rule for Sonoff TX Ultimate does not work

[darkdan2000]

Hi friends,

I have a problem with the rules for switching the relay on the Sonoff TX Ultimate (T5 4-Gang).

The rule (found here) which is specified for the 2-Gang switch, for example, doesn't work for me.

rule2 On TXultimate#Action$!Touch do break rule2 + On TXUltimate#Channel<5 do power1 toggle endon rule2 + On TXUltimate#Channel>5 do power2 toggle endon

Log output:

16:00:21.318 bytes('AA5501020200012874')
16:00:21.320 Touch event: 0 pos: 1
16:00:21.325 MQT: tele/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"TXUltimate":{"Action":"Touch","Channel":1}}
16:00:21.518 bytes('AA5501020101BF04')
16:00:21.520 Short press zone: 1
16:00:21.525 MQT: tele/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"TXUltimate":{"Action":"Short","Channel":1}}
16:00:21.533 RUL: TXULTIMATE#ACTION$!TOUCH performs ''

What works is:

rule2 On TXultimate#Action=Touch do power1 toggle endon

Log Output:

15:43:25.151 bytes('AA5501020200012874')
15:43:25.153 Touch event: 0 pos: 1
15:43:25.159 MQT: tele/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"TXUltimate":{"Action":"Touch","Channel":1}}
15:43:25.166 RUL: TXULTIMATE#ACTION=TOUCH performs 'power1 toggle'
15:43:25.171 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"POWER1":"ON"}
15:43:25.173 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/POWER1 = ON
15:43:25.301 bytes('AA5501020101BF04')
15:43:25.303 Short press zone: 1
15:43:25.309 MQT: tele/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"TXUltimate":{"Action":"Short","Channel":1}}

I think somehow there is a problem with the channel evaluation.
So if I specify in the rule at which touch position (channel 1-10) the relay should be switched.
Or am I wrong here? Or is it a simple syntax error?

Thank you in advance!

[sfromis]

Did you by any chance activate one-shot? You can see full rule set status using the command Rule0

Anyway, due to the contortions with rules for processing such payloads, I'd recommend to use Berry instead, providing significantly better processing options than rules. Simplistic example:

tasmota.add_rule('TXUltimate#Action=Short',
  def (value, trigger, payload)
    var channel=payload['TXUltimate'].find('Channel', 5)  # failsafe if no Channel
    if channel < 5 tasmota.cmd('Power1 toggle') end
    if channel > 5 tasmota.cmd('Power2 toggle') end
  end)

[darkdan2000]

Thanks a lot,

that works (a little bit). I've deact. the normal rules

11:50:13.923 CMD: rule0
11:50:13.929 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"Rule1":{"State":"OFF","Once":"OFF","StopOnError":"OFF","Length":0,"Free":511,"Rules":""}}
11:50:13.941 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"Rule2":{"State":"OFF","Once":"OFF","StopOnError":"OFF","Length":0,"Free":511,"Rules":""}}
11:50:13.951 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"Rule3":{"State":"OFF","Once":"OFF","StopOnError":"OFF","Length":0,"Free":511,"Rules":""}}

and added your code to the berry console.
I've now the problem that the relay switch 3 times.
any idea?

**11:41:03.755 bytes('AA5501020200012874')
11:41:03.757 Touch event: 0 pos: 1
11:41:03.763 MQT: tele/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"TXUltimate":{"Action":"Touch","Channel":1}}
11:41:04.155 bytes('AA5501020101BF04')
11:41:04.157 Short press zone: 1
11:41:04.162 MQT: tele/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"TXUltimate":{"Action":"Short","Channel":1}}
11:41:04.173 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"POWER1":"ON"}
11:41:04.177 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/POWER1 = ON
11:41:04.189 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"POWER1":"OFF"}
11:41:04.191 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/POWER1 = OFF
11:41:04.201 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"POWER1":"ON"}
11:41:04.205 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/POWER1 = ON

11:41:06.634 bytes('AA55010202000A991F')
11:41:06.635 Touch event: 0 pos: 10
11:41:06.640 MQT: tele/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"TXUltimate":{"Action":"Touch","Channel":10}}
11:41:06.763 bytes('AA550102010A0E6F')
11:41:06.765 Short press zone: 10
11:41:06.771 MQT: tele/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"TXUltimate":{"Action":"Short","Channel":10}}
11:41:06.779 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"POWER2":"ON"}
11:41:06.783 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/POWER2 = ON
11:41:06.793 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"POWER2":"OFF"}
11:41:06.796 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/POWER2 = OFF
11:41:06.806 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/RESULT = {"POWER2":"ON"}
11:41:06.808 MQT: stat/Sonoff-Lichtschalter-Keller/POWER2 = ON**

[sfromis]

Well, what I posted was an illustrative example, not "use this". As you can see, it triggers on "anything TXUltimate", meaning both Touch and Short. You may want a trigger like TXultimate#Action=Short instead. The trigger syntax is very similar to "classic" rules.

BTW, if you enable Weblog 3, you'll get an indication of the source of the action (SRC:), which in some situation (not so much here) is useful for debugging.