No, no, no! I appreciate the nudges, so keep at me until I get it done! Thank you!
I’ve been lost in the garden, so I have not gotten these changes in! 20 blueberry bushes, Triumph, Sterling, some Multi-headed neomexicanus hops, and one bed are planted, but I’m still transferring compost to 3 more new beds and a new composting site. I also have three more rain barrels to setup. I can’t wait for harvest time! We’re in a bit of a heat wave though, so I’ll be getting in some time at the computer and I’ll put this at the top of my list!
Currently, you can set dimmers to 100 and they will not turn off. I suppose this could also work for any specific value that you’d like by making a custom action for by modifying light_action.
I’ve also setup a SwitchItem for each room that I want to disable automation in and add it to the Area Trigger group for those rooms. When it is ON, the automation will not run in that room, since the area stays active for as long as the switch is ON, and you can manually adjust the light. I also have it hooked up to Alexa, so I can use voice commands to turn ON/OFF the automations in a room. This is very nice for sick days in bed! There are other things that can be done, but I wanted something that was always going to work.