Hi, this is an excellent blueprint and saving me a lot of work!
In the âDynamic Lighting - Ambient Light Sensorâ section, it only allows for individual lux sensors, is it possible to add a helper as a trigger please?
I have created an arithmetic mean helper from the 2 lux sensors I have in the room which I think would give a better indication of the levels.
It all realy depends on your sensors, your sensors reporting, your settings if they are to tight etc, sun elevation data, light transition, your heartbeat etc. There are a lot of factors.
If it is just a light that comes ON and goes OFF in a short time frame and you would just like it to adjust to the starting data, then you can set your heartbeat to a long time. This way it will take the initial reading (depending on your data and how old it it) and set the lights.
You can also still use the settings in the light control. If you are using dynamic brightness then in the light control you can still use colour temp and transition. If you are using dynamic colour temp then in the light control you can still use brightness and transition.
Because we can always use transition in the light control to help dynamic lighting this will also help you make it smooth.
There are so many factors because of all the sensors that are out there and all the settings you have to play with. It can be a bit tricky to get it right to what you would like and it may just not work how you would like it but I am hoping it will.
The light will turn OFF after your âBy-pass - Time Delayâ. When you turn ON the bypass the previous âTime Delayâ is cancelled.
There is one thing to look out for and that is if you are only using scenes or scripts with no entity⊠you must have an entity in âLights - Switches - Scenes - Scriptsâ and or âNight Lightsâ if that is the case too.
Just update the blueprint with the blue import blueprint again or use the GitHub url of this blueprint when using âImport Blueprintâ in HA. HA will automaticity install the url for you. URL below for your convenience. Go to settings / automations & scenes / blueprint tab at top / import blueprint / then copy paste the url below in / preview and you should have an override blueprint button if all is correct. if so click it and you will have the url so you can use the new update feature into the future.
I think you are saying you would like to use your arithmetic mean helper as the lux sensor. As long as it report in numeric state you can use it. Just enter in a lux sensor any one will do, then click on the 3 dots top right select edit in yaml, look for the lux sensor you just added in and replace it with your arithmetic mean helper entity ID. Click save and your done.
Hey @Blacky , thanks for pointing that out, Iâve been playing the 1000 possibilities up and down for a month now, but itâs the switched on light that changes my lux value positively by a whole 13lux. My first technique was to set the heartbeat high, but then I just get a change far too late in changeable cloudy weather that it puts the whole technique offside. As my sensor is very fast, I decided to go to 0.25-0.5 heartbeat.
My dimming value of the lamp is at 0% - 40%
My maximum value is 42lux/40% and ends at 71lux/0%
This results in 71lux - 42lux = 29lux/40pp, as the light is also for 13lux as mentioned above, it starts immediately and then jumps through its own light like a madman, which is logical. Sure, I can now increase the range between 42lux - 71lux, but then I have to increase the % value again and the cat bites its tail (itâs a German saying when youâre going round in circles ).
If you could set the offet value of your lamp, it would somehow all make more sense. Now letâs imagine that everything remains the same, the weather, the position of the sun, the external reflections, i.e. the lux value is 50 and the light switches on with the value it would take at a value of 50. The next moment, however, the light value is at 63lux and this is only due to the light being switched on, in which case it would immediately adjust again. The offset value must be included in the calculation, otherwise it would keep adjusting itself and the biggest adjustment comes from switching the light on.
sorry a lot of text, very unsorted and then also in bad english.
thank you for always caring, itâs crazy how you always get it all through your head.
Because we can use the transition in the light control options try using this. The slider will only allow you to set 5 / 30 seconds but just type the number in and click save. You say your sensor is fast and that is great . Not sure how fast it is but if it is instant then try using 180 seconds = 3 min in both then play around with it and see what happens. You can also play around with the heartbeat and see what happens now the transition is slow. The heartbeat has to be faster than the transition or transition will do nothing. Set heartbeat to 0.25 and then adjust from there.
I have made some graphs for the new sun elevation feature used in Dynamic Lighting. Hopefully this will give you a better understanding of the settings. You can bring the start and end to be closer together or your can expand them out. You can also adjust the colour temps and brightness %. It is all up to you and what you would like to do. I think graphs just tell a thousand words. Hope this helps you to better understand sun elevation in Dynamic Lighting.
The setting in these graphs were.
Max Brightness Value = 100%
Min Brightness Value = 30%
Max Colour Temperature = 6500 k
Min Colour Temperature = 2000 k
Sun Elevation Rising - Start Point = 1.5 deg
Sun Elevation Rising - End Point = 35 deg
Sun Elevation Descending - Start Point = 35 deg
Sun Elevation Descending - End Point = 4.0 deg
The lowest you can go in elevation is -10.0 deg below this it will return your minimum settings.
Not listed and when I had set it at the time, the lamps no longer switched off. So the switch-off command was executed and the lamp was still on at about 2%. But try it again.
I also set the min. lux value to = 20lux to reduce the range of the brightness value to be changed in relation to the individual lux counters. Itâs probably really the missing transition that makes it seem strange to me.
Hi @Blacky, thanks for building an awesome blueprint!
Iâd like to request 2 enhancements if possible, please:
The ability to disable the global Time Delay, so that a light will stay on indefinitely if triggered.
Allow the time conditions to use the built-in Sun entities (e.g. Sunrise & Sunset), so that we can allow automations based on Sunrise/Sunset schedule. Example Template.
The scenario Iâm trying to build is for the lights in my main kitchen and dining area.
Iâd like the Motion Sensor to trigger the kitchen lighting scene between 30mins before Sunset and midnight.
This time is the main meal preparation and eating time, so the lights should remain on, even if thereâs no movement detected.
Then, later in the evening the Nightlight schedule opens and the lights are allowed to switch on and off based on movement.
Then, the whole automation is off (conditioned) after midnight.
I know I can configure this with multiple automations, but it would be nice to have it contained into a single control.
I understand that you can not use a physical connected switch as a by-pass.
However isnât it possible to use a timed on/off/on/off sequence of such a switch to configure a state of a virtual on/off switch. the last one could be used as a condition for the by-pass.
In that case: to pauze the automation: turn light two times (within 10 sec) on and off. And to restart automation. do the same.
You can use a physical switch as long as it is not your light switch.
I have thought about it but best to have separate switch for this as it will upset the automation⊠so then if you have a separate switch just use the by-pass⊠I have gone down a few rabbit holes and one day I will find that rabbit and it wont even be in the hole⊠it will be directly in fount of me.
I have looked at your yaml⊠thanks. With your set up the automation will not run because you are using devices in âLights - Switches - Scenes - Scriptsâ you need to expand down to entities. Click Here on the how to.
Looks like you would like to also use night lights. You will need to input your lights as entities in also in âNight Lightsâ.
TIP: You can paste your yaml in the forum. use the </> button then paste it in there as it will keep its format.
But I have another issue. In fact, I was using an old automation inside Hue app. I have deleted it, and the room.
Now, I realize that the blueprint has never been executed. It is marked: last trigger / never. I donât have any log.
@blacky I can run the Sensor Light automation manualy but I canât trigger it with my Hue Motion Sensor. This sensor is already used in another automation with success. I donât understand why I canât trigger your blueprint with it.
Yaml. automation reloaded after saving.
really the right motion sensor above
perhaps it has to be the other way round?
edit: just on the way, the other way round may also be wrong.
look at the sensor, hue always has 2 sensors, one does not change.