Hello, is there a limitation on the delay times for the sunrise sunset feature in the scenes? Obviously Currently it only goes out to 30mins. Or is it possible to extend this to at least an hour or more?
For example. I want a device to turn off an hour or even two before sunset, so it definitely doesn’t draw power from the mains power, and only uses the solar. My house is shaded way before sunset so need it to turn off well before 30mins before sunset.
Thanks Pete. I don’t think this will work for making a device turn OFF an hour BEFORE the sunset trigger. Plus I don’t want to add another complexity of Alexa to home automation.
Unfortunately, in eWeLink App, the Delay is no longer than an hour. The team is evaluating extending it in the future updates. We’ll let you know if there is any news.
In that case it would be good if you could go an hour earlier than sunset, and not have the option to go half an hour after, then if you want to trigger something after sunset you can use a delay in a scene… or the Alexa option. Does that make sense? Where as currently there’s no way to have something trigger more than half an hour before sunset.
eWe definitely need to make it more than an hour, Including the delay time. So annoying having to do multiple delays especially when you want to reprogram something.
I had the same problem. I solved it by just choose a city thats in another timezone that matched the delay a wanted.
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That’s a great idea! So simple. Thanks.
@jakeegan89 @westside71 Hey guys, our team is considering exdending the range of sunset/sunrise. We’d love to know your requirements! How long do you guys need? Maybe one hour, two hours, or three? Please drop your suggestions here.