C325WB light scheduling mode - bug?

C325WB light scheduling mode - bug?

C325WB light scheduling mode - bug?
C325WB light scheduling mode - bug?
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Model: Tapo C325WB  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version: 1.2.5 build 260112 release 69632n

Hello

 

Night mode settings: I wish to run in "Light off" mode during the day and some of the night so that the ambient light from stars/moon/house lights provides colour illumination. However, when the house lights automatically switch off at 2330 I'd like to schedule a switch to "infrared" mode, remaining as such until sunrise at which point switching back to "light off" mode seems an optimal choice.

 

Having experimented, I find that selecting "scheduled" mode (a) has no ability to switch states in relation to a sun event (sunrise, dawn) and (b) anyway as soon as I select scheduled mode, the camera's illlumination switches away from "light off"  mode and into "infrared mode" immediately.  That's not the intended behaviour, I imagine,  so I propose that it is a bug which might be fixed.

 

I wonder if there are node-red functions which might allow me to independently control the camera illumination states - does anyone know? The node-red nodes which I have so far seen information for are a bit scant as to the end points they can address.

 

goal:

between dawn and 2330: illumination  = "light off" mode

between 2330 and dawn: illumination  = "infrared" mode

 

A poor second cousin would be to switch to "full colour" mode instead of IR mode but even with the white LED brightness set to the minimum value of "1" it does still tend to scare away wildlife and I prefer to avoid light pollution in my immediate vicinity.

 

 

 

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