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Modes are an essential part of the true home automation experience. With modes, you can set your devices to behave differently during each mode. For example you probably don't want your bathroom lights coming on at full blast in the middle of the night like you might at other modes.
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'''Modes''' are an essential part of the true home automation experience. With modes, you can set your devices to behave differently during each mode.
  
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In order to start using modes in your automations, you need to first create them in the Location section. Your Hubitat Elevation™ comes with four default modes, but you can change them in the Location section as well.
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'''Example''': You probably don't want your bathroom lights turning on full blast in the middle of the night, as you may wish to have other times of the day.
  
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#From the Hubitat Web Interface home page, select Location and Modes
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In order to start using modes in your automations, you need to first create them in the [https://docs.hubitat.com/index.php?title=Location_and_Modes#Modes Location and Modes] page of your Hubitat Web Interface. Your Hubitat Elevation<sup>®</sup> hub comes with four default modes, but you can change them as you prefer.
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#Select the Modes tab at the top
 
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#At the bottom you will see all of the current available modes. If you would like to change the name of any of these modes, simply edit the name and click ''update'' below it.
 
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#To add a new mode, enter the name of the mode in the ''Add New Mode'' box on the top-right and click ''create.''
 
  
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It's important to note that modes do nothing on their own. There are no built-in mode "settings"; modes will not change on their own. To set your modes, use [https://docs.hubitat.com/Mode_Manager Mode Manager] (or [[Rule Machine]]<sup>®</sup>). There you can set modes to automatically change based on time of day, day of the week, presence and more. You can also program modes to change at the press of a button.
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It's important to note that modes do nothing on their own. There are no built-in mode ''settings,'' and modes will not change on their own. To set your modes, use [https://docs.hubitat.com/Mode_Manager Mode Manager] or [[Rule Machine]]<sup>®</sup>. There you can set modes to automatically change based on time of day, day of the week, presence and more. You can also program modes to change at the press of a button. Once your '''Modes''' are set you can use them to change the behavior of your device(s), creating rules that have device(s) doing one thing in '''Day Mode''', for example and a completely different thing (or nothing at all) during '''Away mode'''.
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Once your modes are set you can use modes to change the behavior of your device(s), creating rules that have device(s) doing one thing in Day mode and a completely different thing (or nothing at all) during Away mode.
 

Revision as of 01:09, 17 March 2020

Modes are an essential part of the true home automation experience. With modes, you can set your devices to behave differently during each mode.

Example: You probably don't want your bathroom lights turning on full blast in the middle of the night, as you may wish to have other times of the day.

In order to start using modes in your automations, you need to first create them in the Location and Modes page of your Hubitat Web Interface. Your Hubitat Elevation® hub comes with four default modes, but you can change them as you prefer.

It's important to note that modes do nothing on their own. There are no built-in mode settings, and modes will not change on their own. To set your modes, use Mode Manager or Rule Machine®. There you can set modes to automatically change based on time of day, day of the week, presence and more. You can also program modes to change at the press of a button. Once your Modes are set you can use them to change the behavior of your device(s), creating rules that have device(s) doing one thing in Day Mode, for example and a completely different thing (or nothing at all) during Away mode.

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