Scenes Beta!

[tgauchat (ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)]

The past discussions on this are an interesting read (though I’m biased due to my participation). Honestly, understanding the ideas we walked through helps avoid starting from scratch even if it’s too late to become a part of ST’s current implementation…

Are there scenes?

The most essential “basic” use case (“requirement”) that I have for save / restore is for short term temporary events. Example: (a) My outdoor lights are set to a pleasing evening level, perhaps even with a few colors, using a nightly Hello Home Action; (b) An intrusion detection device (motion or window sensor) senses someone on the property and a SmartApp subscribes to this, and as a results, brings the lights up to full brightness. This might even be an appropriate response for my car entering the driveway – bring up the lights on the driveway to make it safer to see the road.; © a few minutes after the intrusion is over, I want the lights restored to the level they were at prior to (b). Of course there are a few ways to handle this, particularly since (a) is established using a Hel…