Using Plex and VeraProximity to turn on hall lights

Plugins & Plugin Development Program Logic (PLEG)
#1

Hi.

I am using PLEG and Vera Proximity along with PING sensors to both my wifes phone and mine.

I would like that on the approach to the house the lights turn on in the hall.

Can i have a PLEG task to work if a trigger changes state. So in my example, if Vera is set to away, if it changed to home (VeraProximity picks up i have entered through the Geofenced area nearing home) can i have the lights come on for 10 minuets?

Thanks
N

#2

I have two fence radius to detect arrival. A single small one gets an occasional false trigger.

On arrival I do all of the following.
Set thermostat for occupied.
Turn on lights from garage to living areas.
That way I can get into the house even with my hands full.

Opening the garage door shortly after arrival disarms the shop/garage partition.

If the shop partition is disarmed and I enter a valid door code into the house door … It disarms the house partition.

Also at night if the lights in the garage are on and I open the door to the house it turns off the garage lights.

So pretty much everything I used to do manually is done auto-magically.

I have a similar departure procedure.

The logic is a little more complicated when you you have two or more folks entering / leaving independently. Then things are based on last person leaving and first person arriving.

Of course PLEG is your friend to implement this type of automation.

#3

Thanks!

#4

Richard, to use your words… could you attach a copy of your PLEG? ;D So that we might glean some of the working techniques that you’ve developed and implement (obviously over time). Mike

[quote=“RichardTSchaefer, post:2, topic:188840”]I have two fence radius to detect arrival. A single small one gets an occasional false trigger.

On arrival I do all of the following.
Set thermostat for occupied.
Turn on lights from garage to living areas.
That way I can get into the house even with my hands full.

Opening the garage door shortly after arrival disarms the shop/garage partition.

If the shop partition is disarmed and I enter a valid door code into the house door … It disarms the house partition.

Also at night if the lights in the garage are on and I open the door to the house it turns off the garage lights.

So pretty much everything I used to do manually is done auto-magically.

I have a similar departure procedure.

The logic is a little more complicated when you you have two or more folks entering / leaving independently. Then things are based on last person leaving and first person arriving.

Of course PLEG is your friend to implement this type of automation.[/quote]

#5

My PLEGs are not easy to follow because of the complex automation schemes I have … All I can share is the strategy.