Scheduler / astro and time restriction
Hello Everybody
i would like your help to create one of my rule.
here what i am looking for:
Turn on a light in my living room when it is dark in the room and until 10:45pm
initially my rule works perfectly with the Scheduler sensor ( start at 6:45PM) for a specific days
light turn ON
wait 17100 sec
light turn OFF
now with spring and summer, it will be not dark in the living room at 6:45PM
so i had an idea to use the "astro" feature and try to add an constraint => turn off at 10:45
in my screenshot attached I "think" to have created a correct rule but it does not work.
so to summarize
when the sunrise is starting and so dark in the living room
then
turn on the light until 10:45PM
and turn off the light at 10:45
can you please help, assist me?
Thank you in advance
The same question
Hello,
I use it for the same purpose. First you forgot the repeat tick, because you want this to do every day!? Tick every day in the second screen you want the rule to apply.
Second the offset -1 means one minute before sunrise? Makes not much sense.
Third: I use for everything an extra rule. One for light on at i.e. 6 o'clock. One for light off at sunrise. One for light on at sunset when it is getting dark and one for light off at 23:00h. Works perfectly for me.
Andreas
Hello,
I use it for the same purpose. First you forgot the repeat tick, because you want this to do every day!? Tick every day in the second screen you want the rule to apply.
Second the offset -1 means one minute before sunrise? Makes not much sense.
Third: I use for everything an extra rule. One for light on at i.e. 6 o'clock. One for light off at sunrise. One for light on at sunset when it is getting dark and one for light off at 23:00h. Works perfectly for me.
Andreas
Thank you Andreas for your answer and advise.
i am little sad because i thought that it will be possible to create all conditions in one rule :-(
Thank you Andreas for your answer and advise.
i am little sad because i thought that it will be possible to create all conditions in one rule :-(
Peter,
sure you can put all in one rule. My suggestion was how I do it. There a lot of ways to Rome......
Peter,
sure you can put all in one rule. My suggestion was how I do it. There a lot of ways to Rome......
You are right Andreas lot of ways to Rome.
any other advices to create these astro/turn on and Turn off in the specific time in rule?
You are right Andreas lot of ways to Rome.
any other advices to create these astro/turn on and Turn off in the specific time in rule?
So as i did not receive an answer except from Andreas, I have shared my return experience
with Andreas advices, I have modified the "schedule" sensor (see screenshot 1)
=> astro + "simple" action => works fine
but my 2nd constraint is not implemented (turn off anyway at 10:45 PM)
I have added a this condition using "join" and "if" (see screenshot 2)
=> astro + join + if => it is not working
in fact it seems that the rule did not continue the "Join" and "if" steps and turn off after 17100 sec
so i have decided to change my logic and create a new rule
=> "when" always happens + "if" with "schedule" action + "if" with time condition to turn off (see screenshot 3)
=> result not yet received I am waiting tonight result
if you have some advices i am ready to take them ;-)
thank you
So as i did not receive an answer except from Andreas, I have shared my return experience
with Andreas advices, I have modified the "schedule" sensor (see screenshot 1)
=> astro + "simple" action => works fine
but my 2nd constraint is not implemented (turn off anyway at 10:45 PM)
I have added a this condition using "join" and "if" (see screenshot 2)
=> astro + join + if => it is not working
in fact it seems that the rule did not continue the "Join" and "if" steps and turn off after 17100 sec
so i have decided to change my logic and create a new rule
=> "when" always happens + "if" with "schedule" action + "if" with time condition to turn off (see screenshot 3)
=> result not yet received I am waiting tonight result
if you have some advices i am ready to take them ;-)
thank you
Dear Peter,
to shut off make an other astro with a fixed time which shuts off the lamp. Much more easy and very reliable.
Andreas
Dear Peter,
to shut off make an other astro with a fixed time which shuts off the lamp. Much more easy and very reliable.
Andreas
Hello Andreas
I did then changes, following your advise but it did not tunr OFF as expected at 10:50PM (see screenshot)
i did not see how much difficult it is to create a "Simple" rule like that :(
of course as you said Andreas i can create another rule to turn OFF but it will be more "proper" to use only 1 rule.
any other idea?
cheers
Hello Andreas
I did then changes, following your advise but it did not tunr OFF as expected at 10:50PM (see screenshot)
i did not see how much difficult it is to create a "Simple" rule like that :(
of course as you said Andreas i can create another rule to turn OFF but it will be more "proper" to use only 1 rule.
any other idea?
cheers
I so not use an extra logic for starting the rule. I Start with the astro. Make two rules.....
I so not use an extra logic for starting the rule. I Start with the astro. Make two rules.....
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