set dimmer value at certain time without turning on light

[jrich523]

I'd let to set the lights dim level but not turn the light on.

so for example if its between 11pm and 7am, set the dim lvl to 20% on a group of lights (i dont care if i have to do each individually)

Basically if i turn any on in the middle of the night with the switch, i want to make sure im not blinded.

I guess really i want to set a property of a z-wave device because another neat thing would be to control my GE Switches Night Light mode, which would be neat to switch based on time.

I guess since im starting out i'd like to do this all via blocky, but if i cant im sure i can figure out lua pretty quickly.

thanks

[Egregius]

Don't think it's possible to set the level without switching.
You could use a script that's set the value to 20% if the value is higher than that during night hours.
Downside of this is that you could never set the lights higher than that.

[meel4chris]

Hi,

this is exactly what I try to achieve as well!
I have been trying several things (using S2 switch on dimmer, etc) but no good solutions so far..
Did you or someone find a solution for this?

regards,
Christian

[Egregius]

Using a second switch should be easy to do this.
S1 normal behavior
S2 predefined level
Sounds easy, in pass2php that would be:

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if($status=='On')sl('dimmer',20); 

[kllngtme]

Anyone have any luck with this? I've been trying to figure this out as well.

[elmortero]

I don't think you need a second switch, just use setlevel instead of switch on, with the desired level at that time of day. In your the script that switches on put some if the s that determine the level it should be .