Change Color Temperature Over Time (Not Working for Me)

[alex24x7]

I'm trying to get a rule working so that gradually (1) raises the temperature of two LIFX LED strips (using the built-in LIFX app) from a red/warm glow to a cool daylight temperature and (2) raise the brightness level from 1 to 100. Interval is set to 1 second.

I built a rule that attempts to do this over a span of 15-20 minutes, but this morning the lights turned on a reached their target temperature (4500k) and level (100) in less than a second, which was a more abrupt way of waking up than I had expected

Upon looking at the log, the temperature (for Bed Light Strip) starts at 2914k, then less than one second later jumps to 3438k. Then, it seems to begin to more gradually increase the temperature as expected, but the initial jump from warm to cool at the start of the transition is unexpected and seems broken to me.

Additionally, the brightness level on one of the lights (TV Light Strip) starts at 10 (instead of 1) and quickly jumps to 100% one second later. On this light, the temperature starts at 3501k, which is too cool and seems to be a broken action.

Here's are the logs for each light:

[JB10]

What were the last device settings for your lights when you turned them off for the evening? It looks like they are briefly flashing their previous states before the rule takes over. What you might want to try is a setCT command with level. Have it start at 2000 with a level of 1. Then have your rule start. This way the bulbs will start nice and dim before you send the command to starting raising their temperature and level.

Note, I can't tell from your initial post, but the 1 in interval has nothing to do with starting level. It is just saying every 1 second, send a new command (as illustrated in your log). Not sure if this is what you meant, but I think issuing a starting CT and level command first before raising will help solve this.

[alex24x7]

The lights are already red before being turned off on the evening.

Yup, I set the interval to 1 because I opted for a smooth transition, versus choppy changes.

[JB10]

What was the last CT value and level before switching to the Reddish color? Does your device detail page show as Red and RGBmode or is it still in CT? Is that evening color being set by Hubitat or the LIFX app? This looks like a case of issues going from colorMode to CT.