Continuing the discussion from [Rule machine - as per the app developer, this app is no longer available for new installs, distribution, or support] [image] Rule machine - as per the app developer, this app is no longer available for new installs, distribution, or support Community…

I have not tried what you’re doing but if in between in not available, you can try saving wind speed value to a variable and then use the variable capability to check if it’s within.your target range.

yep that is what I am trying. First time I had to do this so we will see how it works

I need help using a web request. I’m using /execute/pistonname. The piston is activated in the dashboard but does not perform the tasks. What am I doing wrong? Is this a bug? Can someone confirm this works for them?

It’s not working on any of my pistons. All of my pistons are working correctly from the SmartThings app but won’t work when I send the command even though they say they are working in the dashboard. Here is one of my pistons [image] After I send /execute/goodbye Piston is running. Piston state ch…

I have several pistons making web requests. Are you trying to make a local call to a service on your LAN? Your piston for your routine looks ok from what I can see. I second @Lisa_262 about posting in the help forum and also see if @ady624 has any thoughts as well.

I’m making an outside request trying to trigger a piston to run This is what I use: https://graph-na02-useast1.api.smartthings.com/api/token/mytokenhere/smartapps/installations/appidhere/execute/pistonname You can see what happens to the piston in my above post. It states it received the execute …

Here is the answer from @ady624 . Ok, the reason the piston doesn’t do anything is because your piston has an IF condition that can’t be true when executed by IFTTT. The piston will only run when the routine runs. Do you need the piston to be run by both IFTTT and a routine? If so, consider adding a…

Yeah, but this works in your context: your piston had a single trigger condition on the execution of a routine which obviously returned false when piston was run by other means than the routine itself executing. I recommend using an IFTTT trigger as it keeps the piston logic sane. Or you can always …

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Lisa_262 (Lisa 262) December 5, 2016, 1:33am 4311

I’ve only used Maker and IFTTT for web requests. I’d recommend Ace Developer/CoRE Mastermind @ady624 add his two cents…

Or, try asking in the CoRE - Get peer assistance here with setting up Pistons discussion…

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