I am new to openhab2 and I am a bit stuck. I’m trying to get some of my zwave lights to turn on at sunset and off at sunrise. Should be simple right? I think I am mixing up openhab1 and openhab2 methods and it is not working In my items file I have: Switch Sunrise_Event …

[image] ThomDietrich: Would you take the time to summarize what was said here and the additional elements Here you go. [image] Time of Day Events Tutorials & Examples Edit: Note that the OH2 Astro binding now contains event functionality that eliminates …

I wanted all the files on my system to be in UTC. All the other servers I work on I keep in UTC always, regardless of where they are in the world.

I had exactly the same problems. I started with openhab1.8 I initially forgot to add the astro binding I had real problems getting the syntax for creating timers based on the sunrise/sunset times. Then discovered these were already set up as “Events” so I set up 2 switches 1 for sunrise and 1 e…

[image] Duncan: Now I’ve got all these working to replace the Sunset_Event. I will try Openhab2. … or use the astro1 binding with openHAB2 and you can stay with the switch events :sunglasses:

This is my workaround: Items: DateTime Sunrise_Start "Sunrise Start [%1$tH:%1$tM]" { channel="astro:sun:home:rise#start" } DateTime Sunset_Start "Sunset Start [%1$tH:%1$tM]" { channel="astro:sun:home:set#start" } Rule: rule "Generate Time of Day Events" when Time cron "8 * * * *…

Hi all, I see there has been an update which includes the offset functionality [image] The information is here . If possible, could anyone post an example of the channel using the offset? The example rule: rule "example trigger rule" when Channel 'astro:sun:home:rise#event' triggered START …

[image] UglyKidJoe: If possible, could anyone post an example of the channel using the offset? PaperUI → Configuration → Things → select Astro sun data channel and fill in your offset value under “Range event” [image]

Exactly what I was looking for thank you sir. I will set up a test for sunset :slight_smile:

[image] UglyKidJoe: The information is here. Always the place to look: http://docs.openhab.org/addons/bindings/astro/readme.html

True. It was my brain that totally failed to make the connection to PaperUI for channel properties :blush:

Still to have the original question answered, it would be interested to know how the offset can be set in a config file. @sihui any input on that?

Simply turn on at sunrise, turn off at sunset in openhab2

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sihui (SiHui) January 11, 2017, 2:15pm 46

No, haven’t it figured out yet …
If Kai and Gerhard don’t know, who else should know it?

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