Create Lighting Schedules for Your Smart Home

How do I create schedules for my lights?

An unlimited amount of lighting schedules can easily be created through the Home Assistant mobile app.


  Step One
     Open the Home Assistant mobile application
     and navigate to the "Categories" menu.























  Step Two
     Navigate to the "Lighting" category.
     























  Step Three
     Navigate to the "Schedules" section of the
     "Lighting" category.























  Step Four
     In the schedules section you will be shown
     a list containing all of your existing schedules.

     To create a new schedule hit the "ADD" button
     located at the bottom of the list.




















  Step Five
     You will be greeted with the schedule configuration
     menu where you can select which light(s) you would
     like to create a schedule for.
     
   

















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Multiple lights can be added to a single schedule.


  Step Six
     Once you have selected the light(s) you want
     to schedule, scroll to the bottom of the screen.
     
     Here you will find three different buttons. If
     you want to create a basic schedule that turns
     the selected light(s) ON or OFF at a specified
     time of day, select either "TURN OFF" or "TURN ON"
     
     If you would like a more complex schedule 
     that turns the light(s) ON and OFF at different
     times throughout the day, then
     select "MAKE SCHEME".
     
     Hit the "NEXT" button at the very bottom
     once you have selected your lights and action.











  Step Seven
     Here you can set the parameters of your schedule.
     For the basic "TURN OFF" and "TURN ON" actions
     you will be greeted with a similar screen.

     You can choose to define the brightness that the light
     turns on at. You can specify the days the schedule will
     run on. You can specify the exact time the schedule
     will run at, or you can hit the sun and moon icon to the
     right of the time, and trigger the schedule based on
     sunset and sunrise instead.
















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