Suggestion - new timer based on departure time
Posted: Sun 09 Dec 2012, 01:02
I want to set up some rules to control a car engine heater based on the external temp (from temperature.nu) according to this rule set....
At the moment for each motor heater device I have group schedules set up which turn the heater on for different times according to how cold it is. There are 7 group schedules in all.
However the problem with this set up is that if I want to change my departure time I have to do a lot of editing to the schedules for each temperature. It would be much easier if there was a new schedule timer available that would trigger an event a specific time defined by a rule before (or even after) an easily defined departure time.
Any thoughts on this, or is the problem my implementation of the schedules?
Also, with the way I have set up the schedules I am wondering which one will be executed in practice - what is the logic, can they be ordered, if so how?
And finally how do I delete an unused schedule (the disabled one in the image above)?
Thanks.
At the moment for each motor heater device I have group schedules set up which turn the heater on for different times according to how cold it is. There are 7 group schedules in all.
However the problem with this set up is that if I want to change my departure time I have to do a lot of editing to the schedules for each temperature. It would be much easier if there was a new schedule timer available that would trigger an event a specific time defined by a rule before (or even after) an easily defined departure time.
Any thoughts on this, or is the problem my implementation of the schedules?
Also, with the way I have set up the schedules I am wondering which one will be executed in practice - what is the logic, can they be ordered, if so how?
And finally how do I delete an unused schedule (the disabled one in the image above)?
Thanks.