My garage runs local. The contct sensors turns on the light when open and off when closed. Then the motion inside picks up. Same principle as @Mbhforum use case
Same with my garage. For contacts turns it all on, motion keeps it that way and also turns it on if I come inn through an already open door.
Actually I did figure it out, sort ofā¦ I pause the piston when I go in if I will be there a while. Otherwise, Iām always going back over to turn the light on when my wife checks in on me 
Rick
How do you pause it? @Toy4Rick
Continuing the discussion from the other thread.
Thanks @JDRoberts - Got carried away on the other thread.
Here is some refinement:
So a single Piston to Bridge your ST Routines to your Routine-Pistons:
Then each set of actions you wish to execute are grouped into logical containers I call Routine-Pistons. I keep these separate from the triggers above, because I want to be able to execute or call these pistons from other pistons and I believe that having conditions on them prevents them from being called/executed unless those conditions happen to be true when you call them.
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Ahhhhhā¦ Rereading thisā¦ Yes I see what youāre doing and how that is definitely different from the way Iām doing it.
I agree that to call these actions from other pistons there can be no conditions included.
Good call there and I see a use case for myself where I will make changes to my system.
Is one supposed to be able to use the On/Off button slider on the CoRE web interface for the individual pistons??
Yes. It should work.
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Thanks Ady!
Chrome was just being sensitive, got it working.
probably not the right thread, through it out there though while I am here:
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It appeared that when I changed the name of a piston, a link to execute that piston died - as in it maybe reliant on the exact name as opposed to some backend link/identifier. Not sure itās solvable, but wanted to confirm thatās expected behavior, and consider changing it if the facilities are available.
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Any way to allow one to clone a pistons in the future?
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Organizational methods anyone is using / possible frameworks that can be built within CoRE
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Unfortunately, the selection list does not support id/values. So in order to make it readable, I have to use names. I can - behind the scenes - retrieve the id of the app, but that can cause other thingsā¦
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Maybe, I am yet to look into a method that someone offered a couple of months ago.
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Sorry, what?
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Hey Ady -
Thank you for the reply.
3 - Are there methods / tricks folks are using to organize their pistons into logical groups or orders. Not a big deal with a handful but can be cumbersome with many pistons and as time goes on to remember what eachās basic function is. Alternatively or secondary to that key question is are there tools available to you to allow for some sort of organizational methodology?
I would even consider things like ability to install multiple instances of CoRE to use to organize pistons into logical / meaningful groupings.
I do mine like this. Pic one - It groups then inside of the app. Pic two - And it when Iām looking at the smartapps for a device I know instantly which smartapp is doing what with that device.
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Do you have multiple instances of Core installed?
No, he put the word Core in each pistonās nameā¦
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Ah.
Jason, itās CoRE. Please get it right. Update your Pistons and repost pictures to confirm.
EDIT: Setting a reminder for myself to follow up with you, as I havenāt seen the results yet.
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I know I can get CoRE to run a maker, setting that up now.
So: CoRE --> IFTTT Maker
I doesnāt seem obvious, or possible, to use a IFTTT Maker āActionā (URL Request) to kick off something in ST.
So, to get something in IFTTT to cause actions within the ST world, I still need a Virtual Switch no?
Example, I want something IFTTT is aware of to cause ST to Disarm. Ideas?
I honestly have no ideaā¦ I have purposely refused to use IFTTT simply because the delay makes it completely useless to me.
The only thing I currently use it for is when either my wife or I leave certain locations it will turn on a virtual switch. That VS activates a piston that is fired when we arrive at home. Most of the time, that VS is not activated until a good 10 minutes AFTER we get homeā¦
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Well there is a first for everything. @ady624
I can see that. My use case isnāt time sensitive, relative of course. 5 minutes is good enough.An hour is no good.
Oh, Iām more than willing to admit when I donāt know somethingā¦ but you can usually guarantee that Iām in the process of learning all about itā¦
Except this timeā¦ IFTTT has a delay and I am completely uninterested in learning to useā¦ Personally, I see it as a bog to my system.
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NO NO NO NO. I mean, you always have valuable input. Not that I perceive you to be a āknow it allāā¦ 
@SBDOBRESCU is the forum cliff clavin. 
, @JDRoberts told me so.
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