Yale lock - schedule auto lock for only night?

Other Devices & Integrations Door Locks & Sensors
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Could someone help me with setting up my Yale lock, to auto lock after a certain time at night?

When I bought the lock, it already had a setting of autolocking hte door 30 seconds after it was unlocked. This was very annoying when just running out to put out the garbage or something, so I disabled it.

I was wondering if it was possible to set up a scene to turn the autolock back on between 8pm and 9am? I thought about setting up a schedule in a scene, but that seems to only allow me to lock the door at a certain time. I’m looking for some basic logic like:

If after 8pm when door unlocks, lock after 1 minute

Or simply, a way to change the autolock feature on and off using vera? Then I could easily just use a regular schedule. I had to turn off the autolock using the lock manual, and keycodes on the lock itself, not through vera.

I’d also like to set something up like, if after sunset, and the door is becomes unlocked, if light isn’t on, turn on.

Any help would be much appreciated!

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You can use Program Logic Event Generator plugin to create logic based on XX amount of time after YYY event generate a condition event.

Then you can have a LockDoor Scene that is triggered by PLEG has satisfied condition YYY

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Same question for the new Schlage Touchpad…
I bought Veralite based on a response to my Schlage question re autolock on / autolock off… that Writer indicated VeraLite scenes was the answer.
So I’ve been having fun with Vera and have gradually thought of other uses for Vera but I’ve not been able to solve my initial issue with scheduling the lock I likewise want it to begin an autolock on/off scene on certain days. I can do without it and it is certainly not worth the expense and time put in to making it work so far… but I still don’t want to quit trying. I know that at this time I’m just a monkey trying to figure this out but I do know that of practically everyone that I know… NO ONE else would be able to do any of this so Vera should not expect to go Big Time outside of techies! That said I don’t want to give up but the above Reply though well intended I’m sure, and also probably the correct and only solution, well it is not going to go over very well with the general public trying to set up what I consider to be an important feature. I was very happy when I found the writer’s question… not so happy after that. Ok while I’m writing… assuming that the Reply came from micasaverde tech support… Folks that’s an answer that will stop normal people in their tracks from using VeraLite! I enjoy iVera but I could not recommend it to any of the mostly business people that I know. No offense, just a thought from John Q Public. George, BSME; JD
p.s. The closest that I’ve come so far is to find the codes 0x00 // 0xFF. Maybe I’ll type them on a label and attach it to Vera!! Maybe my “Program Logic Event Generator” was left in the Box! Sorry I’m getting carried away. g

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Create a Scene:
Call it Auto Lock (Or what ever you like)
Create a Schedule for the the Scene. i.e. runs every day at 8:00PM
Add the Device Lock Command for your lock to the scene.
You are done … does mot get much simpler than that.

If you want to use more than 1 event (i.e. the schedule above) to control your lock you will have to find the PLEG plugin at the APP store or learn to write LUA code. A more complex example requiring PLEG is to Auto Lock every time the lock is opened AFTER 8:00 PM as well as 8:00 PM if it was open during the day.

You should look around the APP store … you will find a lot of goodies to extend and improve your automation experience.

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But just calling the scene AutoLock does not actually control Autolock (I know that’s not what you meant, just using it to explain my problem).

Assuming that you basically want AL on 24/7 with the EXCEPTION on one certain day at a certain time period you want AL off without doing it manually.

A scene for lock and unlock don’t work as the lock simply autolocks again in 30 seconds.

Your Event Generator response is probably the answer though not simple enough for most folks. I think that Schlage will need to work on this question too since the AutoLock feature is valuable but may not always be desirable 100% of the time. I have mentioned this to Schlage for what that’s worth. I figure that if I mention it enough it will eventually happen.

Oops… just notice the PLEG recommendation in the APP store. my bad… But still too complicated for most and Schlage will need to come up with an easier solution if they want to sell these deadbolts on more doors.

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So it auto-locks regardless of how it was unlocked (keypad, Z-Wave, buttons/knobs on the inside (if available), etc.)?

That’s different from how the Schlage lever works.

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I’d do it using Richard’s PLEG.

Disable the autolock all together on the lock

Create some triggers to determine if the door is locked and unlocked

Then have an event that looks something like this:
((20:00:00;NOW;23:59:59) or (00:00:00;NOW;07:00:00)) and ( DoorLocked;DoorUnlocked;NOW > 01:30)

Set the action to tell the door lock to lock

Now between 8pm and 7am if the door is unlocked for more than 90 seconds it will automatically lock

It’s very similar to the garage door scenario here [url=http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,12837.msg94919.html#msg94919]http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,12837.msg94919.html#msg94919[/url]

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A simpler and correct way to write this is:

(NOT (07:00:00;NOW;20:00:00)) and (DoorUnlocked;NOW > 01:30)

Note: That if the door is unlocked during the day. It will get locked 8PM.
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Note that the following (from the original post) is problematic:
(DoorLocked;DoorUnlocked;NOW > 01:30)
The 1:30 is measured from the oldest event, i.e. when the door is locked.
If the lock has been closed for a while … this will actually trigger between 0 and 60 seconds after the door is unlocked depending on when the Next NOW event happens.