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Flows - predefined states and manual triggers
Hi All,
At this point all my lights and music in the house are done automaticly by homey and it works really nice. I've set it up in such a way, that my house is in a state (for example "everyone sleeping", "movie time", "normal afternoon at home") and all devices react differently due to these states. E.g. During "normal afternoon at home" the lights won't go on, During "everyone sleeping" only some nightlights will turn on but dimmed etc.
This is all working great! However, sometimes I would like to differentiate a little from these set states and want to turn on something manually. Except this is not possible now, because now Homey see this difference and when a trigger is triggered (movement sensor etc.) homey re-enstates the state that is applicable. So in other words, sometimes I simply want to overrule homey for certain devices. I am curious how everyone include this in his/her flows?
Thanks all for the help/ideas in advance!
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Perhaps create an extra state called 'manual' or 'override'. This stops all other states/flows (perhaps by using the App Candy) and let's you alter the current settings.
I was thinking about this one too. I hoped there were other idea's, that would be more straightforward. Because this means that I need to do 2 actions, of 1 is not straightforward with people who do not know my house.
Not sure if I am pointing you in the right direction, but perhaps try to (mis)use the App State Control
The idea behind it is that a state can be triggered via various triggers, but the manual mode has higher priority. I used this in my bathroom; lights were lit by movement, but I also was able to overrule the automatic switching by manually pressing the light switch.
So - in your case - if someone alters a switch, it overrides all other settings.
Good luck!