Using Variables and time

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The following rule is working for me

“when it is 30 minutes before sunset then switch on 💡 LED Lampe Flur and switch on 💡 Weihnachtsbeleuchtung außen”

Now i like to change the rule and replace “30” by a variable which can be changed by a VariableInputDevice.

The variable name is “$var_light_corridor_on_delay” and set to “30”

But i receive

Oops…
Expected one of: “and”, “or”, “]”.

for this rule

when it is $var_light_corridor_on_delay minutes before sunset then switch on 💡 LED Lampe Flur and switch on 💡 Weihnachtsbeleuchtung außen"

Is there a way to archive what i want?

Please be sure that the type of your VariableInputDevice is declared as number and not as string.

@daice said in Using Variables and time:

Please be sure that the type of your VariableInputDevice is declared as number and not as string.

It’s number and not working

You are right, i have created a test rule and it is also not working… sorry can’t help you.

I think it is because the UNIT is missing. The Variable gives back 30 but is it 30s, 30min or 30std?

The unit stands next to the variable. The following rule is also working for me with an VariableInputDevice:

WHEN rfswitch_b_1 is on for $emm_time minutes THEN do something

I think it is a problem of calculation with the sunset variable.

Ok, your right. Maybe this works:

when it is ($var_light_corridor_on_delay minutes) before sunset then switch on 💡 LED Lampe Flur and switch on 💡 Weihnachtsbeleuchtung außen" 

I tried this too but also not working. Same error. I didn’t found anything in the documentation about this as well. Probably not implemented to use a variable offset to sunrise.I think s develloper should check this.

try
when it is before $var_light_corridor_on_delay minutes before sunset then switch on 💡 LED Lampe Flur and switch on 💡 Weihnachtsbeleuchtung außen"

edit: sorry, tried it too but custom variables wont work with sunrise

@sweetpi @mwittig can you pls check ?