Help with Logic

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Hi All,
Looking for a little help with my logic planning.

This is what I want to achieve:

  • Sunrise -> Sunset | Lights come on with motion > Lights dim down to 20% after 15 minutes of no motion | Alarm system “Disarm” while home > “Armed (away)” if away
  • Sunset -> Sunrise | Lights come on with motion > Lights dim down to 40% after 30 minutes of no motion | Alarm system “Disarm” while home > “Armed (away)” if away > “Armed (Stay)” between 11:30PM and 6AM

I’ve tried doing this via routines, but the logic of triggers and such is proving a bit of a pain to figure out.

I’ve finally moved and have a lot of the IoT that I will be using now, so its a case of getting it all working as I want.

Any help would be appreciated.

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The Rule Machine Smartapp might work for you.

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Rule Machine won’t be able to directly change SHM modes yet, but you could create virtual switches to indirectly do it.

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Ok I think I worked this out a bit more.

I used RuleMachine as the trigger setup, but used the routines to actually do the work.

So if set of conditions are A,B + C, RuleMachine runs a routine which in turn, sets the SHM and Mode.

The only bit I’ve had to do externally is the dim to X after no motion for X minutes.

It’s working ok at the minute. Now all I need is the presence sensors to work so the alarm wont go off with I leave the wife in the house…