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Turn light on 30 minutes before sunset with Blockly (Solved)

Posted: Thursday 20 October 2016 16:39
by jeroenvdpoll
Hello,

Not sure were to place this question.

Ik want to turn the lights in 30 minutes before sunset. (At sunset it is to late). How can I accomplish this with blockly? Currently I'm doing fine with blockly and don't want to invest in LUA.

Are there any tricks to accomplish this?

Regards,
Jeroen

Re: Turn light on 30 minutes before sunset with Blockly

Posted: Thursday 20 October 2016 19:42
by Egregius
Just use a timer, or go scripting and let your imagination go... :mrgreen:

Re: Turn light on 30 minutes before sunset with Blockly

Posted: Thursday 20 October 2016 20:36
by jeroenvdpoll
I don't want to invest in learning the LUA scripting language if it's not necessary. :shock:

This is basically the only thing I cannot figure out with purely using blockly.

Can you explain how to use a timer?

Re: Turn light on 30 minutes before sunset with Blockly (Solved)

Posted: Thursday 20 October 2016 21:06
by jeroenvdpoll
I figured it out:

Created a dummy switch and set time 30 before sunset to turn switch on, at sunrise (before sunrise 0 minutes) it turns off.

This dummy switch now controls the lights.

Thanks for setting me on the right track

Re: Turn light on 30 minutes before sunset with Blockly (Solved)

Posted: Sunday 01 January 2023 17:46
by lolomin
Hi,

I know this is a pretty very old post but could you please explain how you achieve to do an action xx minutes before sunset please ?

Regards,

Laurent

Re: Turn light on 30 minutes before sunset with Blockly (Solved)

Posted: Monday 02 January 2023 10:00
by waltervl
lolomin wrote: Sunday 01 January 2023 17:46 Hi,

I know this is a pretty very old post but could you please explain how you achieve to do an action xx minutes before sunset please ?

Regards,

Laurent
You do not need blockly for this but use the timer function (button Timer on device widget), see wiki https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Managing_ ... ice_Timers

Re: Turn light on 30 minutes before sunset with Blockly (Solved)

Posted: Monday 02 January 2023 15:41
by lolomin
waltervl wrote: Monday 02 January 2023 10:00
lolomin wrote: Sunday 01 January 2023 17:46 Hi,

I know this is a pretty very old post but could you please explain how you achieve to do an action xx minutes before sunset please ?

Regards,

Laurent
You do not need blockly for this but use the timer function (button Timer on device widget), see wiki https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Managing_ ... ice_Timers
Ah thks a lot, I didn't know this was possible directly with Timers in Domoticz.