If you have a pro subscription to the third-party app, SharpTools, ($30/year at the time of this writing for the pro level), it has a randomizer, and one community member is using it as a vacation lighting Director alternative:
Howdy,
Like many folks in here, I’ve been missing Vacation Lighting since the switch to Edge. I didn’t have time to figure out how to create a custom Edge driver/routine/app, so dug into SharpTools a bit more.
I have a solution that is a bit kludgy, but it seems to work and honestly, I think it provides more randomness (in a good way) than what I had with Vacation Lighting Director (albeit with more setup).
Pros
Control start/stop times based on your SmartThings modes
Randomize when lights turn on/off
Randomize which lights turn on/off
Randomize how many lights turn on/off
Cons
A little more complex setup than a SmartApp
Have to pay for SharpTools subscription (~$30/year) to support the custom variables
Anyhoo, wanted to share my SharpTools setup here for others…
Step 1
Create …
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