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22july2013 said:

I think you are asking if a light trigger could occur twice for the same event (morning, evening sunlight). That's a good question. Some people may actually want a very short reset time on the light trigger, but it sounds like you want a very long threshold. I'm not sure, but that would probably have to be a HomeKit feature, not a sensor feature. I can't test it today.

Yeah, that is it. Currently I have Nanoleaf Aurora lights coming on gradually when it gets dark around sunset. But if it's a cloudy or rainy day, the timing's different than when it's clear and bright. So I've convoluted a system involving current weather conditions and visibility. So a light sensor would be better, but I wouldn't want it triggering more than once a day.

EDIT: Just reading the Eve blurb and it hints that my fears were right:

... refined by brightness.

Use Eve Motion's light sensor to make your rules even smarter: Turn on your lights only when there's not enough daylight.

But maybe I'm being pessimistic. Be interested to hear what you find when you receive yours (now they've taken your money)!

22july2013 said:

appleinsideruser said:

I wonder if you can have a lux based threshold trigger (without needing motion)?

Yes. That's part of the Home app. Check the Home app on your Mac, iPhone or iPad. It should be under "Add Automation / A sensor detects something / Select a Light Sensor. / Select Lux reading".

In fact, the article mentions that you can trigger based on lux.

Perfect! Thanks for the explanation @22july2013. The article's phrasing left some doubt in my mind, "...allows for light-based triggers alongside motion ones." I was concerned it might need a motion detection to trigger the lux event. i.e. only detect motion when it's dark.

Tell me, is there hysteresis on the threshold to avoid re-triggering as night draws in?

I wonder if you can have a lux based threshold trigger (without needing motion)?

netrox said:

rob53 said:

headfull0wine said:

Can it handle multiple hour zoom calls without thermal throttling?  That’s my only question. 

Shouldn’t be a problem because it’s not doing much other that accessing the internet. Thermal throttling happens when the CPU, GPU and storage are being constantly accessed. Zoom doesn’t do that. 

update: Here's what Zoom uses just to start up. Not much.

What app is that? 

iStat Menus https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/

I miss the play/pause button being bottom left like before. I never use mute, so wish it wasn’t in prime position.

still I guess others will like mute being there…