Hi
What is the best way/smartapp to set my bulbs level depending on the lux measured by my multisensor?
So if there is motion and:
it’s very cloudy and therefore dark, I want 80% lights
it’s a little clody but some brightness, then 40% lights
it’s extreme sunny and I dont need lights, then dont turn on
And possible something in the middle of these.
What the the best/ and coolest way of handling this?
I guess I could use the “Smart lightning” app, but I just forsee it’s going to be clunky.
RVoodoo
(James Yeo)
June 14, 2016, 11:43am
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You can use the ST smart lighting smartapp for this as well. It’s very basic but should be enough for what you want and local processing if qualified but I agree about CoRE smartapp for sure. I am slowly switching everything over to CoRE as well.
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have a look at autoDimmer, just another way of managing this…
I couldn’t find anything like this, so here it is.
Brighten or dim lights based on configurable lux thresholds, three settings, 4 dimmer ranges.
Settings for each dimmer can be set individually to override the defaults if desired.
App subscribes to each dimmers on() event, then adjusts the levels to those specified.
Been using this for several months, wife and I like a lot.
The app only adjusts levels when the dimmer is initially turned on, so manual adjustments aren’t changed.
The current lux selection ranges are set up around a wideband lux sensor, such as a Figaro with an exterior exposure.
A major update for all the fans out there: (Sept 2015)
-Entire front end re done in dynamic pages, lots of them.
-Added option for per dimmer dynamic adjustment based on lux changes, allowin…
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