ADV flow for namron wheel dimmers

Questions & Help
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Hi there,

I got an issue with advanced homey pro flow, trying to set my Namron (Wheel) dimmers to turn off and on at certain times of the day. And give various light settings.

Could someone offer me assistance to why this adv flow doesn’t work?

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What do you think that (for example) the top automation does?

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Hopefully it means; when device X is turned off → and when the time is between X and Y → the device X turns on → device X sets dimming power to XY% of power.

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And what exactly doesn’t work?

Also, “when device X is turned off” can mean two things:

  1. the current state of the device is “off”
  2. someone, or something, turned the device off

The card only reacts on the second.

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Well it doesn’t turn on or off at specific hours as my intensions were. Instead nothing happens.

is this correct?

  1. Time X - turn on - set dim power
  2. Time Y - turn off

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No, as you are missing the WHEN/trigger card.

Maybe you could explain first what you are trying to achieve.
Turn on the lights at 6 in the morning and turn them off at 11 in the evening?

If so, then you have to use the corresponding ‘The time is…’ date/time WHEN-card, e.g.:

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Homey has three types of cards:

  • WHEN: these react on events (like a light being turned on, or at a specific time) and start a flow
  • AND: these can be used after a flow has started, to check for particular conditions (a light is on, the time is between X and Y, etc)
  • THEN: these perform actions, like turning on a light, or dimming a light.

The “The time is between 06:00 and 23:00” card is a condition (AND) card, so that will not start your flow. You need a WHEN card for that, as @SunBeech also explained.

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Thank you so much / Danke u zeer! That really helped a lot.

I think this made it work:

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A hint: often when you dim a light, it doesn’t need the “turn on” command prior to that.

It’s not valid for all Homey supported lights, so you should just try and see for yourself.

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Hi guys, thank you so much for your help. It now turns on at X time and sets dimmer to XY and turns off at time Y.

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