I’m trying to create some kind of night mode for our hallway lighting.
What i’d like to do is when the sun goes down i want the hallway lights dim to 20% by default and when the sun rises the default should revert back to 100%.
The only way i can think of doing this is to call the last dimming atmosphere when pressing the buttons.
Now what i was trying to do is to use a timer at sunset that calls a 20% dimming atmosphere for 1 sec duration together with a forced off for 2 sec so the lights don’t actually light up. That way the “last dimming atmosphere” would be set at 20%.
But it looks like the dimming atmosphere is skipped when the forced off is called at the same moment. The last dimming atmosphere is still 100%.
So i’m stuck at the moment.
Anyone who has an idea or an alternative solution?
[quote=“VEL324”]The only way to do this is remove the forced off action.
The disadvantage is that the light goes on for a short time every day at sunset.[/quote]
It’s a shame that this is not possible. The ideal solution would be to call a dim atmosphere with a duration of 0 seconds (which is selectable) so it only changes it internal “last dim” memory. Can’t this be changed with a firmware update?
An alternative would be to use a relay in between to disconnect the lights when i set dim value, but that’s a complicated solution i’d prefer not to use.
[quote=“cereal”]what about maken the firmwares opensource so we can adapt them on our own.
And then make it possible to upgrade them via velbuslink
this would be so cool[/quote]
Unfortunely, that’s not the way the world run.
Look at economist books :
First, were hardware manufacturers
Second, were software manufacturers
Third, are coming services editor
If Velbus let us modify their hardware, they’ll loose money (china copy of their hardware would be priceless) and it’s not possible to keep guarantee safe !
On the other side, Velbus don’t make evolutions on their modules : buy a new one or (in extrem case) send back a module… Velbus, please try to find a right path between these two opposite economic way (for example, upgrade possible through VelbusLink by end customers).
It is our intention to make it possible for end-users to upgrade their modules.
However, time and people are limited, so at this time there are issues that are higher on our priority list.
[quote=“VEL417”]It is our intention to make it possible for end-users to upgrade their modules.
However, time and people are limited, so at this time there are issues that are higher on our priority list.[/quote]
That is actually good news, looking forward to this!