Alexa ST Combined Routine [Newbie]

[Toy4Rick (Rick S)]

Hello,

I would suggest looking into CoRE as the backbone. More specifically create a virtual switch in ST, then create a CoRE Piston that monitors that VS so when it changes to off, the Piston runs what you want. The trigger will be when you tell Alexa to turn off the VS

CoRE is a beast and will do this and way more than you can hardly imagine, but hang in there and do use the second thread for Q&A

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Rick