What kind of piston is that (how do I make that) and any ideas on what is wrong with my piston?
Everything I know about setting up CoRE routines, pistons, loops, and variables has been picked up here on the boards. So, Iām thinking Iāve totally overcomplicated this piston to set up a simple Christmas color loop test with one of my Hue Blooms.
Hereās the piston, using a virtual switch as the trigger:
It worked the first and second times, cycling through the colors. But, turning the switch on and off threw out this exception:
Iām at a loss. Help!
Oh sorryā¦ Thatās a basic piston. Make sure you turn on expert mode in the settings.
I would remove the loop at the bottom, the Boolean, and the variable.
Then replace the loop at the bottom with āfollow up with pistonā and choose this piston to follow up in itself after x number of seconds or minutes.
Should work just fine.
Ok, I must be missing something in my brainās translation from RM to CoREā¦
I have a very simple need - turn on the Christmas lights on my balcony (Z-Wave external outlet) if Time is after Sunset.
Simple Basic Pistonā¦ If-Thenā¦ however, Iām not sure when/how often this is evaluated, since it seems to refuse to fire after sunset time comes and goes. I searched the Wiki for an example on this, but didnāt find anything.
Thoughts anyone?
Thanks.
you can do this two waysā¦ firstā¦
is the switch on your local devices list? if yes, just use smart lightingā¦ then it runs local.
if notā¦
use CoREā¦
basic pistonā¦
IF
Date & Time "happens at" sunset
THEN
using "outside switch"
> turn on
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The start and end of the times you specified would be the two times it would be evaluated. I cheat sometimes and add a device in the mix that I know would have some activity like a temperature sensor to force evaluation of the piston.
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So, I have been reading for the past few hours and have now published CoRE to my IDE through github integration.
I bought some OSRAM lightify bulbs yesterday and created virtual switches for red and green colors which can be activated using Alexa. I am looking to setup a scenario where a bulb stays on and alternates between red and green every 5 minutes once I tell Alexa to āturn on christmasā.
Could someone please walk me through how to setup this scenario using CoRE?
Thanks.
Hey Guys, Iām trying to sync circadian rhythms with turnable white Commercial Electric Zigbee Downlightsā¦
Essentailly this is want I want to write with coreā¦ kind of simple, but Iām new.
If LightA becomes ONLINE
then If its Daytime, set value to BrightWhite (bluey white)
Else set value to SoftWhite (yellowy white)
End IF
end if
Its important that this doesnāt start with the āwhen light turns ONā because from the application side this light is always on, in either a OFFLINE or ONLINE state (hooked up to a DUMB Swtich).
Thanks!
Hello, looking for assistance. Is there a way to have core intercept a signal sent to a light so it wonāt turn on? I have several lights in the stairs that turn on with motion and there are 2 fixtures I want to not come on at certain times, any suggestions?
Check out the thread below @bubagump, just follow the examples with your color choice.
Iām not sure if thatās even possible. Why not create a piston that excludes those lights during certain times or create a virtual switch that you can turn on/off to exclude those lights.
How do you know Light A is online?
Still no go. I mustāve placed the āfollow up with pistonā incorrectly. I tried putting it under āusing locationā as well as under the lights as a task right after the last color change.
The lights cycle through the colors once but will not repeat. What am I missing?
Make this a basic piston. Delete the but if section.
And make the wait time for the follow up 20 seconds
I found my exampleā¦ Set it up like thisā¦ sort ofā¦ g this Iāve sets three bulbs to three different colors and changes every few secondsā¦
You can try a BASIC piston:
IF motion changes to active THEN
task 1: turn on all lights (turn on action restrictions: from time to time)
task 2: turn on all lights except the 2 fixtures (turn on action restrictions: from time to time)
Thanks @eibyerā¦ This is great!
In the IDE, thereās a field that sales, OFFLINE, ONLINE, ACTIVE, INACTIVE.
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When you build a piston in CoRE, where does this light fall under? Switches? Relay? Iāve never used one of this so please bear with all the questions 