Issues with Dimmer/Motion Pleg

Plugins & Plugin Development Program Logic (PLEG)
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Hello,

I am hoping someone can give me a hand with my Pleg, I have added a new Dimmer switch to my Existing PLEG logic and it is not behaving how I would like it too. I Would like the dimmer to dim to 30% brightness from 11:30PM - 6:15AM every day. Also If I manually change the brightness level I would like it to stay at that level, right now if I change the Brightness value as soon as the motion sensor trips it sets the Light level back to 60%.

2

You need a new condition to hold the current brightness.

New Input Device Property:
CurLevel The Dimmers current LoadLevelStatus

SetDim KitchenDim ? 30: CurLevel ? CurLevel : 60

Then in the advanced tab for the actions where you set the light level to 30 or 60 replace the hard coded 30 or 60 with:
{(SetDim)}

The SetDim will get the new DimLevel if manually set (Except at night). If it’s set to OFF during the day the next default will be 60.

3

I tried what you suggested and now get an Invalid Expression message in Vera, any help?

4

Can anyone assist me with getting this logic working? I’m stuck at the invalid expression after adding Richards suggested logic.

5

Richard: I was able to get past the Invalid Expression error message, and I believe I setup the logic as you described. Can you please verify the logic looks correct for the Kitchen Light in the attached report?

6

So getting strange erratic behavior since making the logic changes suggested by Richard

7

Try:

KitchenDim ? 30 : CurLevel > 0 ? CurLevel : 60