[App][Pro] FlowBits

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Great app!

A flags widget where it is possible to select which flags to display would be nice. That would make it possible to group related flags in a more compact way than adding multiple single flag widgets.

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Thanks! I’ve just uploaded version 1.9 to test, this adds a filter setting to the flags widget. Due to restrictions in what kind of settings I can provide, I’ve used autocomplete to generate different kinds of combinations of flags.

Let me know what you think :slight_smile:

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It works like a charm :slight_smile:
Thanks for the quick response!

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Great! The update is now live in production :slight_smile:

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Hi,

I love your app and I’m trying to use it to consolidate my setup. My goal is to remove as many single-purpose apps as possible (like Sun Events or Circadian Lighting) to save RAM on my Homey.

I have a suggestion for a feature (or a set of cards) that would make this possible:

1. Advanced Solar Triggers with +/- Offsets

The native Homey solar cards are very limited (they don’t support positive offsets like “30 minutes after sunset”).

  • Proposal: A trigger card that allows a dynamic offset in minutes.

  • Logic: [Event: Sunrise/Sunset] with offset [+/- X minutes].

  • Value: This would allow us to delete the “Sun Events” app entirely.

2. Integrated Transition / Scaler Card (Circadian Logic)

I use “Circadian Lighting” just to get a value that transitions from 0 to 100 between two solar events.

  • Proposal: A card that calculates a percentage (0-100) based on a custom time window.

  • Configuration inside the card: The user should be able to pick the start and end points directly in the card settings:

    • Start Point: [Static Time] OR [Sun Event (Sunrise/Noon/etc.)] + [Offset]

    • End Point: [Static Time] OR [Sun Event (Sunset/etc.)] + [Offset]

  • Output: A tag representing the current progress (0-100%) within that window.

  • Trigger: A “When value changed” card to trigger updates for lights/blinds.

Have a wonderful christmass

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Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll look into it after Christmas, lot’s of work parties and stuff :slight_smile:

Many thanks for the donation by the way and have a wonderful Christmas also!

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Option 1 is simple one; use the default ‘Sunset before X minutes’ card and start a timer. I use the CountDown timer app but it’s now possible with the FlowBits timer.

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Example to activate the lights 20 minutes after Sunset;

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This is a very interesting app that simplifies various workflows. I’m not entirely sure how to implement everything yet, but I’m exploring all the cards..

How do you show these icons?

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This is what I have now.

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Thanks! You can go into the settings of the app to change the icon for each feature :slight_smile:

All font awesome icons are available. You can also read more at https://flowbits.nl

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Thanks, very well documented!

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Hi, i have no problem setuping this with other app :). Right now I am using it like this with SunEvents

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But what I am trying to accomplish is having as few apps as possible, because they are draining memory pretty fast and I don’t want to buy the new Homey Pro 2026 (I have the 2023 Pro and I am reaching 2GB limit)

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Hi, first happy new year to all :slight_smile: Can we have a filter setting option for MODES widgets as well just as for FLAGS? Thank you!

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@Zsolt_Hennel Sure, I’m on a little holiday now but I’ll add it to the list of things to do when I’m back :slight_smile:

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This looks like a great app. The morning, afternoon,evening,night modes are these times already set or do we have to set this ourselves using a flow?

Thanks

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@J273 Everything should be configured by yourself through flows, so you can customize it as you wish, that said… there are global tokens available with the current day period, based on commonly used timestamps.

I use this for my morning mode

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@Zsolt_Hennel I’ve just released v1.10.0 to test that has a new filter option for the modes widget :slight_smile: Please let me know if this is as you expected FlowBits | Homey

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@BasMilius thank you for the new release :+1: . Yes, this is what I was looking/asking for. Behavior is the same as of flags widget’s, so you have created a possible variants in alphabetical order and user can select one of these to display. I don’t know how much effort behind this magic, but thanks again. Other approach could be similar to Homey official widgets -like for e.g. Dashboard- where you can select the items as you wish and re-order them as you wish.

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Feature request

@BasMilius would it be possible for you to add functionality as Sets had?

I really liked the possibilities with sets; controlling e.g. ventilation fans:
If any of the bits/states in the Set is active the fan should run at 100%, else 20%.
And states would be button pressed (set state for 30 min), shower humidity (set another state in set for 10 min), and so on.

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@Anders_Gregow Could you create a feature request ticket on GitHub and explain the feature a bit more there? It looks nice.

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@Zsolt_Hennel A select would be great, but unfortunately, that is not possible for non-device values at the moment. This solution is basically me working around some limitations :slight_smile: