10-13-2021, 10:06 PM
Wonderful and thanks for the feedback and helping test. The update link should disappear soon. Please do let me know any features you think of and issues, especially anything that makes you question what you're doing, I want to try and eliminate any questions one might have while navigating things.
I just added a couple rules to see if it needed a restart and and the off rule isn't turning off the outlet, nooooo.... May have just broke them with update adding the extra sensor type, I'll have to look at it tomorrow, sorry. As soon as it's fixed you'll see an update link, you shouldn't have given me that ID lol.
For now you can't use momentary switches if you were planning, I do plan to add an option to the rules for those.
It is ok to use a single "on" schedule to keep outlets on 24/7, as you've discovered when controller restarts all outlets go off and then get set based on rules and schedules. Another method for this, maybe a little cleaner, delete the schedule and manually turn the outlets on that you want 24/7. Any outlets with a red dot will stay in that state no matter what a custom rule or schedule says so it's safer too.
The rules do need to run at startup, I think like this. Example, Sensor 1 float switch controls a pump, if float is touching water pump should be off, if float isn't touching water pump should be on, like an ATO. When controller starts and that float isn't touching water the pump should run as that's what would be happening at that time if controller wasn't restarted. Maybe you get this and it's an issue, could be related to the problem I just came across too.
Later there will be a nice system for feed modes and maintenance so setting up that will be easier later with more related options.
I just added a couple rules to see if it needed a restart and and the off rule isn't turning off the outlet, nooooo.... May have just broke them with update adding the extra sensor type, I'll have to look at it tomorrow, sorry. As soon as it's fixed you'll see an update link, you shouldn't have given me that ID lol.
For now you can't use momentary switches if you were planning, I do plan to add an option to the rules for those.
It is ok to use a single "on" schedule to keep outlets on 24/7, as you've discovered when controller restarts all outlets go off and then get set based on rules and schedules. Another method for this, maybe a little cleaner, delete the schedule and manually turn the outlets on that you want 24/7. Any outlets with a red dot will stay in that state no matter what a custom rule or schedule says so it's safer too.
The rules do need to run at startup, I think like this. Example, Sensor 1 float switch controls a pump, if float is touching water pump should be off, if float isn't touching water pump should be on, like an ATO. When controller starts and that float isn't touching water the pump should run as that's what would be happening at that time if controller wasn't restarted. Maybe you get this and it's an issue, could be related to the problem I just came across too.
Later there will be a nice system for feed modes and maintenance so setting up that will be easier later with more related options.
