[SOLVED] Noob question: how to switch lights after powefailure

[Sjonnie2017]

Hi All,

I wanted to create a Blockly to switch of all ZiBee lights after a power failure or a brown-out. As it happens all my ZigBee devices turn on after a power failure which is a nuisance when I am not at home.

I created the following Blockly:



EDIT: Changing the "or" to "and" made the blockly work

It works (or I think it does) when the sun has not set. Unfortunately the script switches of the lights even if the sun is set

Any help greatly appreciated

Greetz,

Sjonnie

[kuifje]

Sjonnie,

If there is a sunrise there will be no sunset at the same time.
When there is a sunrise you need to connect a timestamp or a user variable to this action. This way no action will take place after sunrise.
For example: if sunrise and time is >7:00 and user variable sunrise =0 set user variable =1 and lights off. if then sunset and time = 23:00 and user variable =1 set user variable=0
I hope this gets you in the right direction and correct me if i am wrong with this example.

Kuifje

[Sjonnie2017]

Hi,

Thanks for your support. I changed the blockly a bit different than you suggested after reading some other completely unrelated thread. I changed it to:

Time > Sunrise and Time < Sunset and Plafond Haard is on

It is now well after sunset and I turned on the specified light. All other lights stay on now. Will have to wait till tomorrow to test is the blockly works when the sun has risen or set. Let's see what happens

EDIT: The thread/post I was referring to: https://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopi ... 09#p231492

[mrf68]

Because of the “or” between sunrise and sunset, this will always be true. When it’s 23:00h, it’s not < sunset, but it is certainly > sunrise. When it’s 03:45h, it’s not > sunrise, but definitely < sunset. So, if I’m correct, this will always switch the scene when Plafond Haard is turned on.

[Sjonnie2017]

Because of the “or” between sunrise and sunset, this will always be true. When it’s 23:00h, it’s not < sunset, but it is certainly > sunrise. When it’s 03:45h, it’s not > sunrise, but definitely < sunset. So, if I’m correct, this will always switch the scene when Plafond Haard is turned on.

You are right That's why I changed the "or" to "and". I noticed this change made the lights stay on after sunset (as they were supposed to) and I planned to test today before sunset. Unfortunately I was literally 5 minutes too late Testing will be tomorrow I suppose...

[Sjonnie2017]

I was on time this time

Changing the "or" to "and" did the trick. Lights switch off nicely when "Plafond Haard" is on between sunrise and sunset.

Up to the next blockly (basically the same routine but then during nighttime)

Greetz,

Sjonnie