I’m trying to create an automation (flow) that turns on lights, based on the Darksky cloud coverage. It’s driving me crazy. It seems like the sun.sun offset doesn’t do anything. I’ve tried using EZTimer, Schedex, Trigger components and came accross this topic, but none of this works. The lights are turning on randomly during the day, nowhere near the offset of sun.sun.
This is what I’m trying to accomplish in Node red:
- If Darksky cloud_coverage >=51%, turn on lights based on sun.sun, with -00:45:00 offset.
- If Darksky cloud_coverage <=50% - >=6%, turn on lights based on sun.sun, with -00:25:00 offset.
- If Darksky cloud_coverage <=5%, turn on lights based on sun.sun, without offset.
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Does anyone have a clue what is wrong in my current automation? I’ve tried about eight different set-ups, and sad enough I’m running out of ideas.
Thanks in advance!
