Allow configuring "initial transition"

[claytonjn]

Circadian Lighting currently is hardcoded to a 1 sec transition when a light is turned on, so that it will immediately be set to the proper value. I could make this configurable.

My only hesitation in doing so is that Circadian Lighting already has relatively complex configuration options and I don't want to add unnecessary confusion. Perhaps I should remove the options for disable entity and disable state because very simple automations could be written to turn on/off the CL switch... 🤔

[rschuiling]

Personally, I did configure a 3 second transition for my own circadian solution. This gives a smoother experience. In my case, I want the brightness to adjust rather quick (3 seconds) then after that color temperature may take a little longer (7 seconds). This is Tradfri hence two separate calls by the way.

So yes I think it would be a good feature.

[bouwew]

I don't care about this so please make use of the default-mechanism in HA.

Also, I don't really care how many config options there are. Just please set default values for most of them. When the documentation is clear, most of the users will not have any problem.

[LEJOUI]

I’d like to see this option!

[mouth4war]

Will this fix the issue where if you turn a light on with a transition, circadian kicks in before the transition is complete, ruining the transition.

EDIT: Yes, it does.

[broyuken]

Will this fix the issue where if you turn a light on with a transition, circadian kicks in before the transition is complete, ruining the transition.

EDIT: Yes, it does.

This is exactly what I’m looking to fix. How would I implement this until it gets pulled into the main code in HA?

[claytonjn]

hass-circadian_lighting/custom_components/circadian_lighting/switch.py

Line 48 in 20d75ad

DEFAULT_INITIAL_TRANSITION = 1

@broyuken just change that line in your local switch.py file in custom_components

[claytonjn]

There is now a initial_transition configuration option at the switch level on the dev (beta) branch. Leaving this open because I have to update the WiKi once this hits master.

[claytonjn]

initial_transition added to master, wiki updated.