Automation

Automation is how make Vera do things automatically. Like scenes, with automation tell Vera what you want various devices to do, like: Floor lamp dim to 40%, porch light off, and so on. The difference is that with a scene you have manually tell Vera when you want to run the scene. With automation, Vera does this automatically with either a timer or event. A timer is where you tell Vera to do something at certain intervals, like every 5 minutes, or at certain times, like weekdays at 8pm. An event is where Vera does this when something else happens, such as "when the sun sets, turn on the porch light", or "when the motion detector in the garage is tripped, turn on the light for 5 minutes then turn it off".

How to create timers

[Event|How to create events]]