I have a ceiling fan that I want to turn on when I open a door, then turn off if I open it again. Is there a smartapp already out with this capability?

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[image] Debosmebo: turn on when I open a door, then turn off if I open it again. As @sidjohn1 said, Smart Lighting (sounds odd cause it’s a fan switch, but yes). For my clarity, you only care about automating the fan only when the door opens and not when it closes? Smart Lighting will do wh…

This is a sequence where you have to capture the previous state. First open turns on the fan. Second open turns off the fan. I don’t believe this can be done with the smart lighting app. Pretty sure @bravenel has some logic to do something like this with some of his advanced motion sensor stuff. …

Too bad Smart Lights doesn’t offer “Toggle” as one of its actions. Because that’s really all that would be needed. Open the door, if the fan is off, turn it on; or, if it’s on, turn it off.

[image] Debosmebo: I have a ceiling fan that I want to turn on when I open a door, then turn off if I open it again. Is there a smartapp already out with this capability? Here is the little app you need. About as simple as they get! /** * Toggle When Open * */ definition( name: "To…

Hmmm now can you take that code and make it so that it does this only after sunset? That would be cool

Well, sure, but before that, a question for you: Do you have a mode that begins at sunset (like “Night”). If you do, you can just use the built-in mode restriction of the app to do it. At the bottom on the install page it says, “Set for specific mode(s)”. By selecting “Night”, it would only run …

Thanks. This app does the trick.

Works great for my downstairs bathroom :). Only thing I’d like to add is that the light turns off after 20 minutes every time, just in case.

App that toggles a switch on/off when something is opened?

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bravenel (Bruce) December 20, 2015, 3:00pm 11

You should check out Rule Machine. It will do this for you…

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App that toggles a switch on/off when something is opened?

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