How would one...

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#1

assign a conditional to a setting for Vera such as:

Motion detector to turn on bathroom lights to 10% IF motion is detected
AND it is later than 6:00 PM ELSE turn on lights to 100% bright.
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Hi all,
I’m new to VERA and so far I like it, it’s features and being self contained.

I do wish there were more options from which to choose when setting
conditional events.

The above example was set up for my wife who sometimes gets up during
the night. I wanted VERA to allow the Motion Detector to turn on the bathroom
lights to 10% (which it does very well). It also turns them on during the day
when we’d rather have them on a full bright.

A strict timer setting will not work.

I appreciate any help. Hopefully there is a way to accomplish this.

Thank you!

#2

Take a look at http://wiki.micasaverde.com/index.php/Luup_Scenes_Events

#3

Thanks Bill,

Looks like this is going to require some study to learn or figure out this Lua
programming which is NOT one of the reasons I bought VERA.

IMHO I think conditionals could have been implemented in the VERA software
(GUI) as pulldown menu selections. But that’s just me.

I appreciate your quick response and hopefully I’ll figure a way to use this Lua
method of accomplishing what I want.

#4

This is a new firmware version coming out hopefully next week. They totally revamped the UI, they haven’t told us about all the features, so you may get your wish next week.

#5

Cool…As they used to say…Be careful what you wish for… :wink:

Thanks for the info!