I’ve been diving into the world of smart lighting automation lately, and I must say, it’s been an exciting journey! 
One of my recent projects involved setting up RGBW light strips in my living room, and I wanted to create a system where the colors could alternate based on a time interval—something like every 10 seconds. However, I quickly realized that achieving this wasn’t as straightforward as I thought.
SmartThings doesn’t run continuously, which means I couldn’t rely on it to handle the automation seamlessly. I stumbled upon the Groovy runIn() method, but it seemed limited to motion-based triggers, which wasn’t quite what I needed. After some research and experimentation, I discovered that using automations with time-based triggers was the way to go.
Here’s what I did: I set up five different automations, each configured to change the RGBW strips to a specific color. To cycle through these automations with a single button press on my Hue dimmer, I created a sequence where each press triggers the next automation in the list. It took a bit of tweaking, but it finally worked! 
This setup has completely transformed my living space, adding a dynamic and festive touch to my home. If anyone has tips on optimizing this further or suggestions for other creative uses of RGBW strips, I’d love to hear them! Let’s keep the smart lighting revolution going! 
