Simple Lighting Scene

[Guest puma]

Hi I am trying to create a scene in HC2 basically I want something simple that when I arrive home after 7pm (or dark) and disarm my alarm the interior lights turn on.

 

I can get it to turn the lights on however it does it at any time of the day not just after 7pm.

 

What am I doing wrong?

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[wpeeters 30]

@puma, You can't do this in 1 scene if you want to use a block scene. Either search for a lua script on this forum or do the following:
- Create a variable 'sunset'. I hope you know where to do this?
- Create a scene with only a timer. At sunset, set the variable to a value , for example (1).
- Create another scene with one a timer. At sunrise or after a certain time, set the variable to 0.
- Create another scene : if alarmArea1 == disarmed and sunset variable ==1 then Lights turnOn. Don't forget to mark 'alarmArea1' as a triggering device in your scene and unmark the triggering variable for the sunset variable.
 

[Guest puma]

@wpeeters @wpeeters Thanks for your help I have completed the steps above and it appears to be working at the moment. 

 

I find that the 'sunrise' & 'sunset' doesn't really work that well when I was just testing it the lights didn't turn on and the sun has clearly set here. 

 

I changed it to a set time so at 7:30pm it triggers the variable to 1 and then at 6am it changes it back to 0.

 

Testing of that seemed to work will trial over the next few days and see if it functions on its own at the correct times.

 

Cheers!

[wpeeters 30]

@puma, sunrise and sunset are the official hours in your timezone. 
Check if your timezone is correct. Also be aware, there is a difference between sunset and sunrise hours compared to real life (15 - 30 minutes).
For example, I turn my garden lights on at sunset time + 15 minutes. Then it's almost dark.