I just got a couple of dimmer switches and am thinking about using them to progressively brighten lights in the master bathroom adjacent to the bedroom. I plan to start at lowest light level 30 min prior to alarm clock ring, then brighten lights incrementally to reach 90-100% luminosity by the time the alarm clock beeps.
Has anybody tested this idea before?
It seems to me one of the obstacles to overcome is to include a scheduler of some kind, i.e. run the app on weekdays, but not weekends. Any ideas about this?
2.) You could probably read the time/day some how (now command?)
3.) You could use different modes for weekday morning vs. weekend morning
4.) You could also conceivible set this up as a “run when tapped” app… something that schedule the ‘fade in’ to happen at 6:30am the next day only after you’ve tapped the app.
I think that option 3 and 4 might work the best for you. Yes, it does require that you do any extra step of either tapping the app or changing modes, but the nice thing here is that is also won’t automatically operate when you don’t want it it. For instance, let’s say you’re sick or have the day off tomorrow. Using either method 1 or 2 means you have to uninstall the app. But option 4 is simply change the mode to weekend morning. Option 3 is simply not tapping the app.
In a similar way if you need to get up early on a Saturday or Sunday, you can easily set the app to run those days with option 3 or 4. Options 1 or 2 means changing the code in your program.
@chrisb Thank you for these suggestions. I think weekday/weekend modes might work best for me. As you rightly pointed out, there needs to be flexibility built in.
