[Bug] Mode Manager -- Set mode based on earlier of two times is failing

pete2 · November 6, 2018, 1:13am

In Mode Manager, I have the Evening set like this:

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Sunset tonight was 4:45pm, (confirmed on the Location page)

But the mode did NOT change at 4:15, as it should have. It changed at 5:00pm.

ogiewon · November 6, 2018, 2:20am

Others have reported issues with Sunset-30 as well in other threads. I also had my outdoor lights fail to come on tonight at Sunset-30 in Simple Lighting. I believe @bravenel is investigating this issue. My guess is the time change caused the failures.

pete2 · November 6, 2018, 2:50am

FWIW, this happened today (Monday), the day after daylight savings stopped.

bravenel · November 6, 2018, 4:45am

Could you take a screenshot of the app detail page for Mode Manager, capturing the part where it shows Scheduled Jobs.

Thanks.

pete2 · November 6, 2018, 5:18am

Sure thing!

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pete2 · November 6, 2018, 5:27am

If it helps, here are my scheduled mode changes...

bravenel · November 6, 2018, 2:51pm

Is 4:15 sunset - 30 minutes? Appears to be scheduled for each of the times you specified.

pete2 · November 6, 2018, 5:59pm

Yes, sunset is 4:45 tonight. I would expect to see Evening triggered at 4:15pm (beating out 5:00pm) and Night triggered at the actual sunset time (4:45pm)

bravenel · November 6, 2018, 6:16pm

Let me know if that happens or not as expected today.

pete2 · November 7, 2018, 1:31am

Yep, I had a switch to Evening happen at both Sunset-30 and 5:00pm, not the earlier of the two. Night happened at sunset as programmed.

bravenel · November 7, 2018, 1:48am

So net net, it changed modes as you wanted? I will have to look into that "earlier" of two issue, because it doesn't know a priori which is earlier. It should set a flag or something so the second one doesn't happen, although I suppose it's harmless.

csteele · November 7, 2018, 1:51am

The rule is specifically asking for it twice, shouldn't that be fulfilled?

bravenel · November 7, 2018, 3:03am

No, it isn't, and it isn't a rule. It says it will change the mode on the earlier of two times, not upon two different times.

pete2 · November 7, 2018, 4:01pm

Not as I wanted. The mode change resulted as Day --> Evening --> Night --> Evening

For now, I just pulled the 5:00pm Evening time option, since sunset will be before 5:00 until spring.

So I'm good. But this is clearly a Hubitat bug.

bravenel · November 7, 2018, 5:35pm

Yes indeed, a bug for sure. Fixed for next release.

pete2 · November 8, 2018, 1:04am

I discovered a related bug. I REMOVED the 5:00pm trigger by changing to "Certain Time":

But, I still got the switch to "Evening" at both 30 minutes before sunset and again at 5:00! So changing this doesn't appear to clean up the old setting.

bravenel · November 8, 2018, 2:04am

Yes, I encountered that issue. It will be in the fix. Thanks for your patience! You can clear it out by going back to Earlier of Two Times, and erasing the second time. Then change to Certain time. The second schedule will go away at that point.

pete2 · November 8, 2018, 4:44am

Just did that. Thanks!

pete2 · November 9, 2018, 10:35pm

I thought I had this figured out by removing the 5:00 time and leaving the sunset - 30. But Evening mode kicked in again at sunset -30 and 5:00 last night!

So I went back to the Mode Manager to try and see if there was something I could do to override anything but I am unable to. If I go to set any time to "No Selection", it resets back to the time previously entered. I can't clear anything...

So just to be specific: I select "No Selection" from this screen, and it refreshes and returns to the same settings as before. (A specific time/5:00pm)

bravenel · November 9, 2018, 10:38pm

The steps are this:

Select Earlier of two times
Delete the entries for the second time
Hit Done
Select A Specific time
verify that the time is what you want
Hit Done
Hit Done to exit the app.