I was using the excellent Vacation Lighting Director, but wanted a bit more control over my lights while I was away, so I’ve created Home Alone:
Instead of having lights turn on and off randomly during specific times, I wanted to be able to “simulate” someone moving through the house in the evening. For example, lights turning on/off in the TV room in the evening, then turning that off while the upstairs bedroom and bathroom lights turn on.
Features:
You can control up to 4 sets of lights
For each set, you can give the on/off times
Each day, the on/off times will be randomized by whatever +/- minutes you specify
@nicjansma, I’m getting an error trying to checkout home-alone from your github. I can checkout your other two (iot-logger and garage-door-sunset-monitor) in your smartapps repository, but not home-alone
"Updated 0 and created 0 SmartApps, 0 published (1 skipped due to errors) "
after I select home-alone, Publish, Execute Update. Not a very informative error message, but that’s all there is. I suppose I can resort to copy-and-paste, but I’m too lazy
I needed to select lights for each group, even if I only wanted one.
Would it be possible to add an extra layer to the time, so that it runs after Sunset / before Sunrise?
i.e. Run at 8pm but only if after Sunset (+/- random time), or Run at 5am but switch off after Sunrise?
Oh, forgot to mention this also works with Harmony actions, so I can have the TV turn on too. Awesome. Now I just need a way to make it auto-start Angels with filthy souls!
Hi nicjansma, I just installed this app but it doesn’t seem to work. I believe I have it setup correctly, though this is my first time installing custom smartapps. Please advise.
I know it’s been a long time, and you might no longer be active here, but worth a try…
Just installed Home Alone as it seems to offer the control of lighting I require (multiple switching within one routine).
However, despite trying a number of times, the SmartApp does not retain the Mode I select. If I go back into it after saving, the Mode fields show empty.
Also, I don’t understand why there are 2 different fields for entering Mode into; what is the significance of the two?