Slowly raise the light brightness

[klebel]

Back in the classic app there was a way to set up dimmers so that you could slowly bring the brightness up over a specific period of time. I would love to do the same in the new Samsung app. Anyone know if this is possible? At 6am I want my bedroom lights to slowly raise to 60% over the period of about 15 minutes to help me wake up in these winter months when we average about 6-8 hours of real light during the day. Any ideas?

[Automated_House (Jimmy aka prjct92eh2)]

Haven’t seen it anywhere in the new app. I know the SharpTools.io rules engine does it. Could try installing that.

[mark_cockcroft (Mark C)]

@klebel

6am I want my bedroom lights to slowly raise to 60%

try this

Circadian Daylight: SmartThings + Smart Bulbs

Use your SmartThings Hub to sync your color changing lights with natural daylight hues [image]https://github.com/claytonjn/SmartThingsPublic/tree/Circadian-Daylight [image] Circadian Daylight slowly synchronizes your color changing lights with local perceived color temperature of the sky throughout the day. This gives your environment a more natural feel, with cooler whites during the midday and warmer tints near twilight and dawn. In addition, Circadian Daylight can set your lights to a nice cool white at 1% in “Sleep” mode, which is far brighter than starlight but won’t reset your circadian rhythm or break down too much rhodopsin in your eyes. [image] Circadian Daylight works better with Hue Advanced (Connect)! Special thanks to @juano2310 for working through some of the interna…

[klebel]

Thats pretty interesting about the color changing bulbs but wont really work for me. I have GE switches and do not use color changing bulbs.

When I had Insteon in my house, you could actually set the dim rate either universally or on a switch by switch or automation level. I was hoping there was a Smartthings way to do it which I was missing. Oh well.

[Automated_House (Jimmy aka prjct92eh2)]

@klebel

I was hoping there was a Smartthings way to do it which I was missing. Oh well.

Unfortunately there isn’t built into the app. But one of the strengths of SmartThings is the 3rd party developers that make products to fill in these gaps. Sharptools.io rules engine is probably the easiest to install and use since it doesn’t require any copying and pasting of code.

[pizzinini]

There is a DTH that lets you configure parameters of GE switches that are usually not accessible through the standard DTH. Dim rate for turning on is one of them. You only use the DTH to configure the switch, one done you revert back to the original one. The parameters are saved in the switch and remain.

GE 12729 Dimmer fade when issued a set level command

I worked on a dimmer DH for the GE. It is how the DE handles the setLevel command, it just jumps to it. Here is the DH I worked on to change the speed of dimming and number of steps: I will take another look at it, I was doing some experiments and I think I had something going, but jacked up my work pretty bad.

[klebel]

This is brilliant if I can figure out how to install it and they still work. LOL. Looks like it was built over 3 years ago.

[pizzinini]

FAQ: An Overview of Using Custom Code in SmartThings (SmartThings Classic, Groovy Code)

So you’re new to SmartThings, you asked a question, and someone suggested “custom code” as an answer. Or you were browsing the forums, and you found something that sounded like it would be perfect for what you wanted, but again, “uses custom code.” What does that mean, how hard is it to do, and what’s the difference between a “SmartApp” and a “Device Type Handler”? (Note: the official terminology has changed a couple of times. “device type handler,” “device handler,” “DTH,” and “device type” all mean the same thing, and you will find all these terms used in the forums.) SECTION I: SMARTAPPS AND DEVICE HANDLERS: WHAT THEY ARE SmartAPPS: Tiny Programs to decide what a specific device should do when, or to collect the information from a specific device SmartApps, including the various f…

[klebel]

Super helpful. I am going to curl up with a cocktail and do some reading tonight. I appreciate the assist.

[SimonP (Simon Plummer)]

I know it has been a while for this thread, however the reason I found it was because I was looking for a simple way to produce sunrise/sunset or low dimming effects for the morning. There appear to be various solutions out there, but I stumbled on this solution and thought it will probably suit most users that aren’t into coding, device handlers and complexity.

Use the SmartThings classic app (install it if you haven’t) even if you are on the new app (should still work).
Select ‘Automation’ towards the bottom,
Select’Add SmartApp’,
Click ‘Lights and Switches’,
Select ‘Gentle Wake Up’,
Choose the dimmers you want this to apply to, click done and then save
Under your list of SmartApps, you will now see ‘Gentle Wakeup’
Open it up and configure away exactly how you want it to operate, you can also rename it to be more meaningful.

There are other options to allow you to trigger this SmartApp as part of other automations if you really want to get into it.

This was on Android, therefore menus and locations may differ slightly in the IOS app.

[Olli-Pekka_Kurppa]

Kind of short life expectancy for this tip… ST classic EOL October 14.

[amirveg (Andres Miranda)]

There is a new section call “Labs” in the latest upgrade. I have not tried it yet, but that seems something that can be used.