This is an stand-alone, or external, rule-engine for openHAB 2. I've created this mostly because I was unable to create rules dynamic enough for my needs. For example, my heating rules fulfill the following:
- Have day, night, and away (nobody's home) temperatures
- Trigger nighttime early for the bedrooms
- Have dynamic day temperatures, based on the weather
- Save the manually changed day temperature in relation to the temperature outside
- Trigger the "away" state once all smart phones leave the WiFi
- Don't trigger night temperature in the living room if the TV is still running
- Don't trigger night temperature in the office if the PC is still running
You can find this ruleset under example-rules/heating.rules.js.
Install by cloning this repo and its dependencies via npm install.
Copy .env.example to .env and edit the server address. Start the engine by typing node ..
Note: You should use some init script to start the engine after a reboot.
Copy and rename example-rules/template.rules.js into the rules directory. The new file has to have the
suffix rules.js. If you change the file it will be automatically reloaded by the rule engine.
Any errors and log messages will be printed out by the main process.