Mike_S101 Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 i am wanting to create a a schedule where a light will turn on and off from 45min before sunset to 1 hour after sunset at a certain level Then from 1 hour after sunset to 45 after sunrise i would like that same light to turn on and off at a different level Both scenarios use the same motion sensor I have played around however i may be overthinking it any thoughts please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Use the advanced lighting timer driver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_S101 Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 34 minutes ago, msgreenf said: Use the advanced lighting timer driver ah of course but how would you define the two different timings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 you use the schedule agent to trigger alternative schedule...it's all in the documentation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbir Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Actually, with the Advanced Lighting Timer, you can do this with one Light On Level specification: D+45=0%,N-45=50%,N+60=95% When using D/N ((Daytime and Nighttime) in the specification, view this as a continuous circular specification. From 45 minutes after sunrise (D+45), the light will not come on (0%). From 45 minutes before sunset (N-45) to 60 minutes after sunset (N+60), the light will come on at 50% (or whatever you want). From 60 minutes after sunset, the light will come on at 95% until the next time specified in a circular way, which is D+45 (45 minutes after sunrise). Using 95% instead of 100% is barely noticeable, but it allows the user to override the timer by turning the light ON manually, which is usually 100%. Paul South Africa C4 user 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Thanks Paul, I was thinking of different schedules for different days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_S101 Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 12 hours ago, pbir said: Actually, with the Advanced Lighting Timer, you can do this with one Light On Level specification: D+45=0%,N-45=50%,N+60=95% When using D/N ((Daytime and Nighttime) in the specification, view this as a continuous circular specification. From 45 minutes after sunrise (D+45), the light will not come on (0%). From 45 minutes before sunset (N-45) to 60 minutes after sunset (N+60), the light will come on at 50% (or whatever you want). From 60 minutes after sunset, the light will come on at 95% until the next time specified in a circular way, which is D+45 (45 minutes after sunrise). Using 95% instead of 100% is barely noticeable, but it allows the user to override the timer by turning the light ON manually, which is usually 100%. Paul I was reading the documentation and now with this it makes loads more sense, thank you Paul and MSgreenf, appreciate it thank you gents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_S101 Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 11 hours ago, pbir said: Actually, with the Advanced Lighting Timer, you can do this with one Light On Level specification: D+45=0%,N-45=50%,N+60=95% When using D/N ((Daytime and Nighttime) in the specification, view this as a continuous circular specification. From 45 minutes after sunrise (D+45), the light will not come on (0%). From 45 minutes before sunset (N-45) to 60 minutes after sunset (N+60), the light will come on at 50% (or whatever you want). From 60 minutes after sunset, the light will come on at 95% until the next time specified in a circular way, which is D+45 (45 minutes after sunrise). Using 95% instead of 100% is barely noticeable, but it allows the user to override the timer by turning the light ON manually, which is usually 100%. Paul Hi Paul, i would like to check if i understand the advanced lighting scenes, if i wanted to activate scenes at the different times would it then look like this? Assuming you had two advanced lighting scenes on A and B D+45=0%,N-45=A,N+60=B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbir Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 1 hour ago, Mike_S101 said: Hi Paul, i would like to check if i understand the advanced lighting scenes, if i wanted to activate scenes at the different times would it then look like this? Assuming you had two advanced lighting scenes on A and B D+45=0%,N-45=A,N+60=B Yes, exactly. There is an Action 'Print Simulation Report' which summarizes what will happen at various times during the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_S101 Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 20 minutes ago, pbir said: Yes, exactly. There is an Action 'Print Simulation Report' which summarizes what will happen at various times during the day. it says 0% in the print report however would the light levels in the advanced lighting scene then take precedence and the light would then turn on at the relevant scene level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbir Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 When a scene is to be activated, its light levels take precedence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_S101 Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 1 hour ago, pbir said: When a scene is to be activated, its light levels take precedence. superb thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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