Yes it will reset the timer if Cancel on Piston State Change is selected. It is located all the way at the bottom of the Action section.
The default routine pretty much well covers it all including motion detectors. This is how I run mines with a couple of activity switches thrown in the mix.
my bad, the default works, it has âquiet downâ.
Thank you @rontalley.
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Iâm hoping this does what I think it doesâŚor is there a better way.
I want to detect if the door is closed and unlocked, and if itâs still closed 10 minutes later, Lock it (because Iâm a dumbass and failed to lock the door).
How often does CoRE poll for that initial state?
Why do a THEN IF?
Just set it up like the following:
If Door is closed AND unlocked⌠then wait 10 min and Lock.
Also set the task cancelation to cancel on condition change and if within the 10 min timer the door is locked it will cancel running.
If the door is already closed and locked it wonât run as well if the door is open it wonât run.
need help with tstat ecobee setup. (thanks in advance)
which piston mode should be used and what kind of logic should be used. I will try to figure it out based on recommendations but need someone to point me in the right direction.
if door left open > 5minutes, change tstat to Off Mode otherwise, if door closed (or changed to closed) change ecobee to cool mode.
and also if ecobee changed to cool mode while door is open, change mode back to Off Mode.
Trying to do an internal get web request to control a device on my network.
Navigating to the address on a browser changes the state of the device (only if on my local network)/
It also works using Tasker get command (if on my local network).
When I try to use CORE, I see the get in the log, but it doesnât change the state of the device.
Any ideas?
Switch to WebCoRE.
Seriously though, you might want to look into changing as you can do so much more with it.
As for your current issue, sorry not familiar with this.
Iâm sure someone watching will be. Good luck.
Is anyone able to turn off an HVAC fan using core thru a NEST tstat? I can get it to come on but canât get it to turn off because of the timed feature of the nest.
thank you; havent even noticed webCORE; been using CORE for a long time.
Anyone here using Blink Cameras that can comment on setting the camera to record when away and disable recording when home? Iâm using Nest Presence for the home and away function. Looking through the options for Blink it appears that disable camera or turn off are what I need? When I return I would like motion to still work. I only put the notifications on the piston, since Iâm wondering how long after leaving home does the camera get set to record.
Iâm thinking the Turn Off function disables motion?
Iâve looked for some other examples on Blink but canât find any to use as reference.
Here is what I have:
Just getting started with webCore and I love it. I am creating an email with a long message body. How do i insert a new line in the text?
Use â\nâ, not sure if you have to escape it.
Tried that. Didnât work.
Maybe @ady624 needs to tweak it⌠it evaluates properly in Expression editor.
For the life of my I canât seem to figure out how to report the status of a deviceâs power. For example⌠I want to be able to control a set of lights using a wall-switch. Not a smart switch⌠just a good old fashioned dumb switch. Now this switch controls an OSRAM Lightify RGBW bulb. What I want to do is turn off other lights in the same room when the physical switch is flipped off⌠and turn on other lights when it is flipped on. I have several other lights (Hue mostly) in the same room but they are not controlled by this switch. But I figure there must be a way to control them with this switch by somehow checking the power status of the Lightify Bulb that IS on that switch. If the bulb changes to âonlineâ then turn on light 1, light 2, etc. If bulb changes to âofflineâ then turn off light 1, light 2, etc. But I canât figure out how to do this. I am not a programmer or engineer⌠but I have stumbled my way through many pages here and have nearly fully automated my entire home with the help of CoRE (and now starting with webCoRE). But I am just not able to solve this problem. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.
Hi everyone
First off, great job with Core. This is the one reason that makes smartthings as a platform worth it for me.
I have played around with various pistons, but always had the impression that the way I am doing things is not necessarily the smoothest. That said I am having trouble filtering the huge amount of information, so I am just coming out here with a sample piston of mine, wondering if it can be done better.
The usecase:
I have about 8 Hue lights in my bedroom.
a) when I come home in the evenings or at night, I want a specific 3-light pattern to turn on, EXCEPT in the case that I manually turned on any of the other lights before.
b) I want ALL (not just the three) lights to turn off if there is no movement for a specific period of time.
At the moment, my piston looks like this:
My questions:
a) can this be done more efficiently?
b) When does the BUT IF trigger? In a scenario where I get into the room, the IF-THEN doesnt trigger, because one of the initial conditions wasnt met (Say I turned on my reading lamp before), would the BUT IF-THEN trigger after 20 minutes of inacitivity anyway? Would my reading light stay on or would it be turned off?
Is the OSRAM Lightify RGBW bulb setup as a SmartThings device? If yes then it will show up in Core. If not then it wonât.
Help needed please. I am trying to setup a piston that automatically turns offf a light if it is set below 5%. This is very easy to do for a single light, but I want to setup it up for about 20 lights and if any one of those falls below 5%, just turn off that light. I could just setup 20 Basic pistons, one for each light, but that is a nightmare to setup and maintain. There must be a better way right? Any help appreciated! Thanks.