Opinion: to use or not to use: device status in AND

[DirkG]

You have stolen the flow…

How to structure your flows

Thank you guys for the tutorial, and all the comments. I’m still scratching my head when it comes to the “else” statement. I’m using it in 1 flow and it works as expected (turning off in 2 cases) see … [image] I’m actually perplexed but I believe I don’t quite understand the potential of the “else” and how it relates to the “Trigger” and “AND”… maybe someone can explain it w/ a simple metaphor. Thanks

And as I wrote, this flow, respectively the ELSE card, makes no sense.

@FKey

So does homey send an “off” command to a device that has the status “off”

I just tried it with a Fibaro Wall Plug with this flow:

When…
– This flow is started
And…
– Wall Plug is turned off
Then…
– Turn off

After execution of this flow, the time stamp of the onoff capability in Developer → Devices was updated.
So the answer to your question is: Yes (with Z-Wave devices)