Rule Wants To Turn Light Back On

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I have a rule that does the following:

  1. turn on master bath light
  2. dim light to 10%, fade 0 or ramp up to 10% over 0 min; tried both
  3. wait 5 sec.
  4. fade light up to 95% over 5 min.
  5. turn off light, BUT, the light comes back on by itself
    Why is the light coming back on and not staying off? thanks for any help.
2

A peek at the rule and logs might help people make a more informed decision.

3

On first glance, you essentially have two different "on" commands separated by a delay. RM doesn't support multiple delays, so your off command has to be happening at the same time as one of the on commands. Screenshot would help.

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I have it working with 2 rules except the light still wants to come back on after you manually shut off the light. I don't think I need the </=95 in the first rule.

This one turns it on to 10%. works

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This one adjusts it up to 95% over time. works

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But when you shut off the light it comes back On a few seconds later. That is what I can't get to work is having the light stay off. thanks

5

Are you turning the light off during the 5 minute fade period?

6

I have tried it during and also waiting well after the 5 min and the same result.

7

During makes sense that it would turn back on. After doesn't. Might need to get your logging window open to see what's causing the light to turn back on.

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Ok I let the rule run until it reached 95 in the logs and waited another minute and shut off the light. The light stayed off but I don't see any entry in the log for shutting off the switch. When I tried it again I also noticed the light came on bright (95) and then after a second or two it jumped down to 10%. I assume that would be normal. So I guess I was turning off the light before the 5 min was up and that was tripping it again. Maybe a gremlin as to why it wasn't staying off even after 10 minutes last time.
Thanks for your help.

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