[SCENE+VD] - Autolights/Darkness Monitor

[AutoFrank 372]

Hi,

A while back somebody asked me to share my darkness monitor/autolights approach I use. (Sorry for the delay but I recently had to rebuild my system)

I took this decentralised approach as some of my house is well lit and some slightly darker at given times of the day.

 

It is nowhere near as powerful or flexible as @Sankotronic VSL (which is worth checking first) but if you are looking for something much more basic then this might give you some help.

 

The solution is essentially  3 parts

1. A VD to track light level in the different spaces and trigger off a defined light level (it used a Process/Update button and Main Scene executing it every 5 mins)
2. A global variable (1 or 0) for each space you want to monitor .. darkHall, darkLiving, darkOutside, darkKitchen .. etc
3. A scene (triggered from the global variable ) to turn on the light/lamp when the required light level is reached.

 

PART 1 - Virtual Device - Darkness Monitor

Each space I want to monitor has a label and a block of code in the Update button code

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My full darkness monitor VD looks like this...

 

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My MainScene entry is as follows

It's the 5th entry in the list below.

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I'll share the VD at the end of the post

 

PART 2 - Global Variables

I decided to one per space and not a table as I wanted to trigger the scene from the global variable change.

 

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PART 3 - Auto Lights scenes

I use one scene per space/device you want to trigger

I use a couple of types so I'll share a few examples

I also send a message using the message hub when triggered on as well as using sleepstate.

I also use HomeTable for my id's so replace with device ID's but it makes it a bit more readable

Delete what you don't need ..

 

Hall

- simple one, switch on lamp ( I also track sleepstate for this one ) 

 

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Living Room

- check other lights and also check is lamp is on

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Kitchen

- same as Living room but this is also motion triggered

 

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Stairwell Light 

- Our stairwell doesn't have a window so I check three light levels and determine from that.

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I use the following icons as well depending on what is triggering the light/lamp

 

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VD code attached - 

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Enjoy 

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Edited May 20, 2017 by AutoFrank

[confesor 0]

super but can you add those pic again please

[AutoFrank 372]

On 5/19/2017 at 0:13 AM, confesor said:

super but can you add those pic again please

 

Hi @confesor, @RH_Dreambox

 

First post fixed...

 

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Edited May 20, 2017 by AutoFrank

[RH_Dreambox 189]

Is this a picture of the VD for tracking light level???? It must be wrong picture.

And please, can you add the code for this light level VD.

[AutoFrank 372]

Will do @RH_Dreambox

The post seems to have gotten all mixed up with files and icons disappearing

 

I'll fix the first post in a short while