To learn how to use the rule machine, I came up with a use case just to test things out.
Integrated Life360
When son arrives home, turn on his hue lights for 5 minutes if it's between sunrise and sunset
I watched a bunch of youtube videos trying to figure this out, they seemed to show an arrival state you could select in the rules but I don't have that nor can I find anything relating to Life360.
Anybody know of perhaps an existing walkthru of something similar I can try to learn from?
Heck, if life360 doesn't make sense as a presence sensor, I could use his phone connects to wifi as well. Thanks!
Then you'll have a presence device that you can use in a Rule.
The rule's trigger will be that presence sensor arrives. The first action could be to exit the rule if it's the wrong time. Then would come the turn-on the lights, and finally, a delayed turn-off the lights. Like this:
thank you, i had already installed the life360 connector and selected all family members but couldn't find a way to specify in rule machine. let me take a look again.
Soz to jump in on this, I'm waiting delivery of hub, moving from ST, for simple stuff which is less load, smatlightigh or this rule machine (never need web core in st)
I would suggest that the less complex a rule is, the less load it will cause but with a simple automation the difference with either of the above apps would be minimal.
fyi, i removed all family members from Life360 connector, saved, readded them, saved and now presence is enabled in rule engine and family members are selectable.
