How I have automated my lights

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Here is a similar but more modern and robust version…

Area Triggers → Area Actions Tutorials & Examples

The main thing I am aiming to communicate in this tutorial is the concept of using the logic built into groups to lessen the complexity of rules. By setting up your Items and groups in the following way, you will be able to use one rule for much of the automation in your home. A second rule is needed if you’d like to have the lights adjust to Mode (Time of Day) and outside lux levels. The concept is that each area within a home has triggers and the combined state of those triggers can represent …

@5iver Thanks Scott. I’d come across this a few times but haven’t really looked at it yet. I definitely will check it out too. I plan to finish working on the current exercise if for no other reason than to learn from it, and then at some point in the future give your method a shot.