[SOLVED]Can't get Schedules dialog working

I created a Schedules event to trigger a siren when motion detected at Sunset every day of the week, but i can not get it working.

Lat/Long of my house and so Sunset/Sunrise time are correct.
I use my Motion Detector for another Triggers Dialog and it works. So my Motion Detector is OK.
When i test my Schedules event after Sunset no notification is seen in the Event Log.

A bug in Indigo or simple a confused user?
Any idea what i should check/do?

[jay (support)]

I believe the description of what you're looking to do isn't entirely accurate:

trigger a siren when motion detected at Sunset every day of the week

That means that exactly at sunset if motion is detected the siren would sound - but I don't believe that's what you mean. So, let's start by clearly describing what it is you want to do, then we can figure out how to implement it.

Hi Jay, from your question you are asking me i already have the feeling that i misunderstand the purpose of one of my settings.

This is what i want:
I have a Motion Detector at the front gate.
When it detects someone between Sunset and Sunrise it must trigger a siren.
This must happen everyday in the week.

This is how i set up,
1.Schedules => Schedule => Name: Warning :Time : Sunset
2. Randomize by +/- 7 minutes
3. Date => Days of week => every day SMTWTFS (grey back ground)
4. Repeat => Every week

1.Condition => Any of the following rules are true => if device : Motion Detector : On/Off is On
2. Action s => Type: Turn On (Light/Appliance Control) Device: Siren/Strobe (AM1601)
3. Checked Auto-off after 3 seconds.

There must be a wrong setting somewhere, but i have no idea what setting.

you must have motion as trigger not as condition. sunrise .. sunset (=dark) is the condition.

create trigger MOTION: trigger if motion, condition dark

that should do it and there should be thousand other ways to do it..

Karl

[jay (support)]

Yep, Karl got it right. You don't want to trigger off of Sunset-Sunrise. Rather, you want to trigger off of the motion then associate a condition of "Is dark" (that's between sunset and sunrise) that will keep the actions from firing if it's not dark.

Thanks Karl and Jay.
Changed my settings as Karl described. Tested thru the weekend and it works as i want to..... .