Program to turn on at sunset and then off at a specific time?

[eyost]

Hi all,

 

I currently have a program that will turn a device on at sunset and then wait four hours before turning them off. What I would like to do is to have the device to turn on at sunset and then off at a specific time. This sounds to me like a nested IF statement or an IF statement within the ELSE statement but I can't seem to determine how to add it.

 

Any thoughts on the best way to accomplish this or do I need to call another program for the Off?

 

Thanks for any help.

 

Ed

[madman]

You can do

If
        From    Sunset 
        To      10:21:00PM (same day)
 
Then
        Set 'Front Room / Front Rm Lamp' On
 
Else
        Set 'Front Room / Front Rm Lamp' Off
 

You might need a "timer" program in case someone turns off the light while the program is between sunset and stipulated time to turn it back on

[eyost]

You can do

If
        From    Sunset 
        To      10:21:00PM (same day)
 
Then
        Set 'Front Room / Front Rm Lamp' On
 
Else
        Set 'Front Room / Front Rm Lamp' Off
 

You might need a "timer" program in case someone turns off the light while the program is between sunset and stipulated time to turn it back on

 

Ahh - now I see how this works. Good thing is that the device is plugged into an outdoor ApplianceLinc so it is a far chance that someone would turn of the device; only thing would be a power outage.

 

Thanks so much!

 

Ed 

[paulbates]

Another thing to think about, from a safety perspective, is your house appearing too predictable when the lights go off at exactly the same time every night. You can use a randomized 'wait' command before the Set Off to have that vary over a period you specify:

Wait 15 minutes (Random)
Set 'Front Room / Front Rm Lamp' Off

Edited March 14, 2015 by paulbates

[eyost]

 

Another thing to think about, from a safety perspective, is your house appearing too predictable when the lights go off at exactly the same time every night. You can use a randomized 'wait' command before the Set Off to have that vary over a period you specify:

Wait 15 minutes (Random)
Set 'Front Room / Front Rm Lamp' Off

Excellent point; I will implement the wait command/