LUA Code for Single scene to combine multiple scenes into one

[Bips 0]

Hi,

 

I currently have five scenes in LUA format (block scenes converted).

 

Each scene switches on a light after motion is detected and during a set period of time e.g. if bewteen 07:00 - 16::45 and motion detector is breached, switch on light.

 

The times in each scene are basically  based on when it gets light in the morning and dark in the evening.

 

Problem i have is when it comes to changing the time, i have to change each scene one by one.

 

Is it possible to combine all the scenes so that the time is set only once, and it basically switches on the lights based on which sensor is breached.

 

Any help much appreciated.

 

 

[Tim__ 114]

I don't fully understand your setup, but you could consider putting the time into a global variable, and have each scene check the variable. That way you only have one place to update the time. Next, could could write a scene that changes the global variable based on the sunset/sunrise time. That way you wouldn't need to keep manually updating the code. 

 

It would probably be possible to have a single self contained LUA script too, without the need for a global variable. All depends on how much time you want to spend learning LUA!

[Bips 0]

Thanks Tim, i think using global variables is the way to go.

 

Im new to the whole LUA code, just learning so trying to create one script is beyond me at this stage!!

 

 

[ppeterr 205]

Not sure if it's useful for your purpose, but I have a number of scenes for the lighting in a wide range of time.

Which are then switched on or off by a LUX measurement. In fact, lighting is never switched on unnecessarily then.

[Bips 0]

Thanks ppeterr

 

im just trying to get global variable to work.

 

I have HC2 in case that makes a difference in the way LUA works.

 

Have set global variables, called LightsOn and LightsOff, both set to 0

 

In this script im trying to set the global variable to 1 if the time of day is bewteen the two variables i have set in the script

 

 --[[
%% properties
%% events
%% globals
--]]

-- add global variable with name "Flag" and value 0 using global variable panel
local LightsOn     = fibaro:getGlobalValue("LightsOn")
local ct        = os.date("%H:%M",os.time())
local from_time = "17:15"
local to_time   = "07:15"

fibaro:debug(LightsOn)
fibaro:debug(ct)
fibaro:debug(from_time)
fibaro:debug(to_time)

local sourceTrigger = fibaro:getSourceTrigger()
--if sourceTrigger['type']=='property'then fibaro:debug("Scene run by motion")else fibaro:debug("Scene run manually")end
fibaro:debug("Step1")
   if ct >= from_time and ct <= to_time then
      fibaro:debug("Step2")
      fibaro:setGlobal("LightsOn","1")
      fibaro:debug(LightsOn)
--  else
--    fibaro:debug("Motion detect, but button already pressed once")
  -- end
  fibaro:debug("Step3")
end

 

 

At this stage i just want the script to acknowledge the current time is e.g 20:15 and to set the global variable to 1

 

If i can get it to do that , i can than have a another script which turns on the lights if the global variable is 1

 

It wont go to step 2, any ideas what i m doing wrong?