EDIT: Already uninstalled/reinstalled and rebuilt mode manager once and that didn't solve it...
Mode stays set until I manually change to night/day/evening/etc...
Read through a bunch of posts on mode manager problems and can't seem to figure out why!
Seems like a familiar and simple widget so I'm guessing I'm new and just missing a simple process that is outboard of the Mode Manager app.
Right now my goals are:
Simple time based mode changes: At xxxtime change to xxxmode etc...
When all phones depart mode changes to away
When any phone returns, mode changes back to whatever time of day it is
Done: I've hit Update/save/Done everywhere I can see to do so and feel like its locked-in since Appy shows "day" in green and that updates when I manually change modes via dashboard button.
SCHEDULED JOBS: seems like it should have more mode-manager events to me?
2100/9pm should have changed to NIGHT. right on schedule in the scheduled job tab although I do not see the the evening shift at sunset+10 though.
Sun times are events, so the app doesn't need to make a schedule for them: for things at sunrise, sunset, or either one plus a positive offeset, they can just subscribe to the event (and wait some time if needed). You would get a scheduled job for negative offsets, though I don't see any in your setup, and possibly not until the next day when it knows that day's sun times (this depends on the app and I don't know how Mode Manager handles this internally; could be part of what it looks for at midnight).
If your app is still set up as that table shows in your first post, I don't see anything missing here.
They should work without it; that is only necessary if you want to ignore presence events outside a certain timeframe.
Probably not strictly needed, but if we are away and then come home, I want the mode to be set to the correct mode for the time period in which we arrive. If during the time we will normally be awake, then I want it to be in home mode. If, however, we are away and come home late, I want it to go direct to night mode and not home since the temperatures on the thermostat are based on mode. In any case, what I have is performing correctly so I will stick with it.
I think I figured out the problem but want a couple more mode-changes to occur. Keep in mind I'm learning!
Here's how it went down:
Originally built BASIC RULES for various lights on/off at sunset etc...
Discovered ROOM LIGHTING app which seems better suited for this task
PAUSED BASIC RULES and setup LIGHTING PERIODS via ROOM LIGHTING app to automate on/off lights at desired times via mode change
Only when I fully deleted the BASIC RULES did MODE MANAGER begin to obey DAY/EVENING/NIGHT commands.
Day->Evening worked after making this change. 9pm eastern will see if Evening--> Night works as well!
Seems like the paused BASIC RULES was the issue. Also seems like PAUSING should have been sufficient. Will update when we get through NIGHT/DAY again tomorrow.
Seemed like the mechanism was blocked but now its working as it should with straight-time events. I'm going to switch back to sunset/rise+ and see if that works.
The issue seems to have been one o 2 things:
Sunset/rise+ time setting instead of straight-time
But if you have something working, no need to change!
