A Note about Remotes (and about Scenes: "Local" vs "Global")

[tgauchat (ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)]

Any place for a FAQ is a good start, especially if it encourages the Community to contribute FAQs…

Genesis of a way to create and publish "Community Generated FAQs"

Continuing the discussion from Smart Alarm is here: This will make for an excellent FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions / Ad Hoc Mini-Guides) entry; Actually, at least 2 entries: (a) how to install a shared SmartApp – certainly asked and answered dozens of times probably in different Topics and READ.md’s, and (b) what are some “tablet as control or security panel” setups available and recommendations. SmartThings (@April, @Ben, @Jim, and the gang) has heard our desires for various sorts of Knowledge Bases (KB’s), Known Issues, etc., but that may or may not be redundant with Community Generated FAQs – even if some or all of such FAQ Topics are only transient as they get absorbed one by one into official ST reference resources. @April and I started a very casual discussion on where some Comm…

But as the above referenced discussion mentions… This is just a start. (Even if it’s been desired for a long long time) It needs moderation as soon as they are available resources, and perhaps a Wiki or other editable format, etc.

I humbly suggest, for now, that discussions about FAQs be moved under the Meta Topic linked above.

Or as a Meta Topics under a top level FAQ Category (as is starting to evolve under Capabilities Category).