As we wrote in the FAQs about creating Scenes:
- A Scene can only perform a single action, but that action can be programmed to operate multiple devices. For example: You can create a scene that turns on multiple lights in your home and raises the thermostat. However...
- To undo the changes made by a scene, a separate scene is required to reverse the actions in the first scene.Also:
- These illustrations are taken from the iOS app, but the settings shown can be made on Android, iOS or on the website.
- We'll discuss the names given to the sample scenes at the end of this FAQ
Let's say you'd like to warm up the house and turn on some lights before you get home from work. You can create a scene that runs at 5:30 PM on weekdays, making these changes to your devices:
- Set the thermostat to 72° F
- Turn on the light "End Table L"
- Turn on the light "End Table R"
- Set the dimmer "D.Room Dimmer" at 100% brightness
Instead of turning off the lights and lowering the thermostat by hand at bedtime, you can create another scene that makes these changes to the same devices:
- Set the thermostat to 65° F
- Turn off the light "End Table L"
- Turn off the light "End Table R"
- Set the dimmer "D.Room Dimmer" at 0% (in other words, completely off)
Some thoughts about naming scenes:
- It's a good idea to give your scenes simple, meaningful names. For example, in an emergency, you don't want to be on the phone with the babysitter, struggling to explain a jokey name you've given to the lights on the patio.
- Note that the system lists scene names in alphanumeric order. In the example above, we created scenes called "1LitesOnHeatUp" and "2LitesOffHeatDn".Had you just called them "LitesOnHeatUp" and "LItesOffHeatDn", the scene meant to run at bedtime would have appeared first, and the late afternoon scene second, on lists of Scenes (below left). That might seem untidy and even be confusing for some users.So, by beginning each scene name with the numbers 1 and 2, they will appear in more sensible order (below right):
