Global Home / Away "flag" for flows.

Eternity

It would be great to have a global "state" flag / marker to make flows more functional.

Let me try to explain:
 When home I have Homey control my lights and blinds according to motion and daylight status et cetera.
This is great...if I am home..

If I am not at home,  I would like to have a complete different event system become active. If a motion sensor is triggered I don't want a light to turn on, but I want the alarm to be triggered and all lights to blink red and the curtains opened!

In *ALL* flows it would be something like:
- do all the following IF [flag 1 = true]
- forget all the previous stuff, but do THIS if [flag 1 = false]  is home.

What I aim for is the possibility to 'flip a switch' to allow Homey to do complete different flows if I am away or home.
A workaround would be to rewrite all Flows for the state "home" and load these as the standard set, and rewrite all flows for the state 'vacation' and load these when you're not home. And a post-it on you're pasport to load the correct Homey Flow set ;-)

Next step would be to link this "flow selecting option" to Google Calender event: Homey will switch to the correct state (home / working / holiday) automatically :-)


BTW
In Domoticz the option is partially implemented. You can set a 'holiday' status, which will allow for a different set of Events (=flows) to be triggered. What that option does not allow, is having a certain event (=flow) do different actions depending on the Timer Plan.

bvdbos

You can use a variable as a "flag" or wouldn't that work? Like a boolean-variable "homeis1awayis0" if homeis1awayis0 = 1 ?

GeurtDijker

I guess it is already implemented 
You can choose between two presents cards in the ...and.... column 

Eternity

Probably.../...maybe....

The thing is, the flow itself would have to be able to execute completely different actions, depending on the " state" (home/work/away). 

For the discussion, lets pretend the state "sunset" in a flow; when "sun is set = true" you want your lights switched on, when "the sun is not set" the light should be off. We only want this to happen IF you're home. If you are not home, all but 1 light may stay off.

I was thinking of a marker / flag / perhaps even colour code PER FLOW.

So:

• the white flows are always triggered (not dependent on a 'state')
• the blue flows are only triggered if a/b/c are home.
• the yellow flows are triggered if [whatever you can think off] 

GeurtDijker

You always have one set of executions in a flow. You can't switch to do something else.
If you want different activities you create a second flow, maybe with the same trigger.
So, example 
Motion detected -> and someone home -> lights on
Motion detected -> and nobody  home -> alarm on

As both conditions can be true at the same time it functions as the if / else. 

As far  as I can see everything you want is possible now.
There is a trigger sunset, and condition someone is home.... 
And you could use the condition time it's after sunset with an other trigger....

posthok

With geofencing it is possible to turn on/of flows.

Eternity

Great.... seems possible.
Thanks for the suggestions! and feedback!


BTW
Hope the Better Logic App is operational again soon (saving variables), I want to start using those for my flows!

GeurtDijker

You can download and install Better Logic localy as a workaround:
https://forum.athom.com/discussion/comment/23302/#Comment_23302
it works here....