Hi everyone,

Below is the code for autodimming the Bulbdial during a certain time period, all you have to do is change defines at around line 76 and everything should work perfectly.

It allows you to:
- set the range of hours you want it to be dimmed
- set the level at which it dims from 0-8 (it will automatically revert back to the previous level after the time range)
- see the dimming level (except 0) when setting the clock's time
- disable the feature completely by commenting out line 76

One change to the original code is at line 1472 (or 1542 of attached version), where "MainBright" was replaced by "tempbright". Other changes are for allowing 24 hour mode and the stuff mentioned above.

This kit has been awesome fun. Thanks Evil Mad Scientist Labs!

Download link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13733336/Beady2_Autodim.pde
(attachments not working for me)

This is me being a curmudgeon and kind of a geek/jerk, but...

Next step should be adding code so that a person can set the auto-dim time/feature using the buttons on the clock, instead of by plugging it in for re-programming.

Kudos on what you've done so far!

That's actually a clever approach-- to make the autodim times preprogrammed --one that I hadn't thought of.

squall_line 's suggestion (adding a user-interface option for this) is also good, but sounds a bit challenging. The menu is tricky enough, as-is.

That's brilliant! It doesn't need a detector to know when it's night, it already knows what time it is!

I have a problem when i set the autodim to 0

and dimhour to 0

and undim hour 7

when it dimming between 0 and 7 hour then i cant change the time because when i am in time setting mode the autodim sets the dimming to 0 so i cant see a thing maybe you can make that when autodim is 0 and you enter timesetting the autodim is 1 so you can edit the time.

Quote by: Meviar

I have a problem when i set the autodim to 0

and dimhour to 0

and undim hour 7

when it dimming between 0 and 7 hour then i cant change the time because when i am in time setting mode the autodim sets the dimming to 0 so i cant see a thing maybe you can make that when autodim is 0 and you enter timesetting the autodim is 1 so you can edit the time.

The clock should un-dim after you pass 7 AM, so as long as you're not trying to set the time between midnight and 7 AM, you should be fine.

Alternatively, edit the code to do this; it's open-source.

Who sets their clock in the middle of the night anyway?