Hello Everyone.
I'm delighted I found this place. Here's my first post and question, hope someone can assist me.
I have two sets of Really nice Christmas tree displays I purchased years ago. They are quite unique and very entertaining.
The unit is powered by a small power supply, with a switch of three buttons about 4 feet from the Power Supply.
The display will not come on until button (1) is pressed.
Then after I press (1) all the light nodes begin to change colors.
Here's the logic of the switch:
1. If button (1) is pressed the light display powers up and starts.
2. If I press button (1) again the display changes up to 5 different selections / variations.
2. If button (2) is pressed again up to 5 different color display selections / variations.
3. If button (3) is pressed again up to 5 different color display and more selections / variations.
There seems to be no logic to turn the unit off unless you unplug it from the wall.
My plan is to use a (WiFi Smart 4 port Relay switch) that I purchased on Amazon for about $17 US Dollars.
The (Wifi Smart 4 port relay switch) uses the Smart Life App and of course Alexa can controls each relay.
The Wifi board has a modes of (Momentary Switch about 1 second) and (Latched Stays on until you tell Alexa to turn off)
SO my thoughts are .
Relay 1. works as Button (1) powers the device and gives me 5 selections
Relay 2. Works as Button (2) with 5 selections
Relay 3. Works as Button (3) with 5 selections
Relay 4. Is setup as (Latch Mode) so can turn On / Off the Power to the Display Device..
I'm pretty sure this should work just fine. And allow me to custom to program custom light displays using the Alexa Routine Functions for multiple selections of Momentary pulses.
Of course my dream would be to use an Aurduino with a 4 port relay board and my custom software to run it. But I'm just entry level on that so far.
SO any thoughts on my first project? Any advice would be greatly apperciated.
Sincerely. PCman
I'm delighted I found this place. Here's my first post and question, hope someone can assist me.
I have two sets of Really nice Christmas tree displays I purchased years ago. They are quite unique and very entertaining.
The unit is powered by a small power supply, with a switch of three buttons about 4 feet from the Power Supply.
The display will not come on until button (1) is pressed.
Then after I press (1) all the light nodes begin to change colors.
Here's the logic of the switch:
1. If button (1) is pressed the light display powers up and starts.
2. If I press button (1) again the display changes up to 5 different selections / variations.
2. If button (2) is pressed again up to 5 different color display selections / variations.
3. If button (3) is pressed again up to 5 different color display and more selections / variations.
There seems to be no logic to turn the unit off unless you unplug it from the wall.
My plan is to use a (WiFi Smart 4 port Relay switch) that I purchased on Amazon for about $17 US Dollars.
The (Wifi Smart 4 port relay switch) uses the Smart Life App and of course Alexa can controls each relay.
The Wifi board has a modes of (Momentary Switch about 1 second) and (Latched Stays on until you tell Alexa to turn off)
SO my thoughts are .
Relay 1. works as Button (1) powers the device and gives me 5 selections
Relay 2. Works as Button (2) with 5 selections
Relay 3. Works as Button (3) with 5 selections
Relay 4. Is setup as (Latch Mode) so can turn On / Off the Power to the Display Device..
I'm pretty sure this should work just fine. And allow me to custom to program custom light displays using the Alexa Routine Functions for multiple selections of Momentary pulses.
Of course my dream would be to use an Aurduino with a 4 port relay board and my custom software to run it. But I'm just entry level on that so far.
SO any thoughts on my first project? Any advice would be greatly apperciated.
Sincerely. PCman
