How to build clever pimatic rules

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Hey folks,

It’s not that Easy to build really clever rules to control your home.

I hope we can collect some nice idea in this thread.

Mobile phone present variable:
If device x is present then $device-online = "true"

Evening variable
If 240 minutes before sunset then $abend = "true"

3. Control lamp
   A:
   If lightmode-switch is on and $nodexxlight.light <= "25" and kleine Stehlampe is turned off and nodexxpir is present and "$abend" = "true" then turn on kleine Stehlampe
   B:
   If lightmode-switch is on and kleine Stehlampe is turned on for min(2) minutes and $nodexxlight.light >= 35 for 5 minutes then turn off kleine Stehlampe
   C:
   If lightmode-switch is on and kleine Stehlampe is turned on for min(2) minutes and nodexxpir is absent for 5 minutes and rftv is turned off then turn off kleine Stehlampe

Regards
n3ro

Nice scripts. I’ve had some trouble with my phone presence: it now and then disconnects from the wifi and off course then turns absent. I’m currently using a solution to add some biases hysteresis to it:

if Nexus 5 is present for 1 minutes or Nexus 5 is absent for 15 minutes then $longtime_present then $presence_longtime = $phone.presence

@Rene-Arts Same with me: old smartphone issues going on and of; the iphone within 5-9 minutes;

Rule 1: check Abwesenheit
IF trigger: A smartphone is absent or trigger: B smartphone is absent or trigger: C smartphone is absent or trigger: D smartphone is absent
THEN set $anybodyhome to $anybodyhome - 1

Rule 2: check Anwesenheit
IF trigger: A smartphone is present or trigger: B smartphone is present or trigger: C smartphone is present or trigger: D smartphone is present
THEN
set $anybodyhome to $anybodyhome + 1

Rule 3: anybodyhome-set-alarmmode-on (do something if nobody is present for more then 10 minutes)
IF $anybodyhome is 0 for 10 minutes and its after 7am and its before 11pm
THEN set $alarmmode to 1

Rule 4: anybodyhome-set-alarmmode-off (reset if anybody is present)
IF $anybodyhome is not 0
THEN set $alarmmode to 0

The change of the variable $alarmmode then can trigger another primary action like arming/disarming the alarm equipment etc.