This rule executes when the sun sets or rises.

Required devices

"devices": {
"currentdatetime": {
	"protocol": [ "datetime" ],
	"id": [{
		"longitude": 1.2345,
		"latitude": 12.3456
	}],
	"year": 2015,
	"month": 1,
	"day": 27,
	"hour": 14,
	"minute": 37,
	"second": 8,
	"weekday": 3,
	"dst": 1
},
"sunrisesetdevice": {
	"protocol": [ "sunriseset" ],
	"id": [{
		"longitude": 1.234567,
		"latitude": 12.123456
	}],
	"sunrise": 6.40,
	"sunset": 18.50,
	"sun": "rise"
},
"light": {
	"protocol": [ "kaku_switch" ],
	"id": [{
		"id": 123456,
		"unit": 0
	}],
	"state": "off"
}

Rule

"sunset": {
	"rule": "IF ((sunrisesetdevice.sunset == (currentdatetime.hour + (currentdatetime.minute / 100)) AND light.state IS off) AND currentdatetime.second == 0) THEN switch DEVICE light TO on",
	"active": 1
},
"sunrise": {
	"rule": "IF ((sunrisesetdevice.sunrise == (currentdatetime.hour + (currentdatetime.minute / 100)) AND light.state IS off) AND currentdatetime.second == 0) THEN switch DEVICE light TO on",
	"active": 1
}

"sunset": {
	"rule": "IF (sunrisesetdevice.sunset == DATE_FORMAT(currentdatetime, %H.%M)) AND light.state IS off AND currentdatetime.second == 0 THEN switch DEVICE light TO on",
	"active": 1
},
"sunrise": {
	"rule": "IF (sunrisesetdevice.sunrise == DATE_FORMAT(currentdatetime, %H.%M)) AND light.state IS off AND currentdatetime.second == 0 THEN switch DEVICE light TO on",
	"active": 1
}

Of an hour before the sun sets:

"sunset": {
	"rule": "IF (sunrisesetdevice.sunset == DATE_FORMAT(DATE_ADD(currentdatetime, +1 HOUR), \"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S\", %H.%M)) AND light.state IS off AND currentdatetime.second == 0 THEN switch DEVICE light TO on",
	"active": 1
}

Switch devices based on your IR remote buttons

Required devices

"television": {
	"protocol": [ "kaku_switch" ],
	"id": [{
		"id": 123456,
		"unit": 0
	}],
	"state": "off"
},
"remote": {
	"protocol": [ "lirc" ],
	"id": [{
		"remote": "logitech"
	}],
	"code": "000000000000e290",
	"repeat": 2,
	"button": "KEY_P"
}

Rules

"remote-television-switch": {
	"rule": "IF remote.button IS KEY_P AND remote.repeat == 0 THEN toggle DEVICE television BETWEEN on AND off",
	"active": 1
}

At least one Lirc device needs to be declared in the “devices” section to be able to use the Lirc protocol within eventing rules (see rule 2):

"remote-television-switch": {
	"rule": "IF remote.button IS KEY_P AND remote.repeat == 0 THEN toggle DEVICE television BETWEEN on AND off",
	"active": 1
},
"lights-off-at-play": {
	"rule": "IF lirc.button IS KEY_PLAY AND lirc.repeat == 0 THEN switch DEVICE light TO off",
	"active": 1
}

Execute rules based on XBMC / KODI based events

Required devices

"xbmcControls": {
	"protocol": [ "xbmc" ],
	"id": [{
		"server": "127.0.0.1",
		"port": 9090
	}],
	"action": "home",
	"media": "none"
},
"speakers": {
	"protocol": [ "kaku_switch" ],
	"id": [{
		"id": 123456,
		"unit": 4
	}],
	"state": "off"
}

Rules

"speakers-on": {
	"rule": "IF xbmcControls.action IS play THEN switch DEVICE speakers TO on",
	"active": 1
},
"speakers-off": {
	"rule": "IF xbmcControls.action IS pause OR xbmcControls.action IS home THEN switch DEVICE speakers TO off",
	"active": 1
}

"speakers-on": {
	"rule": "IF xbmcControls.action IS play THEN switch DEVICE speakers TO on",
	"active": 1
},
"speakers-off": {
	"rule": "IF xbmcControls.action IS pause OR xbmcControls.action IS home THEN switch DEVICE speakers TO off AFTER 3 MINUTES",
	"active": 1
}

Trigger events based on time

Required devices

"currentdatetime": {
	"protocol": [ "datetime" ],
	"id": [{
		"longitude": 1.2345,
		"latitude": 12.3456
	}],
	"year": 2015,
	"month": 1,
	"day": 27,
	"hour": 14,
	"minute": 37,
	"second": 8,
	"weekday": 3,
	"dst": 1
},
"outsidelight": {
	"protocol": [ "kaku_switch" ],
	"id": [{
		"id": 123456,
		"unit": 0
	}],
	"state": "off"
}

Rules

"kerstboom-off": {
	"rule": "IF (currentdatetime.hour == 23 AND currentdatetime.minute == 50 AND currentdatetime.second == 0 AND outsidelight.state IS on) THEN switch DEVICE outsidelight TO off",
	"active": 1
}

Let lights switch on and off automatically at different times every day

Required devices

"currentdatetime": {
	"protocol": [ "datetime" ],
	"id": [{
		"longitude": 1.2345,
		"latitude": 12.3456
	}],
	"year": 2015,
	"month": 1,
	"day": 27,
	"hour": 14,
	"minute": 37,
	"second": 8,
	"weekday": 3,
	"dst": 1
},

"achterkamer": {
	"protocol": [ "kaku_switch" ],
	"id": [{
		"id": 123456,
		"unit": 0
	}],
	"state": "off"
},
"vakantie": {
	"protocol": [ "generic_switch" ],
	"id": [{
		"id": 100
	}],
	"state": "off"
}

Rule

"IF vakantie.state IS on AND DATE_FORMAT(currentdatetime, %H.%M%S) == 23.0000 THEN switch DEVICE achterkamer TO on AFTER RANDOM(0, 90) MINUTE FOR RANDOM(5, 15) MINUTE"

This rule switches a light on at a random time between 23:00 and 00:30 and switches it off between 5 and 15 minutes later.

Sending a mail based on a contact device trigger including the time when it happened.

Required devices

"currentdatetime": {
	"protocol": [ "datetime" ],
	"id": [{
		"longitude": 1.2345,
		"latitude": 12.3456
	}],
	"year": 2015,
	"month": 1,
	"day": 27,
	"hour": 14,
	"minute": 37,
	"second": 8,
	"weekday": 3,
	"dst": 1
},
"frontdoor-contact": {
	"protocol": [ "kaku_contact" ],
	"id": [{
		"id": 123456,
		"unit": 0
	}],
	"state": "opened"
}

Rules

"contact-mail": {
	"rule": "IF frontdoor-contact.state IS opened THEN sendmail TO foo@bar.com SUBJECT Frontdoor was opened at DATE_FORMAT(currentdatetime, %c) MESSAGE .",
	"active": 1
}

Send a mail when one of the computer goes offline.

Required devices

"currentdatetime": {
	"protocol": [ "datetime" ],
	"id": [{
		"longitude": 1.2345,
		"latitude": 12.3456
	}],
	"year": 2015,
	"month": 1,
	"day": 27,
	"hour": 14,
	"minute": 37,
	"second": 8,
	"weekday": 3,
	"dst": 1
},
"nasPing": {
	"protocol": [ "arping" ],
	"id": [{
		"mac": "aa:bb:cc:dd:00:11"
	}],
	"ip": "192.168.1.1",
	"state": "connected"
}

Rules

"nas-mail": {
	"rule": "IF nasPing.state IS disconnected THEN sendmail TO foo@bar.com SUBJECT NAS is offline since DATE_FORMAT(currentdatetime, %c) MESSAGE .",
	"active": 1
},