# Homey Pro (Early 2023) - Sunset Flows **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** flow, homey-pro\ **Created:** [April 29, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866 "2023-04-29T22:55:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Peter\_Hendrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_hendrix/32/8090_2.png) [@Peter\_Hendrix](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Hendrix)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866/41 "2023-05-16T20:15:27Z")
Why has this topic gone completely off-topic? Can we keep it clean and stick to the actual issue? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866/42 "2023-05-16T23:33:51Z")
I think Dirk explained exactly _two_ posts before yours: > [@DirkG](#): > > OT it is not really, because it became clear relatively quickly that the problem is not the trigger cards for the solar events, but Z-Wave connection problems. But the title could be adjusted … ~~- sunset flows~~ …- z-wave issues ---
**Author:** ![Ronny\_Staberg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronny_staberg/32/79224_2.png) [@Ronny\_Staberg](https://community.homey.app/u/Ronny_Staberg)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866/43 "2023-10-04T08:47:39Z")
Hi all, I am reasonably new to the Homey and coming from similar other smart home hubs. I would like to know if the “sunset” and “sunrise” trig issue has been resolved yet? I have the HP23 and have been struggling for a long time to get the sunrise or sunset to switch ON or Off some switches for lights but have not really got them to work reliably and have ended up using “a set time” to switch the lights On or Off. I find those “sunrise” and “sunset” triggers being the basic foundations in a smart home system so I am rather surprised that they have not been resolved. (Maybe they have been resolved but they do not work in my Homey Pro 2023.) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866/44 "2023-10-04T14:55:12Z")
A workaround is using the [Sun Events app](https://homey.app/en-gb/app/com.cyclone-software.sunevents/Sun-Events/). Which is much more flexible as well. > [@\[APP\]\[Pro\] Sun Events (Update SDK3)](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-sun-events-update-sdk3/71043): > > Good day all, After quite a lot of work (always more than you think) I have updated the SunEvents app from SDK 2 to SDK 3 to make sure it will work after 01.01.2023. I have also restructured it to make it easier to maintain. You can find here the test release: Please be sure that you are aware that this app can be buggy and can interrupt your workflows related to SunEvents. Please submit bugs to [Issues · magtimmermans/com.cyclone-software.sunevents · GitHub](https://github.com/magtimmermans/com.cyclone-software.sunevents/issues) Thanks and have a nice day. ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866/45 "2023-10-04T15:35:39Z")
> [@Ronny\_Staberg](#): > > but have not really got them to work reliably So far I haven’t read about any problems with the “sunrise” and “sunset” triggers not working **reliably**. Either they work or they don’t. So are you sure that the flows didn’t start, or did the switches possibly not react, e.g. because the connection to Homey was interrupted? Can you describe your problems in more detail. Can you share a flow? To check if the flow/s is/are triggered or not, you can add a timeline notification after the trigger card, like this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/c/dcd9b2291b5ef764665d8945ae6931fdd108e318.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ronny\_Staberg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronny_staberg/32/79224_2.png) [@Ronny\_Staberg](https://community.homey.app/u/Ronny_Staberg)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866/46 "2023-10-06T06:07:07Z")
Thank you “Peter\_Kawa” and “Fantross” for your replies. I have about 5-6 different light flows where sunset simply activates a switch for the light. My Sunset trigger is working some times but the Sunrise has not been working. After reading some more posts here on the forum I did a power off-waiting 10 minutes-power on of the Homey Pro and that seems to have made the Sunrise/Sunset to be working better. I have also tried the Sun Events app and that seems also to work very good. So it seems like I have managed to get the switches working as should. Again, thanks for your information and help. ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 9:35am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866/47 "2023-10-07T09:35:42Z")
Weird. If you still use the build-in flow cards for sunrise and sunset, so not the Sun Events app, and you notice problems again, please contact Athom without restarting Homey (PTP). You may need to send a diagnostic report to Athom so they can identify the problem. If you restart Homey then the internal log report will be cleared and Athom will no longer be able to detect an issue. To make the flows still work, you could duplicate the flows and use the Sun Events App instead. Please don’t forget to disable the originals flows. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Hendrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_hendrix/32/8090_2.png) [@Peter\_Hendrix](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Hendrix)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866/48 "2023-10-11T16:47:12Z")
For me personally the events work however, they do not trigger at the proper time. See my post about the trigger and the status of the sunrise/sunset a bit earlier in this thread. I have created a workaround for this for the time being. ---
**Author:** ![Markus1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/markus1/32/90431_2.png) [@Markus1](https://community.homey.app/u/Markus1)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866/49 "2023-12-19T16:26:13Z")
For me (HP23) “The sun rises in -60 minutes” and “The sun sets in 60 minutes” worked just fine for some months. And now all of a sudden since today they don’t trigger any more. So frustrating when you can’t rely on even those supposedly simple things… I will now try the mentioned “Sun Events” app. Just unfortunate I need another third party app… ugh… well… ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866/50 "2023-12-19T22:20:17Z")
No triggers at all, or do they trigger at other times? Do you have timeline notification cards added to those flows, to make sure if the flow really gets triggered or not? Maybe the device from the action card(s) doesn’t respond, but the trigger still works fine… Sometimes the timezone is ‘off’ and needs to be reset, by moving the Location pointer to another timezone, and after a minute or so, move it back to your location, or enter your address Otherwise, when you haven’t already, pull the plug for 5 minutes, it might help. Make sure to report it to Athom as well [https://homey.app/support](https://homey.app/support) This is just a user forum. ---
**Author:** ![Markus1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/markus1/32/90431_2.png) [@Markus1](https://community.homey.app/u/Markus1)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 8:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866/51 "2023-12-21T08:21:08Z")
Thanks @Peter_Kawa ! Super strange. It just did not work at the 19th december. The next day it worked again. Even though I did not touch the homey at all many days before the 19th december. So that apparently was a one time hiccup. Still annoying, because now I feel I can’t rely on it. So I decided to implement a fallback solution through the mentioned “Sun Events” App. So the flow now just looks like the following. The a, b, c, d notifications are just temporary for testing purposes. In fact I receive all four notifications daily now. As a said the problem only occured once. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/a/0/a0af9d86ec1e1e96cd738af4e89e71c9b00770be.png) ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866/52 "2023-12-21T15:01:57Z")
I don’t know when the times for sunrise and sunset are updated, but maybe there was a problem with the internet connection and the times couldn’t be updated? ---
**Author:** ![Markus1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/markus1/32/90431_2.png) [@Markus1](https://community.homey.app/u/Markus1)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866/53 "2023-12-21T18:25:53Z")
Yep, maybe something like that. Maybe the server where it’s requested from was down. Even though I think one could just request a whole year ahead. The sun’s movement luckily can be predicted probably until it’s imploding… in a few million/billion (?) years… ☠ If it were to happen again I’d contact the support. ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866/54 "2023-12-22T09:53:30Z")
I agree. The only question is if it will be done that way. Only Athom knows the answer, at least for its integrated function. You could also ask the app developer of the Sun Events app how he realized this. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Hendrix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_hendrix/32/8090_2.png) [@Peter\_Hendrix](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Hendrix)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866/55 "2024-02-18T21:13:33Z")
These events should not be updated but calculated. That is probably how it works so no internet required. ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 9:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866/56 "2024-02-19T09:47:27Z")
Thx for the info! [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-sunset-flows/79866.md?page=2)