let the user decide what the delay on and delay off are.
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I have my basement family room setup using motion detection for occupancy, however I want to know how I can turn my hues lights to a different colour or dim and they will stay like that until the room is vacant. Right now every once in a while while we are sitting there they revert back to original state.
if rooms is setting the right color and level initially itâs probably not the cause. when this happens could you please check the recently tab for the lights in the ST app to confirm which app sent the command to revert back to the original state?
Simple question here. Should I see a countdown timer for asleep and locked states?
The rooms is just turning the light on to 100% white. But we might turn it to 50% dimmed blue or somthing like that while we are watching TV. After a bit the lights will turn back on to 100% white. Like it has detected motion again and then it puts the lights on again.
Bangali you are a beast! Will look forward to testing.
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not for asleep and locked state. in asleep state there is a countdown if reset asleep setting is set. however the countdown is in hours so I donât show that. I guess I could.
for locked state there is no countdown. while room is in locked state all automation is disabled.
ahh ⊠got it. the app checks the room every 5 minutes and sets the lights based on the state and other conditions for the rules specified. so every 5 minutes its checking and finding the lights have changed and resetting them to the values from the rule.
there are a few ways to handle this. if you use harmony here is one way. you could use the harmony watch movie activity as the locked state switch in locked settings for the room.
another would be to create a virtual switch called movie mode. then set that switch as the switch for locked state in locked settings for the room. when watching moving turn on the switch and then turn it off when done watching the movie.
in both cases you can then change lights whatever way you wish and nothing will be reset any more from whatever light settings you temporarily change it to.
OK, I have a zwave plug that the TV is plug into. So if I put that plug into the Locked settings will it lock the settings so that if we change the lights while watching TV they will stay that way until the TV is turned off?
yes that will do it.
OK, I will try that! Thanks!
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It might make testing and troubleshooting easier. The positive feedback of the timer would let me know when something is going to happen and when to check back. This so many features, keep up the good work.
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true. was trying to avoid using long running background timers. will take a look.
on features if you are getting started helpful if you start with the doc here:
https://github.com/adey/bangali/blob/master/README.md
This isnât working because the TV plug is always âonâ. Is there some way to have it measure the Watts used? The plug is always on but when the TV is on the Watts usage goes up. This is how I was using it in WebCore. But this is how the problem of turning the lights back on to original brightness was happening. Do I put in the Power Value to set room to ENGAGED state? And then set the same power level under Power stays below for how many seconds to reset ENGAGED state? If this is set, will it trigger set the room to VACANT if the power stays below the value set in the first question?
Hi @bangali is there anyway to find out, in text what the last announcement message was if the logs pages wasnât open? I thought I heard a mistake in the single/ multiple speech but couldnât find it. I looked on the device page but couldnât find anything useful but may have been looking in the wrong place.
On mobile now ⊠will respond later today.
go to speaker device page ⊠scroll down then click list events
yes there is. thats what the app does for engaged or asleep state when specified in the settings.
yes you could do that. then create or the update the rule for engaged state to turn lights blue and dim them. use 60 secs for the power stays below so when the tv power is below the threshold for engaged for 60 seconds the room will move to checking then vacant.
yes correct.
if you do this whenever the room is set to engaged it will change the light color to blue and dim them. which works if you are only setting the room to engaged using the power plug for the tv. but if you also have contact sensor on the room door(s) and use those contact sensors to set also set the room to engaged it will also change the light color to blue and dim them.
not sure if this last part is OK for you?
if it is not ⊠here is what i was thinking:
- adding power as an option to locked settings the same way it is an option for the engaged and asleep states.
OR - adding power range as a condition (not a trigger) to the rules. so when room is engaged and power is outside of a certain range you could use the while color for the lights. and if the room is engaged and power is inside of a certain range you could use the blue color and dim the lights.
i think the 2nd option is more flexible and will take care of broader range of use cases including yours.
will wait to hear from you.
I think this would be a good option. So let me explain what I want to happenâŠ
When we enter the room there are motion detectors that will turn on the lights. Here are my settings right nowâŠ
In Room Devices: I have my motion sensors under âWhich Motion Sensorsâ and âLast Motion Activeâ under the Use which motion event for timeout? I have Basement TV Plug selected for âWhich Power Meterâ.
In Occupied Settings: I have 4 Basement Lights(hues) selected for âWhich switch turns ONâ
and Timeout of 360 seconds.
In Engaged Settings: When room is busy is set to Light Traffic; Powervalue to set room to ENGAGED state is set to 20 and Power stays below for how many seconds to reset ENGAGED state is set to 60; Require motion within how many seconds when room is ENGAGED is set to 360.
Checking Settings: For how many seconds is set to 10
This is all the settings right now. However, when I go into the room, it isnât turning on the lights at all right now.
What I would like to happen is that when I enter the room, the lights will turn on (100% white). Then if I remain in the room with the TV not on, the lights will still remain on. If I set the lights to a different colour and dimming, I would like them to stay that way until the room is Vacant. I would also like the room lights to stay on if I am watching TV (sometimes we donât move enough and the lights might go off). Also, if I change the colour or dimming of the lights(or both) while watching TV, I would like them to stay that way until the TV is turned off and the room is vacant. So in other words, I should be able to change the lights and the donât revert back to the turning on state. I did have a Webcore piston also setup to help with this but I was having problems with the lights going back to 100% white every so often after we had changed the colour and dimming. Hope this makes sense.
What IS happening right now is nothing. The lights arenât turning on when I enter the room but the room is changing to Occupied.
will do.
this setting is to set room to occupied when any of those switches turn on. assuming you want these 4 lights to turn on remove them from there and add them to the existing rule for occupied rule in switches to turn on. once you do this it will work fine.
also on the rule add both state occupied and engaged. right now i believe only occupied is selected for the state on the rule and that is the only rule. optionally you could create a new rule with engaged state selected and a different light settings from the occupied light settings on the rule.
that will turn on the lights.
this feature is not supported today. today the lights are always set based on the rules conditions and trigger. so if you change the lights from the rule setting and then there is subsequent motion it will reset the light back to the value in the rules. this is the first time i have had this ask. 
will take a look.