# Unable to dim light to calculated value

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/unable-to-dim-light-to-calculated-value/11444>\
**Category:** Flows\
**Created:** [April 4, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unable-to-dim-light-to-calculated-value/11444 "2019-04-04T22:19:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![Alik\_Tabunov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alik_tabunov/32/8212_2.png) [@Alik\_Tabunov](https://community.homey.app/u/Alik_Tabunov)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unable-to-dim-light-to-calculated-value/11444/1 "2019-04-04T22:19:54Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to dim the light to thew value depends on environment luminosity. The flow doesn’t work and show error.  
Firmware 2.0.5

Does any body know what it could be?

 ![IMG_0310](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/3/30ee51dc08faf6cd8c2a7119e70230f4a98c3a1f.jpeg) ![IMG_0311](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/4/4a9a1839492472ef5142d7d22e4f6931bd8759cb.jpeg) ![IMG_0312](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/6/6898368ea813692b98349c406b62d75b57e791f7.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Caseda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caseda/32/138695_2.png) [@Caseda](https://community.homey.app/u/Caseda)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unable-to-dim-light-to-calculated-value/11444/2 "2019-04-04T22:58:57Z")

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Dim value van only be 2 decimals, so you’ll have to round them

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**Author:** ![Alik\_Tabunov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alik_tabunov/32/8212_2.png) [@Alik\_Tabunov](https://community.homey.app/u/Alik_Tabunov)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unable-to-dim-light-to-calculated-value/11444/3 "2019-04-05T00:36:51Z")

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How I can round it?

It looks so dummy for modern systems that device can’t round it on his own.

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**Author:** ![Alik\_Tabunov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alik_tabunov/32/8212_2.png) [@Alik\_Tabunov](https://community.homey.app/u/Alik_Tabunov)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unable-to-dim-light-to-calculated-value/11444/4 "2019-04-05T00:40:42Z")

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OK, I found the way but I really can’t imagine why the device driver can’t do that.

Thanks for advice.

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**Author:** ![Caseda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/caseda/32/138695_2.png) [@Caseda](https://community.homey.app/u/Caseda)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unable-to-dim-light-to-calculated-value/11444/5 "2019-04-05T07:11:10Z")

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You’ll have to send athom a support request for that as it is a build in capability of homey we developers can’t do anything about, and Athom doesn’t read along with this forum.

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**Author:** ![Simon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/simon/32/7900_2.png) [@Simon](https://community.homey.app/u/Simon)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unable-to-dim-light-to-calculated-value/11444/6 "2019-04-05T08:36:43Z")

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Care to share how you achieved this? I’ve got a topic on that I want this exact thing, i just dont know how to achieve it 😃

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**Author:** ![Alik\_Tabunov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alik_tabunov/32/8212_2.png) [@Alik\_Tabunov](https://community.homey.app/u/Alik_Tabunov)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unable-to-dim-light-to-calculated-value/11444/7 "2019-04-05T13:25:13Z")

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{{round((1000 - variable)/10)/100}}

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**Author:** ![Rocodamelshekima](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rocodamelshekima/32/8209_2.png) [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unable-to-dim-light-to-calculated-value/11444/8 "2019-04-05T14:39:07Z")

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Or {{round((1000-variable)/1000,2)}}

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**Author:** ![Alik\_Tabunov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alik_tabunov/32/8212_2.png) [@Alik\_Tabunov](https://community.homey.app/u/Alik_Tabunov)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unable-to-dim-light-to-calculated-value/11444/9 "2019-04-05T14:57:29Z")

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I’ve tried it doesn’t work for me. The result is always rounded to integer.

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**Author:** ![Rocodamelshekima](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rocodamelshekima/32/8209_2.png) [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unable-to-dim-light-to-calculated-value/11444/10 "2019-04-05T15:29:07Z")

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Can u show us ur round code?  
Because this works here:

![chrome_2019-04-05_17-29-36](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/5/5d1b4ffb55ae54bf9ad750a20906a43c02a9825e.png)  
And plz check for any spaces that don’t belong there 😉

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**Author:** ![Alik\_Tabunov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alik_tabunov/32/8212_2.png) [@Alik\_Tabunov](https://community.homey.app/u/Alik_Tabunov)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unable-to-dim-light-to-calculated-value/11444/11 "2019-04-05T16:19:21Z")

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Sorry, looks like it was my mistake, now it is working. Probably I’ve made a mistake yesterday. Their editor has a bugs so it’s hard to edit formulas.

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**Author:** ![Alik\_Tabunov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alik_tabunov/32/8212_2.png) [@Alik\_Tabunov](https://community.homey.app/u/Alik_Tabunov)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unable-to-dim-light-to-calculated-value/11444/12 "2019-04-05T16:20:35Z")

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By the way, do you know where I can find the list of all functions supported by the Homey logic?

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**Author:** ![Ruud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ruud/32/64214_2.png) [@Ruud](https://community.homey.app/u/Ruud)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/unable-to-dim-light-to-calculated-value/11444/13 "2019-04-06T08:42:35Z")

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I just posted a comment here how I dim the lighting to lux value  
klik [hier](https://community.homey.app/t/help-light-relative-to-luminance-flow/11347/2?u=ruud)
