Greetings! I’m a brand new Smartthings user, but I’ve used home automation devices for about 15 years. In the case of Smartthings, I think that’s more of a hindrance than a benefit, because it looks like Smartthings is designed very differently from any of the solutions I’ve used before. Anyway, he…

SmartThings uses what they call “Hello Actions” or phrases as scenes. The actions can be used to turn on/off stuff and also change the Mode. Mode is essentially the state of your home and can be triggered by the actions or other SmartApps. The actions can be found by hitting the bubble icon in the t…

Wow. Ok… First, thank you so much for your response and for taking the time to help me out. …But that’s not going to work for me. It looks like Smartthings, as a platform is really taking the automation part of home automation and running with it, but not really caring about the home control part…

I think this is what you’re looking for. I haven’t used it in a while but give it a try. twack/smarthings-apps/blob/master/scene-machine.app.groovy /** * App Name: Scene Machine * * Author: Todd Wackford * twack@wackware.net * Date: 2013-06-14 * Version: 1.1 * * Upda…

Matt, I tried to install it today and it’s not working. Something must changed in the core ST app since I wrote it. (sorry) I’ll get with ST and see how I might get it up to date. I’ll post back when I do. Twack

@Dignan17 Your assessment of SmartThings ‘automation’ vs ‘control’ model is a sound one, but it doesn’t excuse an app that is so slow to launch and cumbersome to navigate. I couldn’t live with it either. I park my scenes as scripts on a server, and call them using iRule

That’s what I was afraid of. OK, my hub is going back to Amazon. Too bad, this thing had potential.

[image] Dignan17: It looks like Smartthings, as a platform is really taking the automation part of home automation and running with it, but not really caring about the home control part of things. The software is definitely not geared toward having me control things myself, as it takes far too m…

@chrisb Thanks for the information, but I think he has already given up. Like you, I had a different idea of how ST would work for me. And after getting it, I was a little concerned on how I saw it work. But, I have adjusted the HA in my house, and really I have NO problems with it at all. And i…

[image] theedpope: ST is not for everyone, you need to be technically inclined and willing to read through a lot of noise to get to the meat of HA. Wow, that’s a little patronizing. If anything, ST is far more designed for ease of use and general consumer consumption than other options out th…

Are there scenes?

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Dignan17 (Matt Maher) September 14, 2014, 1:14am 5

OK, thanks for the suggestion. How do I use that? I’m brand new to Smartthings.

Will SmartThings meet my needs?

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Are there scenes?

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