Idea how to automatically turn on the lights when it gets dark

[LastSamurai]

Hi, I am using dzVents (great piece of software!) with my domoticz controller to control a set of MySensors devices. I have several RGBW lights in my bed room and a light sensors.
Currently I can only manually (or via an amazon echo) control these lights. As I am using them nearly every day once it gets dark (which is already before sunset!) I really want to automate this.

The idea would be to automatically turn on the lights based on a certain light level send from the sensor (even better version would be to do it in smaller steps). The problem though is that at a certain point I want to go to sleep and the lights have to stay off then. Any idea how to (logically) structure this so that I can create a script for this?

[pvm]

One option could be to add a virtual switch 'lights -off' in a blockly statement. You can switch this when you go to sleep and switch it back when it is light again or at timer st 10.00.

[freijn]

Not sure if you know this but:
I am using 10 min after sundown as a switch on. It adjusts perfectly during the summer.
Only disadvantage on a dark clouds day, it could be a few min earlier..

[LastSamurai]

Thanks for your help. For now I am using a virtual switch to indicate when the script should to its work.

[dutchdevil83]

I use a virtual LUX sensor created with the Wunderground plugin. Then i wrote a script that looks at the outside light (when below 2000lux then) also look at te time (when it`s >16 hour) and look at a variable (when lightonceaday = 0) when all of this is true then turn on the lights (and make the uservariable lightonceaday = 1 (to prevent switching the light more then once a day). Don`t forget the reset this uservariable to 0 on 3 oclock in the midday or something like that.

[EdwinK]

Could you post the script? For the outside lamp I now use the 'on before sunset' and 'off at sunrise' in the device settings, but if it visibility gets low I want it to turn on as well.

(Im not a scripter, so if it involves heavy scripting, then I need to forget it)

[Derik]

mm perhaps wait untill dzevent is build in domoticz..
new version should be work better then the v1

[dutchdevil83]

Could you post the script? For the outside lamp I now use the 'on before sunset' and 'off at sunrise' in the device settings, but if it visibility gets low I want it to turn on as well.

(Im not a scripter, so if it involves heavy scripting, then I need to forget it)

Do you have already a outside lux sensor created from the "weather hardware" ? It involves some scripting skills and some trial and error to get things functioning the way you want sometimes but that`s way i learned it also

[Misterik]

I am using the following blocky /lua-scripts:

To determine the lux value with the weatherunderground api https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Real-time ... _sensor.... I am also working on a mysensor project to measure my own lux-value, because some rooms with no windows or just one window need light before rooms with a lot of windows.

The following to determine if it is already dark

is het donker.jpg (88.44 KiB) Viewed 5852 times

And another blocky to turn on lights. I currently looking into the feature to turn on the lights gradually

lampen aan.jpg (116.88 KiB) Viewed 5838 times

[dannybloe]

Now, if someone creates a Blockly to dzVents converter, that would be awesome (and I don't think very hard to do).

[JuanUil]

Hi There,

I have made a LUA script to do exactly what you want.
viewtopic.php?f=38&t=14237
good luck and have fun with it.

Jan