First off, I’ve been using @tonesto7’s AMAZING Nest integration Smartapp/Devices. It’s a really beautiful SmartApp – better UI than most (if not all) of Smartthings’ own!
However, I’m trying to figure out something that I would think would be pretty easy:
When I leave the house, I’d like to my Nests to “away”. And when I arrive home, I’d like to set them to “home”.
However, I can’t seem to figure out how to do this with a (Hello Home) routine. I’ve also tried to do this with Rule Machine, and while it gives me the options for “auto”, “heat”, “cool”, “off”, and “emergency heat”, none of these seem to be quite the same as “away”. Am I missing something?
I notice that I can set the Nest Presence device to “Away”. Does this set all of my thermostats to Away? Is there a way to control this function through a SmartApp? If this were set up as a switch, I could turn it on and off with just about any SmartApp. But again, I feel like I’m missing something.
Thanks in advance for any help or pointers anyone can give!
Thanks Anthony! In iOS, when I click on Create New Automation, I get the spinning wheel and then nothing happens. I’ve got the latest version from Github. Any ideas how I might fix that?
There’s also a setting in the Device Preferences to set the Nest mode to Auto when Smartthings location is Away. Will this do what I want to do? Is the “Auto” mode the same as Nest’s “Away”? I assumed that “Auto” was the mode where heat and cooling were both active and Nest would automatically switch depending on whichever was needed. Why would you want to set to this mode when Smartthings is “Away”?
I removed the Nest Manager SmartApp and reinstalled it. Then I went in and turned on all of the App Logs in the Preferences section. However, still nothing is happening when clicking “Create New Automation…” and I’m also getting nothing in the IDE logs.
That was exactly my problem! I had been using the GitHub integration to update the app in the IDE and I missed it when @tonesto7 added the automation app. I’ve got it and now things are working great.
I can’t overstate how awesome this app is! I was about to switch over to Ecobee so that I could have multiple sensors and better Smartthings integration. Now I can use my Smartthings motion sensors as external heat sensors and automate all sorts of things.
Thanks for your reply. When you say routines, you mean in smartthings routines? Basically, my requirement is to set the Nest mode to Away when the smartthings Armed Away is enabled. Is this possible at all?
I just provided the basic logic but there are additional settings you can add to this Routine. I use presence sensors to trigger my home/away so those could be incorporated if needed.
