It seems like most IFTTT allows you to connect two services together which is pretty cool. However, I’ve not been able to think of anything really useful on a daily basis so far to be able to really utilize IFTTT. Just wondering if anyone has been able to use it in really pragmatic ways. I’m not tal…

This is one way i use IFTTT with smartthings [image] Using old iPhone as a Webcam Devices & Integrations I recently came across the idea to turn a disused iPhone into a webcam. Has anyone tried this an integrated it with SmartThings? I see there are numerous apps for web…

I don’t presently use it myself as there are better, more direct ways to connect the systems I want to right now, but I know of some things people are doing. @sidjohn1 example is one. I know of other people who push log details into a file in dropbox or something to get their data easily. Another…

I think for the purposes of home automation, it’s limited by the level of integration that is available. For example, you can’t trigger a smartapp externally, so right now it seems limited to “informational purposes” for the cool stuff. I have it set to remind me when I go on vacation (checking in…

I is it as an intermediary with Tasker for my Android app. Instead of mucking around with Oauth2 and the like, I just have Tasker send a text message to IFTTT tagged with what I want it to do. My complete setup includes DashClock Widget -> DashClock Tasker Extension -> Tasker -> text message -> IFT…

[quote=“viguera, post:4, topic:3903, full:true”] I think for the purposes of home automation, it’s limited by the level of integration that is available. For example, you can’t trigger a smartapp externally, so right now it seems limited to “informational purposes” for the cool stuff.[/quote] The…

Although it requires a little bit of programming, I use IFTTT as means to have remote actions make things happen in my ST controlled house, that I couldn’t figure another automated approach to. One easy example is to have the A/C turn on at my house when I leave my office (which is 45 minutes away)…

I actually meant to say their reliance on DropCam rather than reliability. Although I’m not entirely sure about the latter, my issue with the former is that there are quite a few other vendors out there that offer IP camera options that are cheaper and/or just as good. The ST ecosystem is somewhat…

[image] viguera: I actually meant to say their reliance on DropCam rather than reliability. Okay… I thought that’s what you meant. I guess I’ll just that security options exists outside of cameras. Obviously this is less than ideal. As I said, ST isn’t on par with monitored security compa…

@storageanarchy [image] storageanarchy: One easy example is to have the A/C turn on at my house when I leave my office (which is 45 minutes away). I use the iOS Geofencing “when I enter an area” to turn on a ST Virtual Switch named “Barry’s At Work”, and when I leave the area, it turns that swi…

I just used the “On/Off Button Tile” - if you can’t find it in the ST App, you’ll need to add it from “My Devices” in the IDE…

Any real added value of IFTTT?

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This is one way i use IFTTT with smartthings

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Any real added value of IFTTT?

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