Hi all, I’ve been trying to create a flow and system that would gradually turn on my lights with my alarm, but I’m having trouble fitting all the moving pieces together with Flows as it seems like Homey Pro is missing some critical pieces to make it work. iOS Shortcut to set alarm To set an ala…

I don’t have all the answers. But for your inspiration: The standard Homey ‘Alarms’ has trigger-cards ‘one hour before alarm goes off’ etc. I want to leave for work at 8:10. So I set an alarm in homey at 8:10. One hour before the alarm goes off the heating turns on and a wakeup light dims from 0…

Thank you Wim! I tried using that functionality but there was no way to set it via a flow - from what I understand is that the alarm can only be set via HomeyScript. I also can’t find conclusive documentation from Athom on this topic. Do you know? :blush:

I have not yet, thanks for linking me! Looks promising indeed!

Hi Wim, Timey indeed did the trick - I got it working! Thanks a lot for the help. :blush:

I’m currently stuck on the same task. Would you be so kind as to describe your solution in a little more detail here? …that would be great!

Hi @quellenform , sure - I ended up implementing a system that communicates from Shortcuts to Homey via Webhooks. Attached, the images of the flows I’m using to store and trigger the alarms for the next day. Let me know if you have any specific questions! [Screenshot 2025-01-04 at 17.11.09] [Scr…

Cool, thanks for sharing this workflow!..but I would replace the picture with your Homey ID if I were you :wink:

Is the card “Dim to x% during x minutes” specific to your device? …I can’t see that with my light bulbs.

It comes with the Philips Hue integration, I didn’t have this option with other lightbulbs. Maybe you’re not using Hue’s? :blush:

Gradual Light Alarm with iPhone

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Wim_Post December 1, 2024, 10:16pm 4

I don’t have any problems with enabling an alarm and adjusting the time in homey but I understand that is a no-go for you.
Have you checked the Timey app?

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