Hi guys,

I'm new to Indigo, so please forgive me if this is an easy one...

I would like to set up a date/time trigger that only fires only if a certain set of lights is off. The way I see it, I have to define a variable that gets set to a on/off value every time that light gets used, and then check the trigger against that variable.

What I would love to do is use the light itself as a variable. Like "if livingroom lights brightness = 0, then trigger action."

Does this have to be done in Applescript, or is there a way in Indigo 2 that I'm not seeing?

Thanks,
Dan

editordz wrote:I would like to set up a date/time trigger that only fires only if a certain set of lights is off.

By "set of lights," do you mean that it is represented by a single device in Indigo, or are there multiple devices you want to check?

I meant single, but come to think of it, multiple conditions would be nice, too.

-dan

editordz wrote:I meant single, but come to think of it, multiple conditions would be nice, too.

-dan

If you only need to monitor a single device's state, you can do this with a combination of three trigger actions. (More complex, but no script is required):

1st trigger: When device "livingroom lights" turns off, then enable trigger action (#3 below)

2nd trigger: When device "livingroom lights" turns on, then disable trigger action (#3)

3rd trigger: The trigger and action you originally wanted to perform.

If you want more devices, a trigger that executes an embedded AppleScript is probably the way to go:

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if ((brightness of (device "livingroom lights")) = 0) then
   execute action group "Action Group Name Containing Actions You Want to Perform
end if

Hope this helps.