Starts when Home Centre 2 Starts Checkbox Meaning

[alijanah 1]

Hi,

I am wondering what the real meaning behind the options available in scenes "Starts when Home Centre 2 Starts" ?

Does it mean when I have that activated, the scene will run when the HC2 completed rebooting and started ? or does it mean something else ?

I have a scene that is triggered by a sunset event everyday (turn on external lights). Previously I have that option enabled for this scene. When I disabled it, the scene does not run anymore. What is the explanation for that ?

Can anybody shed some "lights" on this matter. Thank you and much appreciated.

[Dalle1985 16]

It does what it says on the package. The scene is activated when the HC2 is booted up. Disabling this function means that you need either a trigger or to start the scene manually by pushing start in the scene screen.

[alijanah 1]

Ok that's what I thought. But what I can't comprehend is why does my scene that uses a sunset and sunrise trigger no longer runs when I disable this option on their scene. It seems weird.

[j.nowacki 5]

alijanah, that is because these scenes run all the time. They start at boot-up, then enters loop, where conditions are checked every minute. When current hour matches the set one, the scene's body take place.

[Dalle1985 16]

So is that the same as putting "%% autostart" in the header section of a Lua script?

[A.Socha 133]

Dalle1985, yes

[alijanah 1]

In that case, all scenes that are triggered by external conditions such as time of day, door open, light level low, etc should have this option enabled ? Am I correct to assume that. Meaning it will need to run and then go into a loop waiting for the trigger.

[A.Socha 133]

alijanah, no, only scenes where you using time, because scene with "when door are open" you can trigger by value of that door

[alijanah 1]

OK got it. What about GPS trigger ? i.e.: when user iPhone is away from home, etc.

[A.Socha 133]

alijanah, then you can trigger by location by example for admin will be

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