topic Re: Personal routine in Home Automation

Personal routine

alexinatl — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 03:27:10 GMT

I set a routine to turn floodlights on at sunset and a separate routine to turn floodlights off at midnight. Now, I want these routines to run ONLY when I am home and go dormant when I am away. How do I do this?

Re: Personal routine

Cathal_S — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 03:38:22 GMT

Hi alexinati,

It's not possible currently to have a routine run when conditions are met.

Home and Away routines can be set up for whatever you leave or return home but routines can not check if you are home or away.

Have a look at the Google Nest help center link below for more information about routines.

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/7029585

Re: Personal routine

alexinatl — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:50:36 GMT

Thx…next question…can lights be set at 50% brightness while on and then jump to 100% brightness once motion is detected?

Re: Personal routine

Cathal_S — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:43:24 GMT

Hi again,

No not currently but Google has said that they are planning more advanced features in the future to routines.

I use the free Home Assistant software running on a Raspberry Pi for advanced home automation features.

Re: Personal routine

Azarco — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 19:23:35 GMT

Hey there,

Cathal_S, we appreciate your insights and the additional information you've provided.

alexinatl, we hope the information shared above answers your questions. Let us know if we can help with any of your Google Home or Google Nest devices.

Thanks,

Alex

Re: Personal routine

Azarco — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 17:14:30 GMT

Hi alexinat,

Checking back in to see if you still need help with this. Feel free to respond to this thread if you have additional questions or concerns and I'd be glad to answer it for you.

Best,

Alex

Re: Personal routine

alexinatl — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 20:06:54 GMT

Excited for google to enhance the scheduling and granular control of these products…feel like nest products/software enhancements have slowed…want to stay on this platform for a host of reasons and hope we see better controls soon…thx for everyone’s help!

Re: Personal routine

Azarco — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 20:50:45 GMT

Hi alexinatl,

We hear you! We're always looking for ways to improve and we appreciate your feedback. You can always send your feedback using your devices by saying, "Hey Google, send feedback," or by following the steps on this link. Let me know if I can assist with anything else, otherwise I’ll be locking this thread after 24 hours.

Kind regards,

Alex