Fade Over Time

[bravenel]

There is a Stop Actions option in the Rule section of actions. And one choice is **This Rule**. That will stop it. Put that in your false part.

[raidflex]

@bravenel

There is a Stop Actions option in the Rule section of actions. And one choice is **This Rule** . That will stop it. Put that in your false part.

That works thanks.

[destructure00]

That's what I meant. I always forget it's Stop and not Cancel

[raidflex]

@destructure00

That's what I meant. I always forget it's Stop and not Cancel

Yeah was actually looking for cancel also, that is what confused me.

[jon1]

Sorry if this is a basic question, but how do you fade up lights?

@raidflex would you care to share your bathroom lights RMs as id like to try something like this.

[destructure00]

There's a toggle switch to pick between fade down (default) and fade up

[jon1]

So this is only in RM? What does the fade time setting do in Motion Lighting?

[bravenel]

@jon1

So this is only in RM? What does the fade time setting do in Motion Lighting?

Many dimmers have ramp-up/down time options, typically a few seconds. These can be specified in the setLevel commands sent to these devices, and from apps that allow setting the level. The Rule Machine action being discussed above is a software mechanism that adjusts a level every 10 seconds over greater periods of time. This actually originated long ago for gradually raising the lights for an aquarium.

[bakero]

I'm trying to figure out how to stop a Fade Over Time in a simple rule (4.0) that fades my floor lamp up to 85% over 15 min. Most of the time, this is what I want to happen, but if I run my "Dinner Time" rule, I want the fade to stop and to set the floor lamp to 50% (in the Dinner Time rule). How do I go about this? I tried setting a Private Boolean for the Dinner Time rule with Stop Actions: This Rule, but that did not work.

[bjcowles]

I would just use two separate rules. The first is the one that includes your fade over time. The second, dinner time, stops the action of the first and sets the floor lamp to 50%.

But, I am a simple mind. There is probably a slick way to incorporate all of that together.

[bakero]

Thanks @bjcowles! I do have two separate rules, but I didn't think about adding the stop action on the second one. I just tested it and it works!

[mark.cockcroft]

@bravenel

There is a Stop Actions option in the Rule section of actions. And one choice is **This Rule** . That will stop it. Put that in your false part.

where is the Stop Rule Actions in the actions list, i have a rule to fade over time when motion inactive, but when it becomes active i want it to stop the "fade over time".
But i cant find the action in the list

[bravenel]

That was changed, and it looks as though there is a bug with the change making it not show up in the UI. I will investigate further...

[mark.cockcroft]

Thanks
Someone in another therd posted this

Dim Over Time with Cancel

is it Cancel Rule Timers to stop the fade over time? Private Boolean, Run/Cancel/Pause Rules Set Private Booleans True Set Private Booleans False Run Rule Actions Cancel Rule Timers Pause Rules Resume Rules

[bravenel]

This is what you should get, but aren't:

This will be fixed in the next release.

[mark.cockcroft]

Do we know when next release is, its been a while....

[mark.cockcroft]

So should it be....
Stop dimmer fade
Or
Stop changing dimmer level

[bravenel]

@mark.cockcroft

Stop dimmer fade
Or
Stop changing dimmer level

Here's the difference:

"Stop dimmer fade" goes with "Fade dimmer level over time".

"Stop changing dimmer level" goes with "Start raising dimmer level" and "Start lowering dimmer level".

That latter set has to do with using buttons to raise and lower the level as a button is pushed. What you were talking about was the former.

[mark.cockcroft]

Cool, thanks for Clarification