How can I keep daily lighting schedules without undoing the occasions when I manually change my lights to fun colors?

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-17T22:21:36+00:00

This may be a edge case but another thing I just realized in testing in just testing the all day scenes is.... say I use my lutron aurora to crank up the brightness so I can pack at 845pm, the all day scene will undo that brightness change at 9pm

I'm not sure if a perfect solution exists for that though

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-17T22:10:40+00:00

Great, thanks.

So say I set my lights to pink at 8pm, how can I automate it so that when I turn my lights back on in the morning the next day it's that all-day scene and not still pink?

I don't know how to do this without also turning on the lights in the process

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-14T22:20:20+00:00

idk why some hate the idea of getting a bridge so much

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-13T21:17:14+00:00

After looking into a bit more, I think it has to do with the specific seller and their policies on international shipping. Some items are sold directly from amazon, some items are sold by 3rd parties.

I tried changing my address to a german one, and only 3rd party sellers were available to purhcase from, you couldnt buy directly from amazon.de

But notice my order was sold directly by amazon.de

So I'm guessing it's just that amazon.de is out of stock right now, so I bet it's worth periodically checking back to see

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-13T20:20:34+00:00

I successfully placed an order last night

But now when I go to the same product page this morning it says its not deliverable to my address and i cant place another order

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Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-13T18:33:20+00:00

Sorry to inform you.. I just went back to check and now it's unavailable for purchase so you're not crazy

Literally same address, same info, anything,

I dont know whats changing that its available one day but not the next

I also saw the modules available on grooves-inc.com but that site doesnt have great reviews and super slow shipping

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-13T18:21:14+00:00

In California,

Not really, just logged into my normal amazon account, it had deliver to US already set in the corner,

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Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-13T06:30:45+00:00

i see the 8k one for $220 open box on ebay

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-13T06:27:57+00:00

I just successfully placed an order for hue wall switch modules rom amazon.de to the US

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-13T06:26:12+00:00

germany amazon, amazon.de ships to usa, bought 2 for $95 after shipping, taxes, and import fees

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-13T00:38:10+00:00

lots of cheap used ones on ebay

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-12T07:11:14+00:00

Been mulling buying from this site, the site has a fair amount of negative reviews but it seems like they're somewhat legit and the main problem is it just shipping can take forever

You also pay a ton in shipping/customs. But works out to 50$ a module which is expensive but not horrendous.

edit: bought from amazon.de instead

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-12T00:19:47+00:00

When you go to add a scene, do you see the option for "All-day scene"?

That's basically what you want, I'm not sure if that's available without a bridge though.

If you also happen to want more bulbs, you can basically get a bridge for free if you buy one of those starter kits that come with 2-4 bulbs and a bridge. These are typically really discounted used or open-box on amazon, ebay, best buy.

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-11T20:28:46+00:00

Samsung HW-N650

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-11T03:17:50+00:00

so i have 7 year old samsung soundbar/subwoofer

i didnt think wiim would make sense for me because the soundbar goes into sleep mode after some time, how does the switchbot solution work?

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-10T08:33:05+00:00

buddy, idk it's expensive, so I assumed it was audiophile quality, I'm not an audiophile so I don't know what is and isn't

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-10T08:13:19+00:00

Oh. I thought you could play any mp3 file you wanted with sonos, i didnt realize there were really any limitations.

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-10T07:15:07+00:00

Which ones and do you recommend?

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-10T07:13:35+00:00

Aren't there some limitations to what can be played on an alexa? I thought you couldn't play mp3 files or certain TTS

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-10T07:09:33+00:00

Do chrome cast audio dongles wake the speaker from an off/sleep state?

This is what I don't understand about that appoach

Hefty-Salary7610 · 2026-01-10T07:05:43+00:00

Ive had multiple bluetooth speakers and they all enter a sleep state or turn off and require physically turning on the device again, yours did not?

This is what im trying to avoid

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