MarkTr
(MarkTr)
December 30, 2020, 8:01pm
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An alternative to Webcore is to use SmartLighting. Similar to the method I propose in the link below, but you would use one real switch (the device) and one virtual switch, with no scenes involved.
Most people will say WebCORE. It’s probably the most straightforward way, if you’re already using WebCORE.
If you don’t want to mess with that, here’s an approach using Smart Lighting and the scenes you’ve already created:
Create two virtual switches I’ll call Red Switch and Green Switch.
Create a new Smart Lighting automation that turns on Red and activates your Red scene. Set it to trigger automatically when Green Switch turns off. Create a complementary automation for Green. Set time limit for both so they stop at your chosen hour.
Create a Smart Lighting automation using Power Allowance to turn off Red Switch after X minutes. Repeat for Green Switch.
Create a Smart Lighting automation to turn Red Switch on at Y time.
Now at time Y, Red Switch will turn on. After X minutes, power al…
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