Hi guys,
I've got a smart RGB zigbee gledopto bulb and want to toggle between "soft white/level 100" and "red/level 50" by single pressing a button.
How do I do it ?
Thanks
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Install "Groups and Scenes" app.
Save each setting above as a scene.
Use a virtual/physical button to trigger on/off of each scene, or toggle between them in RM.
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You don't need to create scenes. You can create a rule machine rule that lookss at the bulbs current level, since one setting is 100 and one is 50. So:
Trigger Button Presed
Action:
IF dimmer level >50 THEN
Set color to red Level 50
ELSE
Set color to soft-white Level 100
END-IFYou can do either approach mentioned above. Neither is more correct than the other. The RM suggestion is quicker. If you want to do this same thing from many different devices or outside integrations having the scene can be handy.
I believe there is even a toggle color temperature command in RM (which takes a level as well).
That will toggle between off and color (or there's one for color temp) but not between two colors.
I didn't say it was wrong to create a scene...just that you didn't have to. Creating a scene creates another device that has to be updated whenever any of the lights within the scene change, just like a group. I cut a bunch of extra scenes out of my setup in my effort to get things more streamlined a while ago. Don't know how much of an impact they played but it is something else the hub has to do.
Thanks a lot guys.
As always, it looks so simple when someone shows you the path and also makes you feel a completely dumb... Hehehe
Based on @Ryan780 solution I've made this rule :
It works, but I push button one time and Hubitat runs the rule but the following I have to push twice for it to run again.
For instance:
Bulb is on (level 100)
Push button one time it runs
Turn off bulb (level 0)
Push button nothing happens
Push button again it runs
Turn on bulb (level 100)
Push button
Turn bulb off
And so on...
I can't figure out why.
