Turn on switch at dusk?

SmartApps & Automations Automation Ideas
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I had a wink hub and this was easy. With the Smartthings hub I can figure it out. Anyone have any ideas
Thanks
Rick

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The official SmartLights feature allows you to turn on a light using sunset with an offset, such as sunset -30 minutes, so that’s what most people use.

https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/205380404-Smart-Lights

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It also has an illuminance option if you have a lux sensor so you could have it turned on at a specific light level.

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I dont have a smart light. I only have zwave switches and I dont see a way to turn one on at dusk

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Select the zwave switch you want to control.
You will see it in the list of available lights.

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The SmartLights feature is used for anything that turns on and off: Smart bulbs, smart wall switches, smart plug in modules, smart in wall outlets, etc.

As @bobbles mentioned, your wall switches will show up in the list of lights that can be controlled.

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Ok sorry I tried that a week ago and I could not get that to work. Its under Automation - Smartapps then Smart Lighting. I have picked a couple of switches to turn on and under trigger I selected At Sunset. It never worked.
I know with the wink hub I had to turn on location service on my phone then once it had my location I could turn it off. How does the Smartthings hub know when dusk is. Is that the reason that its not working because I dont have location service turned on in my phone settings

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I’m not sure whether location services are required or not. You can contact support for more help with this.

Otherwise @slagle might know.

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You can also log into your ide and when you look at your hubs location you should see your gps position and also the sunrise and sunset times.

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Thanks Ill reset my location and see if it works tonight then contact support if it does not. I dont see where it tells me sunset and sunrise. It tells me my location and says my mode is Night although I dont know y it says that its only noon
Edit
Ok I figured that out and changed my mode to home. We will see what happens

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Nope light still didnt come on. This is what I did
open app
go to automations
go to smart apps
go to smart lighting
named the automation
picked the lights to control
told app I wanted to turn them on
under trigger picked at sunset
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