@Riley_S 

 

Turning on the old Auto mode was simply a case of selecting the Auto 'colour' (eg the little circle with 'A' for auto). This meant that:

a) Auto Match/Compensate could be selected as part of the 'turn on and customise lighting' option when setting up a shortcut or automation. This is key.

B) equally, selecting any other colour would necessarily de-select Auto mode.

C) Auto couldn't be on while any other, non-auto colour was on as well. So Auto never interfered when you set deliberate choice of light colour, brightness or temperature. 

 

The problem with Auto Biorhythm is it exists entirely outside the system for choosing lighting colours, which means it can't be turned on or off by shortcuts and other smart automations, but interferes with them when AB is actually running in the background. 

 

The old Auto mode was seamlessly built into that colour picking system, so it worked with shortcuts and automations. 

 

Two possible solutions:

1. make turning Auto Biorhythm on or off work like choosing a colour preset, just like with the old Auto mode. That would mean that AB cannot be on at the same time as the lights are set to cyan, green, purple or whatever. And switching in and out of AB with automations and Alexa-drivrn shortcuts is simple.

 

2. Allow us to enable or disable Auto Biorhythm with shortcuts or automations.

 

I don't mind which, but option 1 might be more user friendly. 

Agree with the need to make this feature integrated with colour options, or return the simpler auto match. I now have half my bulbs controllable through shortcuts to activate auto lighting and the other half with the newer firmware which are not. Such a half baked idea that does not have user experience in mind.