Philips Wall Switch Module to solve my requirements

[Thomas (Thomas Vos)]

Hi @Egon, lots has changed with the automations, and all of your requests are now possible in Hue Essentials. Apologies for the delay in my response.

@Egon

I would therefore like to use the button in the hallway to switch on all the outside light in full brightness when pressed and after a defined time they should get the brightness that they would have according to the timeschedule if no movement had been detected .

Create an automation for your switch. Add an action to switch on lights to full brightness. Then add a “wait” action for your defined time. Then add another action to set it to the brightness you want.

If you want that last action to change depending on the time of day, then it is a bit more advanced. To solve that:

1. On the automations tab, create a separate automation for every time interval. As event select “external”. As condition select the time interval. As action set your required brightness for that time. Repeat this for every time interval.
2. On your switch, after the wait action, instead of setting the brightness, start every one of the exernal automations you created earlier. Only the automation(s) with the correct time condition will start and it will set the correct brightness.

@Egon

Alternatively, the button could also be turned into a switch and on / off would also be acceptable instead of a period of time.

Setup an automation on your switch with the Toggle group action. Set the state to Toggle. This will switch on and off your group when you keep pressing the button, depending on the current light state.

@Egon

When entering times, not only allow fixed times, but also sunrise and sunset.
It would be awesome if you could then enter an offset for it

You can create automations based on time, sunset, and sunrise. You can add offsets to the sunset and sunrise events. There is also a “wait” action.

@Egon

• Several time intervals for all functions that already allow time definitions, i.e. also for switches,
  buttons or tasks, similar to what is already the case with the sensors

You can now add time interval conditions to every type of automation in Hue Essentials, including switches, sensors, lights, plugs, and even e.g. sunrise automations. Many possibilities!

@Egon

Work through the defined time intervals from top to bottom.
In doing so, process the first relevant time interval and do not consider any further time intervals.

Could you explain this one in more detail? I don’t get it yet. Is this similar to the external automations I explained earlier?

@Egon

I think this would be a major change for development

Right, I had to rewrite all of the schedule/switch/sensor code to make this possible. But it is finally available now.

For more details on the new automations, see the following topic and linked topics: Automation in Hue Essentials

Let me know if you have any questions!

Kind regards,
Thomas