Night Light Dimming

📐 Rule Machine®
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I am attempting to rebuild a rule that I had created within WebCore that does the following. (I had a screenshot but the forum won't let me post it...)

  1. At Sunset, set Kitchen light to 100%
  2. At 11:00pm, set Kitchen light to 1%
  3. At 5:00am, set Kitchen light to 100%
  4. At Sunrise, turn off Kitchen Light

I'm having a really hard time building something that would allow me to Dim in the middle of my rule without creating a second rule to handle this.

Are there any suggestions on how this could be accomplished?

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RM is like lego blocks, I think you should create 4 triggers.

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Yup, 4 rules. Easy peasy.

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Do you have different modes to go along with your times? Or is time separate from modes?

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You could actually do this with two rules.

First, time between Sunset and 11pm. When true, set dimmer to 100%. When false, set dimmer to 1%.

Second, time between 5am and sunrise. When true, set dimmer to 100%. When false, turn off. As long as sunrise always happens after 5am this would be fine. If sunrise ever happens before 5am this would cause problems.

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I was actually just building something really similar to that, but that is absolutely perfect. Thanks for the detailed response!

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