Function to send Item updates only in some cases

[mueller-ma]

I have a rule "when it gets dark outside, turn on the lights to 20%": items.getItem("Lights").sendCommand("20"). However this will darken the light when it has been turned to 100% manually before. I wrapped it in a if to avoid this, but maybe a function for this could be added, similar to sendCommandIfDifferent():

• increaseValueTo(value): Send the command only when value is larger than the current state.
• decreaseValueTo(value): Send the command only when value is smaller than the current state.

This only applies to Number Items.

Feel free to close this if you think it's too niche.

[florian-h05]

It's type of niche, but I see the use case.

This only applies to Number Items.

I would say Dimmer Items, not Number. Did you mean that?

[mueller-ma]

Hm, it applies to all Items that can have a state as a number, e.g. also Rollershutter.