Anonymous wrote:Is there anyway I can just make the lamp module brighten slowly over a set period of time then fade out over a set period of time?
Hi Tren,
How long of a period of time? The SwitchLinc and LampLinc modules have a ramp rate setting that Indigo can download which goes as high as 9 minutes. This would be the easiest way to do it, but I suspect you want a much longer fade up/down rate.
The other technique involves using what I call cascading triggers. You'll use one trigger to turn on/off another Time/Date trigger. It would look something like this:
Time/Date Trigger: "gradual fade timer"
Time: "every 5 minutes" (or however often you want it to fade down another level)
Action: Send Device Action "Dim by %3" (or whatever small increment you want to fade down every 5 mintes)
Time/Date Trigger: "fade light down"
Time/Date: set to whenever you want the fade to start
Action: Enable Trigger Action "gradual fade timer" with Auto-disable after 120 minutes (change 120 minutes to however long it takes the above time/date action to fade the light all the way down)
A couple of notes on this. For this to work well, you should use a lamp/switch modules that supports either extended or preset dims (Leviton, SwitchLinc, LampLinc, PCS, etc). The genereic X10 modules aren't very good at doing precise dims which will likely cause it to dim down faster or slow than you really want. The extended/preset dim modules don't have this problem.
Secondly, we've had this request enough times that I'm considering adding an option (custom UI) to do this more easily in future verisons of Indigo. But for now you'll need to use a couple of cascading triggers to get the job done.
regards,
matt