The new SmartThings app allows SmartApps to be paused, and this is also possible through the IDE. I’ve found this to be the best way to ‘turn off’ a smartapp. I’m wondering whether it’s possible to automate this.
Other methods to disable a smartapp have been either hacky and limiting (changing the mode), or unreliable (using a virtual motion sensor as a switch).
The scenario I have in mind is this: I’m using the Virtual Thermostat smartapp to turn on/off a heater, controlled with a smart plug. I can’t just turn the smart plug off, since the smartapp will turn it back on.
It would be great to have a separate smartapp that could turn off the heater as well as the Virtual Thermostat so that the heater isn’t turned on again. And I’d like to schedule it so that I don’t accidentally leave it on all night.
Any thoughts?