Diming lights for scene

[larryllix]

I hear ya. Each bulb type seems to have a different curve and I usually want the bottom reliable brightness level.

That does make it hard to find one percentage level that would fit all.

 

I have some that use about 10%, some 12% and some that don't work reliably below about 17%.

 

With voice operating three or four scenes that level would have to be programmed for each application/bulb and then the spoken phrases could be standardised. So when we use the "brighten" command the step could just be in 3-4 discreet clicks and operate those on user presets matched to that bulb/device.

Edited October 14, 2016 by larryllix

[MustangChris04]

Lets just agree that the current 10% is not enough  

 

Maybe one day we could say "Dim the lights a lot" or "Dim the lights a little". I believe the echo already responds to "turn up the volume a lot", or "turn down the volume a little", so maybe one day this can be done with the lights. 

[stusviews]

Why should I agree that 10% (actually 9%) is not enough when I find it adequate--depending on the starting level. I'll agree that we disagree

 

BTW, if you control the device instead of a scene, then you can vocally set the On-level percentage.

Edited October 20, 2016 by stusviews

[larryllix]

I use a program from Alexa, I call sunset liyghts.

 

In this program I set the perimeter lighting all to various shades of orange and red. The main lights  in the ceiling are all white only.

 

Over a period of an hour I dim all the white lights. In order to make white lights dim to finish about the same time I use a percentage for each dim period. This works very well. I do play the truncation factor in simple integer arithmetic also.

 

If a bulb starts at 100% is becomes 90%

If another bulb is already at 20% it becomes 18%

 

These steps are barely visible to the human eye at any level.

 

The same thing could be applied to the Echo but in larger steps, like log₂. Just cut the level in half or double it each step.

Stepping 9 or 10% at 100% level is hardly detectable, if at all while 9 or 10% at a 18% level will usually  just turn most bulbs off completely.

Edited October 20, 2016 by larryllix