Quering ambient light in script

[khun]

Hi!

I can't find any examples of how to query ambient light in a script?

I have a script where I want something like:

if AmbientLight[OutsideLight] is darker or = Mostly light then
...
end

Thanks!

[Promixis]

Hi, you can open the ambient light lua file in the luascript dir. I haven't had a chance to look at it for you yet.

[khun]

After looking a little at AmbientLight.lua, I found the solution:

local OutsideLight = AmbientLight.GetAreaObject("OutsideLight")
if (not OutsideLight) then
gir.LogMessage("OutsideLight", "Not found", 1)
elseif (OutsideLight.Level < 5) then -- Mostly light or darker
... whatever
end

Thanks!

[honnt]

I'm REALLY struggling with Component/Device manager concepts, and it doesn't look like the above code is applicable anymore since the upgrade from SunRiseSet to SunriseSunset. Can I get an updated lua snippet to query the current AmbientLight level for one/more locations, please?

Thanks in advance,

[Promixis]

I'm REALLY struggling with Component/Device manager concepts, and it doesn't look like the above code is applicable anymore since the upgrade from SunRiseSet to SunriseSunset. Can I get an updated lua snippet to query the current AmbientLight level for one/more locations, please?

Thanks in advance,

Terry, this has changed for G5. See my post there.

[honnt]

Terry, this has changed for G5. See my post there.

Lol...thanks, Mike...didn't even notice that this was in the G4 forum...