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    Automated Home Legend chris_j_hunter's Avatar
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    Default Lights not staying on ...

    wondered if it's just us, but ...

    we've noticed that Lights in some Rooms go off a short while after we've gone into the Room - as if Cortex hasn't noticed that we have not only opened the Door but have also gone into the Room ...

    started happening a month or two ago, and definitely used to be OK in those Rooms ...

    maybe we've changed our behaviour, maybe we've changed our Database in some way - but we don't think so / can't think how !

    Anybody else noticed this, by any chance ... ?

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    As a starting point might be an idea to check the textual history for the lights in question. These will normally have a cause appended to each state change.

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    History shows :

    13:12:26 BJ Lights, ON, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark, [opened door, entered room, closed door, started doing something]
    13:15:59 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    13:16:02 BJ Lights, ON, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark, [waved at sensor]
    13:16:13 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= Temp Off, Occupied, Room Dark, Out Dark, [used button to adjust switch-dimmable brightness]
    13:16:17 BJ Lights, ON, Override= None, Occupied, Room Dark, Out Dark, [continued]
    13:17:36 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= Temp On+P, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark, [again]
    13:17:43 BJ Lights, ON, Override= Temp On+P, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark, [continued]
    13:19:28 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= Temp On+P, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark, [left room, switching manually because had been adjusting them]

    NB; on job list is to add some logic to be sure adjusting switch-dimmable brightness doesn't take the Mode out of None ...

    Room's connections look OK (motion sensors, doors, etc)
    Last edited by chris_j_hunter; 23rd January 2015 at 12:49 PM.

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    PS:

    whole day's History looks like this :

    00:01:00 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    10:13:41 BJ Lights, ON, Override= None, Occupied, Room Dark, Out Dark, Cause=WorkshopGarage
    10:19:31 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Bright, Out Dark,
    12:03:57 BJ Lights, ON, Override= None, Occupied, Room Dark, Out Dark, Cause=WorkshopGarage VirtualALS LightLevelAverage
    12:05:06 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    12:19:37 BJ Lights, ON, Override= None, Occupied, Room Dark, Out Dark, Cause=WorkshopGarage
    12:34:01 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    13:12:26 BJ Lights, ON, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    13:15:59 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    13:16:02 BJ Lights, ON, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    13:16:13 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= Temp Off, Occupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    13:16:17 BJ Lights, ON, Override= None, Occupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    13:17:36 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= Temp On+P, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    13:17:43 BJ Lights, ON, Override= Temp On+P, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    13:19:28 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= Temp On+P, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    17:29:28 BJ Lights, ON, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark, Cause=BJ Lights
    17:31:38 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    18:39:44 BJ Lights, ON, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    18:40:25 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    19:22:10 BJ Lights, ON, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    19:25:06 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    21:13:37 BJ Lights, ON, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    21:24:49 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    21:56:38 BJ Lights, ON, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    21:58:20 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    22:11:21 BJ Lights, ON, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    22:18:18 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    22:19:08 BJ Lights, ON, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    22:35:29 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark,
    23:59:00 BJ Lights, OFF, Override= None, Unoccupied, Room Dark, Out Dark, Cause=BJ Lights

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