and perhaps remotely or by voice

As it happens...I've already received a feature request to have it connected to Alexa!

if sunset (calculate it) it closes

I'm pulling sunset from an API and an offset from the control file. Until it is actually in use I won't know if the curtains need to close at sunset or a little while before or after.

For your current spec I would go with (2)

That seems to be the consensus here and was my gut feeling. So 2 it shall be. I will be writing an updater to pull down a new script version from the server and SSH is enabled so I will be able to update the code remotely (not sure yet how to access the remote unit but that can be sorted).

In reply to Re^2: Continuous or timed? by Bod
in thread Continuous or timed? by Bod

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