I don’t understand, why the automation doesn’t start. It seems to me that at least one of these triggers should start. why not?
First it should verify the trigger (at least one will be ok) and then part with the conditions (these I can test and are verified).
I don’t understand why the automation never starts.
I read, and I used the UI automation but Triggers describe events
that should trigger the automation rule.
At least the switch function should be on all the time, so start and then check the conditions, if they are there proceed, otherwise not.
So it should check continuously.Why never start?
“check every 5 minutes OR if the temp is over 27 for 5 min” check the conditions
triggers are always OR logic…always.
Conditions are always AND logic unless you tell it otherwise.
the device triggers aren’t “if the switch is on then run the actions”.
it’s “if the switch was off then it turns on then run the actions”.
triggers are only ever evaluated for an instant in time when the state of the device changes. if at that instant in time the trigger evaluates to true then the automation checks that the conditions are true (either all AND conditions or at least one OR condition i true) then the actions run.
if at least one condition is not true at that instant in time that the automation triggers then the automation doesn’t run the actions and it will need to wait until at at least one of the triggers goes from false to true again before the cycle repeats.