Gentle wake up code?

nickm · January 28, 2019, 12:01pm

Hey there! I recently “upgraded” to the smartthings adt hub…possibly a mistake but we’ll see. Anyways, in my V2 hub and app, the gentle wake up smartapp was an integral part of my day. As it turns out, this new hub has very few smart apps available…gentle wake up is not one of them. I’m familiar with coping/pasting smart apps into my IDE and adding a smartapp that way, but I tried to play around with webCoRE and it’s a bit over my head.

So here’s my question: is it possible to grab the gentle wake up code from anywhere and copy it as a custom smartapp? Or, are there any parallel apps that would achieve the same thing (dimming up for a period of time )?

rontalley · January 28, 2019, 12:10pm

Just go back using the Classic App. Now that your Hub is registered, just download and login to the old app just like you did before.

nickm · January 28, 2019, 12:30pm

Tried that…unfortunatley, there a only a few of the known smart apps there…gentle wake up is not one of them.

sidjohn1 · January 28, 2019, 12:46pm

That’s odd, looks like your missing some stuff. You might have to move this automation to core/webcore.

nickm · January 28, 2019, 1:54pm

Sidjohn1, I think that’s where I’m limited… I’m a copy/paste user (and extremely grateful for this amazing community)…that said…I have no idea how to replicate that in WC. When it was Core and had an easy UI, I was more comfortable. webCoRE is just a bit out of my realm…

TheBearMay · January 28, 2019, 2:12pm

Is something like this what you are looking for:

sidjohn1 · January 28, 2019, 2:46pm

Core still works, I still use it hence the core/webcore comment. If Core is your jam, then rock it out with Core.

nickm · January 28, 2019, 3:15pm

Thanks! For some reasons I was under the impression that it didn’t…will play around with that unless I find a more “fun” solution.

nickm · January 28, 2019, 3:18pm

Maybe! Is that something that I could schedule for… 5am on m,w,f to dim up to 70% over a duration of 30 minutes…?

And then another schedule for other days of the week?
Another key feature that I loved was the ability to stop the dimming by pressing a button…aka stopping the alarm or snoozing it

TheBearMay · January 28, 2019, 4:34pm

Schedule looks doable, and the 70% over 30 minutes is just a matter of adjusting the ending value and spreading the steps… Pausing it, my first idea would be to create a virtual button that and testing for it while looping - button could be pushed through the ST app or via Alexa/Google Home, etc. I’ll tweak the piston a little to give you some ideas.

Automated_House · January 28, 2019, 5:21pm

I think i replied to your FB post, but you can find the code on their public github

github.com

SmartThingsCommunity/SmartThingsPublic/blob/master/smartapps/smartthings/gentle-wake-up.src/gentle-wake-up.groovy

/**
 *  Copyright 2016 SmartThings
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 *  Gentle Wake Up
 *
 *  Author: Steve Vlaminck
 *  Date: 2013-03-11
 *
 * 	https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-icons/HealthAndWellness/App-SleepyTime.png
 * 	https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-icons/HealthAndWellness/App-SleepyTime%402x.png
 * 	Gentle Wake Up turns on your lights slowly, allowing you to wake up more

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TheBearMay · January 28, 2019, 5:55pm

I see the smartapp code is available above, but a piston to do what you’re asking could look like:

where Dimmer 1 is the virtual switch - this would also permit you to pause the piston while on vacation by simply turning the switch off.

rontalley · January 28, 2019, 6:28pm

Does this allow for you to stop the dimming once initiated? This was the issues I had with webCoRE. I also like just using the Gentle Wake up because it is a switch that can be turned on/off at any time.

TheBearMay · January 28, 2019, 6:50pm

Not where I can test it atm, but if you turn off the virtual switch (Dimmer 1 in this case) the while condition becomes invalid and should halt the loop.

nickm · January 29, 2019, 4:05pm

You did…Thank you so much. Honestly, thanks to everyone for helping to look into this and explore options. I have installed the smartapp and it’s working 98% to what I like! The only thing i’m hoping gets added at some point is the ability to have functionality with colored lights so that it can dim at 1% blue to 50% warm white. I’m sure that’s a much more complicated process…for now…i’m more than satisfied and stoked about all the other smart apps too. Thanks!

at998 · October 3, 2019, 6:55pm

I’m just getting started with Smartthings - I was hoping to use a Gentle Wake Up type automation with a Honeywell Smart Dimmer switch that I just ordered. I guess I don’t know what I’m doing yet, hopefully I can figure out what you guys were talking about in this thread…

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