Setting up a flow wit nest protect and Philips Hue

Bluesy

Hi all, being new with the Homey and moving from my Vera (that was way to buggy) im happy to say this seems a lot simpler and flexible (after getting my devices unpaired and then paired here), but im trying to create a flow and need a little inspiration/help to get it done

When my nest detects a smoke i want it to flash a Specific philips hue lamp in orange until the smoke is cleared and when cleared i want it to go back to its original state, on/off and color

So far i got a flow where to nest sends a smoke alarm, the Hue turns orange and flashes for a short while (done with 2 blink the light long)

But i want it to stay on until the alarm is cleared or canceled on the Nest and when cleared or canceled i want it to return to the original state.

Anyone who can help with this one? as i want a visual alarm for when it is needed.

lubbertkramer

Many examples available on the forum with different case but same solutions but you can do: 

Flow 1: Triggered by alarm -> Then set light orange or use set variable alarm true
Flow 2: Triggerd by alarm off -> then set light white or use set variable alarm false
Flow with variable 1  (optional) Triggerd by change variable alarm true -> Then set light orange
Flow with variable 2  (optional) Triggered by change variable alarm false -> Then set light white

Benefit of using variables you can re-use the flows  

Bluesy

Im testing this flow, it should only run when a smoke alarm is on and the Hue is on, and consists of several flows now.

But when i press test it runs the flow no matter if the Hue lamp is one or off, is this just the way the Flow testing works, or am i missing something?

When testing a flow where another flow should also run, is there a way to test such a series of flows? for me it seems like they don't start each other during tests

Bluesy

After some time i found the reason, i changed this flow and started it in the original flow instead (lots of learning)