And the app is installed.
But did you add the device from the circadian lighting app itself?
Please show a screenshot of that. If not, add that device with my instructions above. Once that device is present, the app and flowcards should show up.
I see, I did not realize it needed to be treated as a device. It shows up now.
Thank you so much for your help!
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Hi Torch,
Would you mind looking at what I have and see if you see anything that I did wrong? Iâm have trouble with the color not changing. See Attached.
I copied your example for the dimming and color changing, but neither one worked. On the dimming (Dim to card) I changed it from what you had âDim levelâ to âBrightnessâ and got the light to dim.
On the color rendering I can not seem to get that to work, would you mind looking at this snap shot and see if you see anything wrong? Also Iâm not sure that the Circadian Zone card in in automatic or manual.
Thanks for your time!
That way, the brightness will only change if circadian zone triggers a new brightness level (not if zone 6 becomes active, in that case that tag âbrightnessâ is not known). If you use the dim level (capability) of the zone itself (in the tag picker donât choose the tag from the action card, but search for circadian zone and use the dim-level), the correct dim-level will bet set in bot cases.
For the color cards you have to investigate in which format (0-1, 0-360, 0-6500, etc.) your light has to be set. It differs between light-devices. It depends on that if, and if so, which conversions you have to do in the flow.
The circadian zone card are automatically triggered if one of the values (dim or Color) change. That way of course the card will not trigger if it is night.
Hi Torch1969,
I know youâre not the creator of this app, but you have been very helpful in the past and seem to be knowledgeable of code as well, I have a small problem, I have two types of tunable lights one is Wise downlights that work perfectly. The others are Tapco bulbs in my chandelier, the chandelier bulbs are turning on by themselves when the app is triggering color and dimming up or down in the mornings and afternoons.
Can you think of a fix or workaround to stop the Tapco bulb from turning itself on during the Circadian period?
Thank you for your time!
Most lights will turn on when you set a dim value >0.
I check if the light is on before the dim/color is set from this app
And if the device is turned on, I also set the dim again. But the light will start with the latest dim value, so perhaps to bright.
The minimum setting in the App is 40% and the maximum is 100%, but I have 0-100 in the flow, not 0-100%, could that be the problem?
Just like RonnyW is explaining and as you can see in my example flows. Only send dim value to a light if light is already on.
If you want to solve the problem that light is to bright or dimmed when you put it on, lookup the current dim value in circadian device a send it to the light right after putting it on.
Thanks,
I was able to fix the problem with a âIs turned onâ card.
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Thank you for the latest update a new flow cards to change the circadian device mode. It would be nice to have a flowcard, which can be used as trigger if the mode changed.
My use case:
I added adaptive lightning using the circadian light device. But it should only be used on my lights, if the mode is adaptive. Hereâs a screenshot:
If the mode is switched to manually or night, I would like to trigger a change of lights in zones to standard dim/temp/color.
Can you add the trigger cards for mode changes to the app?
Can someone explain to me what the latest update even dose? I donât understand.
Hi! Nice to see there is continued development with this app.
One thing I would like to see is to be able to set sunrise warmth in advanced settings. Today it is possible to set noon warmth and sunset warmth, but no way to set sunrise warmth (the initial warmth in the morning). I would ususally like a higher color temperature in the morning than in the evening.
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@Brian_Chaney There is an additional Then-card to be able to set the mode. For example switch between night and adaptive mode via a flow.
So is it posable to run both cards for a single zone of lights? If so, what is the times that the adaptive and night mode? Do they over lap it the time? Or dose the adaptive run and then after some time the night run?
Thank for your time!
As far as I know, you set the mode manually, it is not changed automatically at a specific time. With the new version you can set the mode from a flow that can of course start whatever time you set it to.
Hi everyone,
While testing replacing my hue bridge by Homey this forum helped me a lot, and I would like to share with you what I did.
I tried to copy the short press (change colors) & long press (change brightness) including the time dependance on those parameters with Circadian.
Because itâs a test I use a Hue smart button without the bridge and a E27 W&C with the bridge (but I tested it also without the bridge and it works well)
Sorry the screenshots are in french but here are the explainations :
1- First a manual command to parameter Circadian to automatic
2- Short press :
âIf light is ON and I did not make a short press during the last 5sec then put it OFF
âIf light is OFF then put it ON and go to the brightness&temperature trigger & reset the light mode
âIf light is ON and I made a short press less than 5sec ago then go to the brightness&temperature trigger & do not reset the light mode
âBrightness&temperature trigger if reset light mode is ON then reset a variable to 0, else increment and if it is 8 replace with a 0 (8 light mode), then if it is 0 set brightness & temperature with Circadian values, if it is not 0 calculate new temperature & keep brightness. Then start the 5sec timer used before
3- Long press:
âIf light is ON & transitions are not already running then start a transition 5% to 100% during 10sec, 1sec by step
âIf rising transition then set brightness to step value and check if it is the end of the transition, if so lauch the falling transition
âIf falling transition, ⊠same as before
âIf button is released then stop transitions and the light
If you see something wrong or could be made easier please let me know,
And if it can help Iâm happy to help 
Thank you, great app.
I use it for my entrance light.
and triggering dimming up and down if my outdoor hue sensor is activated.
The Note to timeline is usually not connected and updating my timeline, that would âspam a lotââŠ.I used it in the beginning to check if it did do what I wanted.
Works flawless for my setup
First, great app, I used it for almost all my lightning.
I had a great idea, but ran into a limitation of the app.
So I have this scenario:
In my bathroom, after sundown the Circadian Lightning app starts affecting the lights, which is absolutely great. But once in a while I need more light, then the circadian lightning app âallowsâ.
So I have a hue dimmer in the bathroom, and if I turn it clockwise and any of the lights is on, that light dims relatively +10%. That works great and goes to 99% or 100%.
So all good until now.
So tonight I was shaving, and I noticed that the lightning at 100% but really soft / yellow / high temperature is not actually that great.
So I thought, that I can add to the dimflow that âand dim level is greater then 99%â lower the temperature with every click on the dimmer, until it is as âcoldâ as I want it.
ButâŠ. (and now for my real question / enhancement request)
I can not relative decrease the temparature with x percent.
(I know it is possible to have a logic card, if temp is higher then x set to x-0.05. But that would entail adding something like 30 additional cards to the flow)
It would be lovely to be able to either get the exact temperature value, pipe that to Better Logic, do a calculation, then use that value to set the temperature, but I have no idea how to do that.
It would be even better if you could add a card that (like dim) set a relative temperature. (so + or - x percent).
So in recap, can you add a âset relative temperatureâ card. Or can I somehow pick up the current temperature?
