I live to the west of a tall mountain. I have a motorized shade on my eastern facing window. I’d like to lower the shade as the sun hits the window and not before because it’s pretty occlusive to the view. Seems easy, eh? Well, here’s the hitch. In the height of the summer the sun comes up over…

I’d create a formula based on week number vs offset and use that in a template trigger.

How is the light level in the room during the time you want the shade to be lowered? I would assume it would be the same, no matter the time of year. If this is the case, you could probably use a sensor that measures lux levels, then trigger on that. You would obviously would need to exclude ligh…

A lux sensor on the window would be the better option as it would prevent lowering the shade on overcast days.

So reading into the template trigger, I think that’s exactly what I had in mind. If I’m reading the documentation correctly, I should be able to create a bunch of nested if-then-else statements based on time of year and time of day to arrive on a false-true transition when I want the shade to come …

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There’s a thread about setting up a sensor based on the orientation of your window and the sun’s azimuth… [image] Sensor to identify sun's entry into window - blind trigger Configuration I have been trying to work out a formula that would give me data on when to close my …

Automation Triggers based on formula that includes sunrise

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Didgeridrew November 16, 2022, 2:35am 7

There’s a thread about setting up a sensor based on the orientation of your window and the sun’s azimuth…