Hi everyone! I’ve done a basic amount of research but thought I’d ask my questions here.
TLDR: I want a light to be turned on to be dim at dusk, brighten when I arrive home, and then shortly after revert back to be dim.
I just moved and am starting to build my smart home setup. I am an Apple person so have used HomeKit for my parents, and have a Apple TV as a home hub.
One thing I really want to do is this:
Dusk- porch light turns on dim
When I arrive home- porch light changes color and becomes brighter
10 minutes later- light returns to first mode.
So basically, home kit is not what I want. I am working of trying IFTTT, but need more time to connect everything as it’s not working currently. I just don’t like how in Apple you can’t have a light have a background to always revert back too. I have thought about just having the light on a motion sensor, but then it would be completely off and just look dark…
Sorry if this is confusing, basically I just want to see what apps people are using. Thanks for all your help!
I use a brightener automation in a few locations. For hardware I use a Z-Wave dimmer and a motion sensor.
At sunset+offset the lights come on to a 25% dim level. If the light is on and motion is detected, the dimmer is set to 100%. If motion stops, the motion sensor has a 1 minute no-motion window, then wait 2 minutes and set dim level to previous level.
I have no idea how to do this in Apple. IFTTT should absolutely be able to do it. But, why layer on more cloud dependency? Start your local controller journey.