How to specify a scene between certain times

[Guest David R]

Hi people im new to fibaro and programming but Im learning slowly and was wondering how you would write code for eg...between 9pm and 6am let certain lights switch onto no more than 50%. Thanks

[alijanah 1]

Hi people im new to fibaro and programming but Im learning slowly and was wondering how you would write code for eg...between 9pm and 6am let certain lights switch onto no more than 50%. Thanks

Due to the limitation of the time trigger in the block code scene programming which does not allow you to set a trigger when "between 9pm and 6am every day i assume", you have to do it the long winded way :-

1) create a predefined variables (under panels -> variables) and call it lets say "Lights50" and create a value of "true" and "false" for it.

2) create a scene that will set that variable to true when you met the condition you wanted "at 9pm" and another scene that will set that variable to false when "6am"

3) create the final actual scene that will use that variable as the trigger instead "when variable Lights50 is true, set all lights to 50% else....."

Of course you can achieve this same functionality with a few lines of LUA (HC2 only) if you are so inclined to learn. Go to

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Cheers !

[Guest David R]

Hi thanks for the help but wouldnt this turn the lights on at 9pm? what i want is to have them at 50% when the light is turned on manually

[alijanah 1]

Hi thanks for the help but wouldnt this turn the lights on at 9pm? what i want is to have them at 50% when the light is turned on manually

The short answer is yes. You can however, modify the final scene to dim those lights to 50% instead. Since you are turning on the lights manually I assume before 9pm, the scripts will run and when the variables are set to true, those lights which have been turned on will now be dimmed to 50%.

[Guest David R]

Hi thanks but i dont the lights coming on at 9. I think what i want cant be done in blocks and requires LUA

[alijanah 1]

Hi thanks but i dont the lights coming on at 9. I think what i want cant be done in blocks and requires LUA

I think I understand what you meant. You want the system to automatically set any lights that you turned on to 50% (only when they are turned on but not off).

You mentioned you wanted those condition to happen between 9pm and 6am. If no lights were turned on, then there is nothing to set. Correct ?

If that is correct, then just add another condition to the scene :

- if Lights50 = yes AND Light1 = ON then set Lights1 to 50%

[Guest David R]

I will give that a try thanks. Basically after 9pm I have children so say they go the bathroom and turn the light on it turns to 50% rather than 100% waking them up. You follow?

[alijanah 1]

Yup, that's exactly what will happen if you do the above. No LUA needed.