Observing Current state of lights, changing them, and returning back to that state?

[skhs]

I'm curious if there's a way to accomplish having lifx bulbs in their current state, then temporarily changing them because of an event, then changing them back.

For example:
1) LiFX light on. Let's randomly say at 3000K white, 100%
2) Door opens, triggers event "Door Open" event
3) LiFX light turns red, 10%, 5 seconds
4) LiFX turns back to previous state (3000K white, 100%)

Or, let's say the light was off

1) LiFX light off
2) Door Opens, triggers "Door Open" event"
3) LiFX turns on, turns red, 10% brightness, for 5 seconds
4) LiFX bulb turns back to previous state (off)

Any way to do this with events, scripts, other?

Thanks in advance!

[Red64]

As far as i know, you can only get the current dim level. All other data is not available.

I use the trick to caclulate the settings and
then set these to the lifx devices

[skhs]

As far as i know, you can only get the current dim level. All other data is not available.

I use the trick to caclulate the settings and
then set these to the lifx devices

Thanks - would you mind explaining what you mean by calculating the settings?

[Ultrajones]

This shouldn't be that difficult to code into the next version. I'll likely do that during the HS4 plug-in updates.

[Red64]

skhs With my solar panels i can Measure the light intensity. Based on that i calculate what dim settings the lights should have.

[JakeStallman]

This shouldn't be that difficult to code into the next version. I'll likely do that during the HS4 plug-in updates.

Super excited about an update. It would be very helpful to be able to set white to any variable enabling the ability to set white to another device's variable (Say a virtual cool/warmth level that changes with the day)

Has there been a solution to devices showing offline status in HS? They all still work on, off, dim.. but always show offline until the plugin is restarted.