Use variable as condition of a status in and IF

[kkunzler]

It would be wonderfully useful is one could use a variable value as a conditon of a status in an IF. 

 

Example:  If status 'dimmer1' >= $dim 

 

I know I can use a state variable as a trigger (If $x>=1) or set a variable, but I want to use the value of the variable as a condition against a status directly.  And example use is in sunsetting.  I have a program that updates $sunset_state every so many minutes (also useful if I could call a variable here so $x minutes) and decrements it by a set value.  I want to be able to have a program run that will check the status of  dimmer1 and apply the $sunset_state to dimmer1 only if status of dimmer 1 is greater than $sunset_state.  (If status 'dimmer1' > $sunset_state, set 'dimmer1' $sunset_state)

 

I realize I could write 99 programs to do this (program 1: if $sunset_state=99 and status 'dimmer1>99, set 'dimmer1' 99%; program 2: if $sunset_state=98 and status 'dimmer1>98, set 'dimmer1' 98%") etcetera, but that really doesn't scale very well especially when there is a finite number of programs and it takes 99 of them just to match a dimmer state to a variable. ?

[Xathros]

This capability is coming in the upcoming 5.X firmware series due out by the end of this year or early 2015.

 

-Xathros

[kkunzler]

Awesome, Thanks for the update.