Timer (x) minutes before sunset

[DespyNL]

Hi,

Is it possible to trigger a script (x) minutes before sunset?

I have some lights which I switch on at sunset. Sometimes it's already dusk so I would like to switch them a little earlier.
I could create a dummy switch with a timer, but I was wondering if this can also be done with Dzvents timer trigger.

[Milifax]

I use this in my Dzvents-script.
Basically LUA what Dzvents basically is as I understood.

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-- Only let the lights switch on if they are within a set time before sunset
        local HoursNow = tonumber(os.date("%H"));
        local MinutesNow = tonumber(os.date("%M"));
        local TimeInMinutesNow = MinutesNow + HoursNow * 60
       
        local SetTimeBeforeSunset  = timeofday['SunsetInMinutes']-150 -- 2 1/2 hour before sunset (150 minutes)
    
        if ( ......blablabla.... and  (TimeInMinutesNow > SetTimeBeforeSunset) and .....blabla.........) then
         .............

Hope this helps

[bimse]

my method.


return {

active = true,

on = {

timer = { '65 minutes before sunset'}
},

execute = function(domoticz)

if domoticz.time.matchesRule('65 minutes before sunset') then

domoticz.devices('Light Switch').switchOn().forMin(320)

end

[snuiter]

Please see the wiki page on DzVents as it offers many options to simplify you LUA scripts. For e.g. for the timers functions where with LUA you had to do calculations.

http://www.domoticz.com/wiki/DzVents:_n ... er_options

Just add one of the many timer options in the timer section : 'xx minutes before sunset', 'xx minutes after sunset', 'xx minutes before sunrise', 'xx minutes after sunrise'

My script for sunset

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return {
	active = true,
	on = {
        timer = {
            '40 minutes before sunset'
        },
	},
	execute = function(domoticz)
	        domoticz.setScene('woonkamer lampen','On')
	        domoticz.notify('','ACTION: sunset',domoticz.PRIORITY_LOW)
            domoticz.log('ACTION : Sunset', domoticz.LOG_INFO)
    end
}

[Toulon7559]

Simplest is to use the Timer linked to a Switch.
Go to Dashboard/ Switches, select the desired Switch, select Timers, and then you have plenty of choices, relative to fixed clocktime, relative to sunrise, relative to sunset, related to certain days, incl./excl. ambiguity, etc.

[DespyNL]

I've read the manual, but I totally missed the 'xx minutes before sunrise' part.
Thanks for all the help!