Need advise on this rule

bujingai87 · July 30, 2020, 2:30pm

Hi guys, I'm trying to create a rule that turn on the living room light when I reached home.

The rule that I made doesn't work and I'm not sure why.
Anyone here can give advise on this?
Thanks

lewis.heidrick · July 30, 2020, 2:37pm

Set your trigger to the Main door as changed not the main gate.

lewis.heidrick · July 30, 2020, 2:38pm

Your motion sensors may also be blocking the rule from executing. Also a little description on what the dining light is would help.

lewis.heidrick · July 30, 2020, 2:44pm

Here is a rule I use to turn on and off entryway lights when I come home using simple lighting.

Granted it turns them on when I leave also but they are only on for a few minutes and it's useful for others that are leaving with me.

You could add restrictions for mode or time of day also if you wanted.

bujingai87 · July 30, 2020, 2:58pm

The dining light is the one i want to turn on when i arrive home.

bujingai87 · July 30, 2020, 2:58pm

Gonna try this example. Thank you so much

lewis.heidrick · July 30, 2020, 3:00pm

np

NickP · July 30, 2020, 6:06pm

With how you have the rule setup, as soon as the main gate changes the rule will check the status of the main door, motion sensors, and mode. If all of those are not in alignment then it will not execute. I think only The Flash would be fast enough to trigger all of those at once.

Another possibility is to use the geo fence from the app and when you arrive and open the gate or door then turn on the lighting.

neonturbo · July 30, 2020, 8:27pm

I think you are right, I believe it is looking for things that haven't happened yet.

I am not in Rule Machine brain mode right now, but I think you could do a Wait for Event, then door open, and so on, to fix this.