Ideas Modes

Smart Homes only become truly smart when individual sub systems co-operate, for example when a burglar alarm is armed, it tells the heating system to lower the temperatures.

Key to this co-operation is the concept of modes. Here is a list of example modes;

Mode	Values	Meaning
$mode_occupied	in, out	Is there anyone in the house, typically triggered by arming/disarming a burglar alarm
$mode_day_night	day, night	Used to control lighting, typically triggered by a dawn/dusk sensor or $Time_Sunrise, $Time_Sunset, $Time_Sunrise_Twilight, $Time_Sunset_Twilight
$mode_sleeping	awake,asleep	Used to lower temperatures and turn off lights when asleep. Difficult to trigger automatically, so usually set by time, or other input e.g. remote control, Alexa voice
$Season	spring, summer, autumn, winter	Used to control heating, maintained by MisterHouse
$room->{mode_occupied}	in, out	Used in zoned heating systems to allow individual room heating to be reduced when it isn't being used e.g. guest bedrooms. See how to overload items