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I've created scenes in Apple Home but want to add references to location and I can't see how to edit scripts. Does one need to delete the scene and create it again or is there a way to see ones scenes and edit them.
I'm using a iPhone 12 Mini and a 2022 MacBook Air M2
Mac mini, macOS 10.14
Hello ilim,
To my knowledge, Scenes don't work by setting custom locations for them to run in. You just add a name, icon, and Accessories they affect. The Rooms in your Apple Home have what is know as Zones.
These are the default ones, but you can create your own too! This allows you to say "Hey Siri, turn on all the lights on the second level." Rooms can belong to multiple Zones.
This will allow you to change the zones and use them when talking to Siri.
If you wanted to use Scenes, you could create a new scene called "Hallway Lights On" that would turn all the hallway lights upstairs on.
You can always edit Scenes, by long tapping on the Scene and tapping on Edit Scene.
Is this what you were looking for? Classifying Rooms as Zones? All Accessories within a Room would also belong to that Zone. As stated above you create as many Zones as you want and Rooms can belong to multiple. You could have a "Main Bedroom" and "Upstairs" Zones. If you asked Siri to turn all lights on Upstairs, Main Bedroom lights would also turn on. You could also say turn on the Main Bedroom lights and only these lights would turn on.
Hello ilim,
To my knowledge, Scenes don't work by setting custom locations for them to run in. You just add a name, icon, and Accessories they affect. The Rooms in your Apple Home have what is know as Zones.
These are the default ones, but you can create your own too! This allows you to say "Hey Siri, turn on all the lights on the second level." Rooms can belong to multiple Zones.
This will allow you to change the zones and use them when talking to Siri.
If you wanted to use Scenes, you could create a new scene called "Hallway Lights On" that would turn all the hallway lights upstairs on.
You can always edit Scenes, by long tapping on the Scene and tapping on Edit Scene.
Is this what you were looking for? Classifying Rooms as Zones? All Accessories within a Room would also belong to that Zone. As stated above you create as many Zones as you want and Rooms can belong to multiple. You could have a "Main Bedroom" and "Upstairs" Zones. If you asked Siri to turn all lights on Upstairs, Main Bedroom lights would also turn on. You could also say turn on the Main Bedroom lights and only these lights would turn on.
Thank you pjswiz, Homekit seems wonderful but I cannot see the Scenes to edit them. I'll look again and see. Perhaps I have automatons instead of scenes. I'll see about that. What I wanted to do was receive notifications when I was not at home but nothing when I was. This would be for motion sensors and cameras.
I haven't dabbled into motion sensors and cameras yet within my Apple Home (I will very soon)! I would suggest looking at the accessory settings and the accompanying app and see if they support these options. For example, if you have an Eve Camera download the Eve app and see if there is an option.
That's all I can really say for now sorry! I haven't used the cameras and motions sensors and don't want to mislead you. There are probably a ton of videos and articles on whatever products you are using though!
Hi pjswiz, Good luck going forward and thanks for the response.
ilim
Editing Scenes in Apple Home
