A scene is a little program that sets selected devices to a specific selected state, you can turn on/off lights set colors like you would do with macro's. The main difference between
a macro and a scene is that a scene takes hold of the device states and is bounded to locations (locations are determined by the devices).
- Holding device states (locked) means that automation rules or other external factors can not change this device's state. All changes will be held back and remembered. The result of this is when a scene has
become inactive, device will be getting the state they would have if the scene was not active by executing the held back commands. You are always able to change change a device's state manually!
- A scene is bound to locations. this means the following: There can be only one scene active per location. If a scene influences multiple locations, all these locations will have the scene applied.
Example: If you have a scene called "Diner" which includes devices in the living and dining room, these both locations are active with the scene "Diner". Activating a scene with the name "Watch movie" which only influences
the living room while "Diner" is active, will deactivate the scene "Diner" for both locations. The Dining room devices will be set to their original/new states and the living room to the "Watch movie" scene state.
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