So as I'm setting up all my lights/automations to work for certain days of the week etc, I started to think about what happens when a holiday comes around?
For example, if July 4th is on Monday, I'd want me "weekend" mode to occur on Monday instead of the typical Monday mode. And if it falls on Thursday, but my family is in town for the long weekend (Thurs-Sun), I'd want weekend mode to be Thurs-Sunday.
If I have my dining room lights turn on at noon on the Sat/Sun, but never during the week since I'm at work, I'd want those lights to turn on at noon on the "holidays" as well regardless of the day of the week.
I'm not looking for a calendar to "just know" when all the holidays are and set it automatically (because if I go away for the holiday I don't need my schedules/rules to change). But rather, I want an easy way to press a virtual button (change the mode) to override all other modes and force my "weekend" modes/rules on a Monday and Tuesday or whatever...
I have a virtual switch for myself and for my wife for vacation mode. I have incorporated it in my separate wake up rules so the won’t fire if they are on.
And how does that impact your schedules? Does it override the usual "day" schedule?
Do you have rules for lighting that gets altered by this "vacation mode"?
Virtual switch. Here's my idea:
Rule for virtual switch when on trigger weekend mode.
when off, then modes as normal
when on then change mode to weekend.
You'd have to add that condition that the switch is off in your other mode changes
I use a global "holiday" variable. Right now I just set it by hand. If it is set to Halloween the exterior lights come on at dusk set to purple and orange; 4th of July they are red, white and blue. If it is set to anything not recognized then it is set to the normal nightlight setup.
in my ideal scenario, I could just change the Mode to the "weekend" mode which would allow for all my weekend rules and timings. The problem is, right now Weekend mode occurs automatically on Friday evening and lasts until Monday morning at sunrise, when "day" turns back on.
If I were to take a Mon/Tues off, I could change the mode manually to Weekend on Sunday night, but automatically at sunrise "Day" would override it. Same thing if I manually changed it on Monday morning, eventually "Evening" mode would override it...
No not all my rules, just the ones that are associated with our work schedules.
For instance, I usually work from home in the morning (pre-covid) and depending on meeting go into the office between 11 and 1pm. I have a rule that on weekends when I leave it runs my departure rules, but only when vs.Steve.vacation is off.
I also have a second VS, vs.follow.me button that enables all of my rules that run based off my Presence.
Yes you could have a VS that would cancel any rule you want, you would just need to add it as a trigger to the rules in question and build it into the logic.
