESULT = {"Var1":"more81"}
So, all the triggers where TEMP>100, are firing. With the BREAK
statement the rule set can be changed to:
Rule
on event#temp>85 do VAR1 more85 break
on event#temp>83 do VAR1 more83 break
on event#temp>81 do VAR1 more81 endon
on event#temp=81 do VAR1 equal81 endon
on event#temp<81 do VAR1 less81 endon
Which will result in the following output:
CMD: rule
RSL: RESULT = {"Rule1":"ON","Once":"OFF","StopOnError":"OFF","Free":321,"Rules":"on event#temp>85 do VAR1 more85 break on event#temp>83 do VAR1 more83 break on event#temp>81 do VAR1 more81 endon on event#temp=81 do VAR1 equal81 endon on event#temp<81 do VAR1 less81 endon"}
CMD: event temp=10
RSL: RESULT = {"Event":"Done"}
RUL: EVENT#TEMP<81 performs "VAR1 less81"
RSL: RESULT = {"Var1":"less81"}
CMD: event temp=100
RSL: RESULT = {"Event":"Done"}
RUL: EVENT#TEMP>85 performs "VAR1 more85"
RSL: RESULT = {"Var1":"more85"}
CMD: event temp=83
RSL: RESULT = {"Event":"Done"}
RUL: EVENT#TEMP>81 performs "VAR1 more81"
RSL: RESULT = {"Var1":"more81"}
Power sensor reporting thresholds are set by a percentage change in the Power value by setting PowerDelta. Power changes from 10W to 11W (10%) may not be very interesting. But power changes from 1000W to 1100W (also 10%) could be very important. To avoid getting reports for small changes but ensuring that larger power swings are reported, a rule set can be used to create a gradient threshold based on the absolute power values.
This rule also uses the one-shot feature of rules to avoid reporting of every small change within a threshold window. The rule (a ON/DO/ENDON rule in this the set) will trigger only once when a threshold is crossed.
Backlog PowerDelta 0; Rule1 0; Rule1 5
Rule1
ON ENERGY#Power>=35 DO Backlog PowerDelta 10; Status 8 BREAK
ON ENERGY#Power>=15 DO Backlog PowerDelta 25; Status 8 BREAK
ON ENERGY#Power>5 DO Backlog PowerDelta 35; Status 8 BREAK
ON ENERGY#Power<=5 DO Backlog PowerDelta 100 ENDON
Rule1 1
Which translates to:
Rule Pseudo Code
IF ENERGY#Power>=35 // ENERGY#Power GE 35
DO Backlog PowerDelta 10; Status 8
ELSE IF ENERGY#Power>=15 // ENERGY#Power GE 15 and LT 35
DO Backlog PowerDelta 25; Status 8
ELSE IF ENERGY#Power>5 // ENERGY#Power GT 5 and LT 15
DO Backlog PowerDelta 35; Status 8
ELSE // ENERGY#Power changed (i.e. LE 5)
DO PowerDelta 100
Using one IR receiver and one sender (or both extender) you can simply forward signals from one to another using the following rule
rule1 on IRreceived#Data do publish cmnd/irsideboard/irsend {Protocol:NEC,Bits:32,Data:%value%} endon
(#3942)
// Set the relay on time to signal the opener
PulseTime 7
// Send ON and OFF as the switch is ON or OFF
Backlog SwitchMode1 1; SwitchMode2 1; SwitchMode3 1
//No need to save changes on power cycle
SetOption0 0
//Don’t blindly run the door on power up
PowerOnState 0
//One shot Detection off
Backlog Rule1 0; Rule1 4; Rule2 0; Rule2 4; Rule2 0; Rule2 4
//Set Counter to measure the period between on and off, check if its blinking because of an obstruction
Backlog CounterType 1; CounterDebounce 100
//So the door doesn't close if you send it an Open when it's already Opened, etc.
// var1=1 Only When OPEN
// var2=1 Only When CLOSED
// var3=1 Only When OPENING
// var4=1 Only When CLOSING
Rule1
on Switch1#Boot=1 do backlog delay 99; event Opened endon
on Switch2#Boot=1 do backlog delay 99; event Closed endon
on EVENT#OPEN do power1 %var2% endon
on EVENT#CLOSE do power1 %var1% endon
on EVENT#STOP do backlog power1 %var3%; power1 %var4%; event PState=STOP endon
on Switch1#State=1 do event Opened endon
on Switch2#State=1 do event Closed endon
on Switch1#State=0 do event Closing endon
on Switch2#State=0 do event Opening endon
Rule2
on event#Opened do backlog var 1; var2 0; var3 0; var4 0; ruletimer1 0; event PState=OPEN endon
on event#Closed do backlog var1 0; var2 1; var3 0; var4 0; ruletimer1 0; event PState=CLOSE endon
on event#Opening do backlog var1 0; var2 0; var3 1; var4 0; ruletimer1 15; event PState=OPENING endon
on event#Closing do backlog var1 0; var2 0; var3 0; var4 1; ruletimer1 15; event PState=CLOSING endon
Rule3
on counter#c1>1000 do event PObstr=0 endon
on counter#c1<1000 do event PObstr=1 endon
on event#PObstr do publish stat/GarageDoor/OBSTR %value% endon
on event#PState do publish stat/GarageDoor/STATE %value% endon
on rules#timer=1 do event PState=STOP endon
//Turn on Rules
Backlog Rule1 1; Rule2 1; Rule3 1
For example, a remote control with one button to change speed. This rules simulates pressing the button three times to set the receiving device to the third speed setting.
//Specify the rule set
//The <trigger>
can be a a condition or an event sent from another device or home automation hub.
//<topic>
corresponds to the device transmitting the code (e.g., YTF IR Bridge). This could also be modified to send an RF code from a Sonoff RF Bridge.
// The Delay
may not be necessary in your environment or may need to be adjusted according to your device characteristics.
Rule 1
ON Event#tora DO Backlog Publish cmnd/<topic>/IRSend {"Protocol":"NEC","Bits":32,"Data":"0x00FF30CF"}; Delay 10 ENDON
ON <trigger> DO Backlog Event tora; Event tora; Event tora ENDON
//Enable the Rule set
Rule1 1
Two Sonoff T1 3-gang light switches can be used at either end of a room by setting up one the master and the other as the slave. The master performs the switching of the power to the lights, while the slave just asks the master to toggle the power state. The master also turns the slave's relays on and off so that the LED indicators follow the master's state.
Using the WebSend
command, the two switches can talk to each other - no need for an MQTT broker. It remains to be seen how reliable this is.
Starting with the slave, the rule to toggle the master is pretty simple:
Rule1
ON Event sendPower DO WebSend [192.168.0.74] POWER%value% TOGGLE ENDON
ON Button1#State DO Event sendPower=1 ENDON
ON Button2#State DO Event sendPower=2 ENDON
ON Button3#State DO Event sendPower=3 ENDON
Rule1 1
Note that having a rule for the Button#State disables the power toggling of the slave's relay(s). This is desirable because we want the master to control the slave's relay state(s) according to its own as follows:
Rule1
ON Event sendPower DO WebSend [192.168.0.144] POWER%Var1% %value% ENDON
ON Power1#state DO Backlog Var1 1;Event sendPower=%value% ENDON
ON Power2#state DO Backlog Var1 2;Event sendPower=%value% ENDON
ON Power3#state DO Backlog Var1 3;Event sendPower=%value% ENDON
Rule1 1
With a two relay device (e.g., Shelly 2.5) configured for a roller shutter, you can also connect push-buttons (configured as switch components in this example) and set them for inverted toggle behavior. Pressing a push-button once makes the roller shutter move in one direction. Pressing it again stops it. These rules each use a variable to remember the shutter state where 0 == Stopped
and 1 == Moving
.
Backlog SwitchTopic 0; SwitchMode1 4; SwitchMode2 4
Rule1
ON Switch1#State==1 DO Add1 1 ENDON
ON Var1#State==0 DO ShutterStop1 ENDON
ON Var1#State==1 DO ShutterClose1 ENDON
ON Var1#State>=2 DO Var1 0 ENDON
ON Shutter1#Close DO Var1 0 ENDON
ON Switch2#State==1 DO Add2 1 ENDON
ON Var2#State==0 DO ShutterStop1 ENDON
ON Var2#State==1 DO ShutterOpen1 ENDON
ON Var2#State>=2 DO Var2 0 ENDON
ON Shutter1#Open DO Var2 0 ENDON
Rule1 1
Note
This example is for GPIOs defined as switches not buttons
Activate dimmer mode with Switchmode 11
and shorten long press time to 1 second (Setoption32 10
).
A short press of the switch sends a TOGGLE
message to toggle the dimmer. A long press sends repeated INC_DEC
messages to increment the dimmer. If a second press of the switch follows the first press a INV
message is sent to invert the function from increment to decrement and repeatet INC_DEC
messages are sent to decrement the dimmer. After releasing the switch a timeout message CLEAR
resets the automation
Backlog SwitchMode 5; SetOption32 20
Rule1
on system#boot mem1 + endon
on switch1#state=2 do publish light/cmnd/POWER TOGGLE endon
on switch1#state=4 do publish light/cmnd/DIMMER %mem1% endon
on switch1#state=5 do mem1 - endon
on switch1#state=6 do mem1 + endon
Rule1 1
Notice we use Rule
which edits Rule1
rule set. They can be used interchangeably.