I like to get my light in the living room turned on 20 minutes before sunset. This is working fine most of the time. But on rainy day, it’s too late.
I would like to turn on that light if the lux outside is below 400 but only if it is between “sunset -90” and sunset. The rest of the day, I don’t want to turn them on even if it is dark.
The only way I thought of doing it so far is to create several RM at sunset-x and test the lux on each one of them until I get to sunset-20. But I’m sure there is a nicer way of doing it....
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mik3
June 1, 2020, 1:07am
2
Try this...
Make a rule that does the following.
Trigger:
Lux device
Action:
If lux is <= 400 and time is between -90sunset and sunset THEN
Turn on living room light
End if
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There are no time related to sunset in the comparaison
Oups, sorry. Yes there is...
Great thanks
I guess in the action we don’t need to test the lux again since it is in the trigger.
Thanks a lot. It is much nicer that way than what I thought first.
mik3
June 1, 2020, 1:36am
6
Correct.
You may want to setup a Pb too. So it doesn’t trigger the light to turn on over and over.
Trigger:
Lux device
Action:
If time is between -90sunset and sunset and PB is true THEN
Turn on living room light
Else if Pb is off Then
I’m scratching my head like crazy trying to figure out what a PB is.
mik3
June 1, 2020, 1:58am
8
Private Boolean.
Just think of it as a extra condition to check for. It helps stop repeating actions. My terminology was wrong. It’s not off or on but true or false.
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Guytas
June 1, 2020, 10:34am
9
Hum.... the lights turned on this morning. There is an issue with the condition. Even if I type -90 it test +90. Look
See in the “manage or create condition” we can see the proper -90. But the top part shows +90 (and it is true right now, at 6:30am)
mik3
June 1, 2020, 10:52am
10
If you change it to -90 sunset and just sunset, removing the -21 does it work?
Guytas
June 1, 2020, 11:04am
11
I had to delete the first two conditions and then I edited the last one. It is now ok.
I guess it is because I had change the condition between a single time to a time between.
Anyhow, now it is false, so it will work tonight.
Thanks again.
Guytas
June 5, 2020, 11:03am
13
Finally, this is working perfectly. We got a rainy day and the light came on earlier. It is perfect. Thanks
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