Have you reset the bulbs? I had this issue, and didn't know how to reset the bulbs, but this is the official documentation.
Note: If the light bulb does not flash, you may need to reset it. Turn off the light
and wait 3 seconds. Turn on the light and wait 3 seconds. Repeat turning the
light off and on (approximately 5 times) until the bulb flashes once. As soon as it
flashes once, it is reset. If the bulb does not flash or the Wink app does not display
success, contact Wink Support at 1 (844) WINKAPP or support@winkapp.com.
Please report back if the internal timer works like you suspect. That would be great!Yeah, I'd love timers and the ability to do some really advanced logic and workflows with the robots.
I went ahead and ordered that motion sensor to play with. From the reviews, it seems that once it detects motion, it starts a timer on the device to reset itself after 4 minutes. I'm assuming this might trigger a status change in Wink and that might work for my uses. I am going to put it in the upper corner of my office, facing my desk, and probably use it to trigger lights after 5:30 or 6:00 and then have another scheduled activity that if lights are still on at 11 or so, they will turn off.
I am thinking I may still order another set of Trippers and attempt to paint and weatherproof one for use on an outside gate.
Please report back if the internal timer works like you suspect. That would be great!
Thanks!
Have you reset the bulbs? I had this issue, and didn't know how to reset the bulbs, but this is the official documentation.
Why can't you set a timer to turn on lights? Go to the lights page, tap the 3 dots in the upper right then go to schedule.Can i seriously not schedule based on TIME for lights to turn on?
what a effing joke.
Please report back if the internal timer works like you suspect. That would be great!
Thanks!
Why can't you set a timer to turn on lights? Go to the lights page, tap the 3 dots in the upper right then go to schedule.
ahhh i figured i needed to use a robot. shows what i know :awe:
Don't be too hard on yourself; it isn't entirely intuitive. Glad we could help though!
Wink's catchphrase?
Can i seriously not schedule based on TIME for lights to turn on?
what a effing joke.
Yeah, as others have said, you can schedule lights based on time. What you CAN'T do, however, is set a timer apparently. I really hope they add that feature because there are cases where I might want to turn lights on for a few minutes (such as garage lights when arriving home) and then have them automatically shut off.
I've been a little happier with Wink since it has been pretty solid for me lately and the Tripper battery issue seems to have been resolved, but I still am leaning towards getting a SmartThings v2.0 when they come out.
This is getting to be a rollercoaster ride and I think I want off. The phone call I got from a tech guy that knew what he was talking about made me want to stick it out with wink, but now I can't get a reply from him with the email he gave me. The rely I did get from Wink today about my question was the same ole "try resetting the light". I'm trying to help them out and point out software bugs but they don't seem to understand that.
FYI if you have a Relay and want to use one of the physical buttons to control lights that are paired to a Hub, as far as I can tell it doesn't work. The light might turn on, but when it does it goes to a dim state and after than can't be controlled by the button at all, only thru the app.
Any idea if that will switch DC loads or just AC 120v?You guys hit all the flaws, those Eco link motion sensors work great but I really want to keep the light on for five or ten minutes after motion is sensed then turn off. Robots dont currently allow that type of control. Wink has some serious work to do for the robot logic options.
Also just got this paired up with the wink, runs great. to run a pump and a valve for a indoor irrigation setup i'm working on for Bonsai.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Also since the Wink Robots kinda suck... I've augmented with tasker (awesome link below for android users) for the time being... hopefully Wink gets a solid update to the robots soon.
https://plus.google.com/+CraigTrunzo/posts/QiFFiN819Pn
How often are you all having to hard rest your GE Link lights? It seems like every 4 or 5 days I am having to hard reset all 6 of my bulbs.
After 4 to 5 days of everything working perfectly the lights just stop responding. Rebooting the hub and rebooting my phone do nothing to help. I have to delete them in the app and readd them one at a time, which of course means reconfiguring robots and schedules too.
This is getting to be a rollercoaster ride and I think I want off. The phone call I got from a tech guy that knew what he was talking about made me want to stick it out with wink, but now I can't get a reply from him with the email he gave me. The rely I did get from Wink today about my question was the same ole "try resetting the light". I'm trying to help them out and point out software bugs but they don't seem to understand that.
FYI if you have a Relay and want to use one of the physical buttons to control lights that are paired to a Hub, as far as I can tell it doesn't work. The light might turn on, but when it does it goes to a dim state and after than can't be controlled by the button at all, only thru the app.
I learned that the bulbs have a "feature"... If it sense it has been out of contact for 2 hours, it auto orphans itself or something. Dunno why, but I know that the Wink guys are working with GE to figure out how to deal with it.