Feature Request: flux start_time="sunrise"

Feature Requests
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I wake up early and have my phone/computers set to adjust their screen temperature at sunrise/sunset. I’m also having to work from home for a few months in an “office” with no window.

I setup home assistant (hassio) with flux to control the light temperature in my “office” and it works fine during the day and in the evening. I would like it to transition the lights at roughly the same time my computers do (sunrise).

Would it be possible to add an option to make the start_time be sunrise? I think this should be relatively easy since you already get sun events for sunset.

homeassistant/components/flux/switch.py

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The same component that gives you a sunset event also gives you a sunrise event (ditto dusk and Dawn plus others,) read the sun.sun documentation.

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And the Flux component is a Switch, you simply omit start and stop time and enable/disable Flux using an automation based on sun component‘s events.

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So I’m not interested in turning on or off the lights automatically; I’m interested in the light temperature being set.

If I turn on the light before sunrise, it should be the previous temperature set at sunset. My issue is that the start_time for flux is a fixed time. At present I have to adjust the flux config periodically as sunrise changes.

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I did come across that component, it’s not clear how to actually install it for my setup (raspi3 where I loaded the hass.io image).

Flux is in the core with clear documentation on how to use it.

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It’s custom.

Start with HACS and install it from the HACS interface.

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I’m not dismissing your feature request, simply pointing you towards an immediate solution. Feature requests usually take time to make it into builds.

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I didn’t entirely suggest that you turn the light on or off but the automation at sunrise can check if the light is on and adjust the temperature, or you can set a desired temp in an input number and when the light comes on it looks at that.
The reason I offered this was because you specifically asked for a sunrise event just like the sunset. Perhaps your question was not clear enough. (so far you’ve read 8m)
Alternatively use the circadian as Petro suggests.

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That‘s what I said. By turning on switch.flux, light temperature of configured lights is adjusted. Turning the lights on or off can be done independently

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