RGBW Auto Change App

[joewom (Joe)]

Is there such a thing? I have been looking for last 30 minutes and cant find anything…

[brumster (Paul)]

What exactly are you trying to achieve? Colour rotation?

[joewom (Joe)]

yes. Exactly.

[brumster (Paul)]

Can’t vouch for it but have you tried this?

Garden Hue: New smartapp to change hue color on a cycle or random, sunset to sunrise

Here is version 3.0 of my new smartapp: Garden Hue. I could not find a smartapp that would change the color every so often sunset to sunrise… So far I have it cycle through about 16 colors, only turns on sunset to sunrise (with an optional offset) and will change color only between these times, OR if you manually turn one or more of the hue lights controlled on. I have set cycle times of 10 , 15, 30 minutes, 1 hour and 3 hours. so I can use the built in functions of runeveryxxminutes etc. so as not to overload the backend running on fixed times. (check the docs these randomize the time). I also have a disable/enable option. There is is also an option for a random one of the 16 colors instead of cycling through them. I am using the scheduling/cron feature to do this and also schedule …

[joewom (Joe)]

Thank you. Will this work with stand alone bulbs too? I am waiting on amazon to send my garden ones but not holding my breath on that.

[brumster (Paul)]

Haven’t tried it (but I will do).

I get the impression it will work with any RGB bulb. Fire it up and let us know how you get on. I’ll do the same

[joewom (Joe)]

As soon as I get home I will try it!