Best practices for using Away Mode

[JDRoberts]

Different things work for different households, so I don’t think there really is a “best practices.” But you can get a lot of ideas from seeing how other people use them. Try the following thread (this is a clickable link). Even though the thread title is about routines, a lot of the discussion is about modes:

FAQ Routine, routines: How do you use them? (SmartThings Classic)

Routines seam to be one of the SmartThings features a lot of users have difficulty understanding and using. So i wanted to create a thread of actual working examples of Routines. Extra kudos for unique or interesting setups… That actually work I’ll start it off with the 4 Routines i use to ensure my home switches from Home to Night mode based off sunrise/sunset My Day/Night Mode Routine Quartet: Morning: Changes the mode to “Home”, Automatically preform at sunrise, Don’t do this automatically if in “Away” mode. Morning Too: Changes the mode to “Home”, Automatically preform at sunrise +5 mins, Don’t do this automatically if in “Away” or “Home” mode, send me a notice that Morning did not run. Night: Changes the mode to “Night”, Automatically preform at sunset, Don’t do this aut…