Just recently migrated my system over to the v2 hub and have been experiencing some issues with the new Smart Lighting app.
Usage scenario: I have a motion sensor in a room set to Turn On and Set Level of the dimmer switch in the room according to mode.
In the Smart Lighting app, I created two lighting automations:
Room Home (sets the dimmer to 100%, only when mode is Home)
Room Night (sets the dimmer to 50%, only when mode is Night)
For some reason, no matter if the mode is currently in Home or Night, the lighting automation always sets the dimmer at 100%, even though I have checked that the system is correctly in Night mode.
Does anyone have insight in to what’s causing this?
Part of me is curious if I should create a completely separate Smart Lighting app for each mode, because right now I have both Home and Night mode automations under the same app. Could that be creating a conflict, one overriding the other?
Known issue, hope fix is coming soon. For now I’m using “Lighting Director” and it sets dim levels as expected. I actually like this app a lot cause with each app instance you can configure up to 4 different lighting scenarios. I have a couple of these installed and named it accordingly and setup individual rules inside the app. Nice way of grouping similar lighting rules together.
I’m might even stick with this app even after Smart Lighting is fixed.
I finally updated to V2 and I’m running into this issue as well. My hub is up to date so obviously no patch has been issued. What’s going on?
Between this, losing automated control over my garage doors, and the false promise of “local processing” I’m actually far worse off after “upgrading” than I was before.
This is still not fixed. Getting really frustrating at this point. The problem only seems to happen when setting up rules based on motion sensors. If you have routines or Smart Lighting rules set up based on timing or other switches, the lights correctly dim to the right percentages.
I did figure out a ridiculous workaround last night if you’re really desperate to have this functionality.
You can use Rule Machine instead of Smart Lighting. Rule Machine doesn’t have this problem. So you can have Smart Lighting run locally on a V2 hub, but not work correctly, or Rule Machine, running in the cloud, that does work.
ya problem is I want lights on a dimmed at night when coming out of bedroom going to bathroom. and then turn off after x time… I think the delay of going with the cloud would kill the purpose of this automation… what do others think.
thanks trying it now… cannot figure out how to turn the light back off after 2 minutes… I assume I need a second rule … with motion stopped delay 2 minutes?
rule has condition: motion active, rule: motion active, action for true: light on; action for false: delayed turn off after 2 minutes, cancellable. The cancellable timer means that if motion starts again, the light won’t turn off. The light won’t turn off until 2 minutes of no motion at all.
thanks trying it now… would be nice to also have option set dimming to this level delayed cancellable.
so I can set level back to 100 so if someone uses the switch it comes on normally.
This has never worked for me until this evening. For the first time my lights came on with motion and correctly set the level. I am curious if this was something that was fixed while working on the current issues ST is having.