Request for Expanded Functionality in Room Lights

[artshaneadrian]

@bravenel

I think, but can't be certain, that you are misunderstanding what is going on here.

No....I get it. And maybe that is useful for some but I have very rare instances where I only want one and only one room lighting scenario. I was trying to share some thoughts and give some ideas to expand the functionality, but I guess this is not the forum to provide input. I am looking forward at the potential for the app to expand to be a true full room lighting feature.

[thebearmay]

@artshaneadrian

I guess this is not the forum to provide input.

Constructive input is always welcome, but you must also be willing to accept that an answer of no or not at this time is a valid response, and should be afforded the same respect as you expect for your input.

[artshaneadrian]

@thebearmay

Constructive input is always welcome, but you must also be willing to accept that an answer of no or not at this time is a valid response, and should be afforded the same respect as you expect for your input.

I would be and am, but the conversation was that I was not understanding.

@bravenel

I think, but can't be certain, that you are misunderstanding what is going on here.

Appreciate the input and help getting the bathroom lights to work for now.

[aaiyar]

@bravenel

Prestage is not supported, nor is it going to be. In general it doesn't work, as apps have no way to know about it. We started down that path at one point, but realized later that it was a dead end. Now we are in the process of withdrawing from it.

Do you mean that prestage support will be dropped in the future from current drivers that support it?

[bravenel]

@aaiyar

Do you mean that prestage support will be dropped in the future from current drivers that support it?

New drivers will be introduced, and the old ones deprecated. The old ones would go on working as they do now. But, new drivers won't include pre-staging option.

[artshaneadrian]

@bravenel

But, new drivers won't include pre-staging option.

That's unfortunate. I have found success with PreStaging and is very helpful to setting brightness of lights throughout the day.

[aaiyar]

@artshaneadrian

That's unfortunate.

Why? You can continue to use the existing drivers.

I can understand why Hubitat is moving away from keeping pre-staging in drivers; pre-staging implementation varies quite a bit between the devices that currently support it.

[jrfarrar]

@artshaneadrian

Enbrighten GE Zwave Dimmer. Do I need to turn off the Prestage?

Shouldn't this APP set the level and send the On command. Like I mentioned in an earlier, post, what if I want to just adjust level for a room, without turning anything on? Just set level so when I come in I manually turn on the light and it varies by Mode.

So I do something like you are looking for with my GE dimmers using a driver that supports the setLevel command. The rule looks like this:

Then in ANY automation I'm just simply turning ON the light, treat it like a switch. If the dimmer is off at the time the mode changes, the "preset" level is changed and nothing happens. If you turn on the switch virtually or manually it turns on to my preset level. As you can see if the light is already on, it just changes to the new level at that time. Been using this for years.

[artshaneadrian]

@jrfarrar

So I do something like you are looking for with my GE dimmers using a driver that supports the setLevel command. The rule looks like this:

Then in ANY automation I'm just simply turning ON the light, treat it like a switch. If the dimmer is off at the time the mode changes, the "preset" level is changed and nothing happens. If you turn on the switch virtually or manually it turns on to my preset level. As you can see if the light is already on, it just changes to the new level at that time. Been using this for years.

I have a similar setup, but I have a rule for each Mode (Morning, Day, Evening, Night) adjusts each level. Works decently, a few issues. I thought RL would replace this lengthy setup allowing a similar setup.