Best Way to Do if A and B Then C

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I have an open/close sensor on my garage door. When I leave I sometime forget if I have closed it. What I would like to happen is when my iPhone is not longer present and the garage dorr sensor is open, I would like to send a notification to my phone. Is this something I can do wholy within SmartThings or do I have do use IFTTT or both? From what I’ve read so far, IFTTT doesn’t do if A and B then C.

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IFTTT won’t support multiple things unless you go with a virtual device to cover both.

You are much better off going with Rule Machine. This can do anything you can imagine pretty much.

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You can use Stringify, it has multiple if inputs.

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Rule machine for sure!

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The rules machine looks to be a good solution. I found the annoncement for it and some install steps. There is mention of an IDE and ‘Publish for Me’. I figured out what IDE was meant, but I’m not clear on exactly how to install the github files into the IDE. I probably can figure it out, but is there some documentation on the process that I’ve missed?

Nevermind, I found the “Tools and IDE” page.

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create smartapp within the IDE, go to the code page and paste the code for rule machine and publish. Do the same for Rule and you’re done.

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I got the rule machine and rule installed and they appear in the app on my iPhone. I was able to create a rule, but I’m a little confused as to how it works.

The trigger is my iPhone leaves.
Under Define Condition, I have
Select Capibility: Contact
Contact Sensors: Garage Door
Contact State: open

Define the Rule is Garage Door Open

Back on the main page I see

Define Conditions
Garage Door open [FALSE]

Define a Rule
Garage Door open
[FALSE]

I would think it should be set to [TRUE]. The state is set by the app and I don’t see how to change it. For acations, I set Select Actions for True to Push. Is this set up correctly? I want to get a push notification if my iPhone leaves and the garage door is open.

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For a condition, it shows the current state.
Basically, it is saying at this time, Garage Door open is False. In other words, it is saying it is closed.

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You’re right. When I opened the door, it changed to true. Thanks