Every once in a while when a piston tries to turn off my group of LIFX lights (LIFX group of groups), they’ll fade off as expected, then one or two of them will fade back on again. It’s almost as though the “off” command was interrupted, or ST thinks the light should be on so it turns it back on. Either way, it’s maddening when it happens. It’ll happen whether I’m trying to turn off the switch or execute a LIFX scene with WebCoRE. Any insight?
Why do my lights pulse/fade off and on when I turn them off?
clsanchez77
#2
I have this issue with Phillips Hue bulbs. I have determined that this is with either SmartThings smart app or with WebCore when the lights are batched in a group. This does not happen when done one at a time.
I have found the work around for this seems to be assigning commands to the Hue bulbs using Do Loop operations instead of a shotgun command. I have done my front lights in this manner and I no longer have the issue. I have not done this with my lamps and I still get that “on bounce”, which is what I call it.
Btw, in WebCore, this does not show up in the logs. So the issue appears to be between the SmartThings hub and the Hue hub. I can speak for LIFX specifically, but I suspect it is a similar, if not the same, cause.
clsanchez77
#4
No, I can’t explain very well, still learning myself lol.
But here is one I set up for my exterior lighting. Its a bit long, but the first half of this is checking for the current holiday and assigning light colors. What you are looking for is the “for each device…” following by “…Set color to {{Array($index, )}}…”
I have found this statement to be solid and I do not get mis-fires or bounces with this one. When I set the devices to any command, I’m more like 90% on target.
