Anything more powerful than the Smart Lighting Smartapp?

jsaxophone · 2017-06-20 01:32:26 UTC

Controlling Scenes/Modes through Smartthings has worked very well since I started using the Smart Lighting app, however, I’m a bit disappointed with some of the options I’m allowed to set. For example, dimmer levels are in increments of 10%, where I would prefer to enter any number, even 1% for nightlight apps. The color settings also leave a lot to be desired, with only about 10 options, not to mention, blue is more purple, green is more teal, and warm/soft white seem to be swapped. I’d prefer #FFFFFF inputs.

jfattizzi · 2017-06-20 01:35:48 UTC

Look up webcore. Its amazing

JDRoberts · 2017-06-20 01:36:49 UTC

Several options, but webcore is the most powerful:

FAQ: What is WebCoRE? (And what was CoRE?) CoRE

CoRE (now WebCore) is a very powerful community – created rules engine for SmartThings. It allows you to set up stacked conditionals like “If A then B but only while C and not if D.” Setting it up can be quite complex, but there are many community members who will be glad to help you. For example, here is a piston that one member created to notify him if the dog had already been fed twice that day and he picked up the dog bowl for a third time. He needed this because he has a large family and people didn’t always remember whose turn it was to feed the dog. :dog::blush: [image] The original version of CoRE Has now been replaced by a new version, WebCoRE, which moves the data entry to a web interface. This allows for flexibility and an architecture that requires more memory than is av…

Just be aware that the official smart lighting feature can run locally if the devices included are eligible to run locally (which at the present time does not include hue bulbs). Any custom code, including Core, cannot. But for most people that’s not a big deal.