Alexa Turn On Lights At Dusk

Setup routine in alexa to turn light on with virtual switch turned on.

Alexa turn on lights at dusk.

Alexa routines allow you to create a customized command to make multiple things happen at once or you can schedule events to occur at specific times. I use ifttt not to control alexa but to control the lights directly. This will give owners the ability to set up commands like alexa i m going to bed that turns off the lights in your common areas and turns on the lights in your bedroom. The dust to dawn led ring with warm white color light makes people feel relaxed to inscrease sleeping quality.

I know with the wink hub i had to turn on location service on my phone then once it had my location i could turn it off. Set up an automation in smart lighting to turn switch on dusk till dawn when motion starts and to turn off when motion stops with duration 1 minute. With smartthings you can set your bedroom lights to automatically turn on or brighten when you want to wake up and then dim or turn off when you want to go to bed. I connect ifttt to philips hue lifx and leviton to control various functions.

I have picked a couple of switches to turn on and under trigger i selected at sunset. Our outside lights come on at sunset or if it starts to rain and we have lights that come on whenever the backdoor is unlocked which happens about 30 seconds before we get to the door with august. Banord dusk to dawn light bulbs 3 pack 12w smart sensor lighting bulbs auto turn on off 2700k warm white outdoor led bulbs e26 base non dimmable 4 4 out of 5 stars 901 19 99 19. How does the smartthings hub know when dusk is.

Here s a really simple video to show you how it s done a smartthings customer just wrote in to the blog to ask. And it can deter burglars because the lights indicate that someone is home awake and that there won t be any cover. Banord dusk to dawn light bulbs 3 pack 12w smart sensor lighting bulbs auto turn on off 2700k warm white outdoor led bulbs e26 base non dimmable 4 4 out of 5 stars 846 16 99 16. Other than that it s pretty simple to set your lights to a schedule and we re really glad the philips hue app finally.

I forgot i also have alexa routine to turn off light after motion stops for duration 1 minute.