I am using Fing for my presence detection, however i found the gmail workaround with gmail to be very slow.
i have android wall tablets so have the fing.io app installed on one along with Tasker and AutoNotification, i then capture the notifications from the fing.io app and use tasker to send a http get to my homeseer system. but for smarthtings you can do the same just need a simple smartapp to host a web endpoint to post to and then you can turn off or on a virtual switch. something like the below
definition(
name: "Virtual Switch Endpoint",
namespace: "fuzzysb",
author: "Stuart Buchanan",
description: "Triggers Switch when HTTP GET Request is received",
category: "My Apps",
iconUrl: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-icons/Convenience/Cat-Convenience.png",
iconX2Url: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-icons/Convenience/Cat-Convenience@2x.png")
preferences {
section(title: "Select Devices") {
input "virtualSwitch", "capability.Switch", title: "Select Switch", required: true, multiple:false
}
}
def installed() {
createAccessToken()
getToken()
DEBUG("Installed with Application Id: $app.id")
DEBUG("Installed with token: $state.accessToken")
DEBUG("Installed with settings: $virtualSwitch.name")
init()
}
def updated() {
DEBUG("Updated with Application Id: $app.id")
DEBUG("Updated with token: $state.accessToken")
unsubscribe()
init()
}
def init() {
state.lastOnChanged = 0
state.lastOffChanged = 0
subscribe(virtualSwitch, "switch", handleEvent)
}
mappings {
path("/ST/on") {
action: [
GET: "switchon"
]
}
path("/ST/off") {
action: [
GET:"switchoff"
]
}
}
// Callback functions
def getSwitch() {
// This returns the current state of the switch in JSON
return virtualSwitch.currentState("switch")
}
def switchon() {
if(now() - (3 * 1000) > state.lastOnChanged){
DEBUG("on")
state.lastOnChanged = now()
virtualSwitch.on();
}
else{
DEBUG("Not Turning On as State Changed too Recently.")
}
}
def switchoff() {
if(now() - (3 * 1000) > state.lastOffChanged){
DEBUG("off")
state.lastOffChanged = now()
virtualSwitch.off();
}
else{
DEBUG("Not Turning Off as State Changed too Recently.")
}
}
def lanResponseHandler(evt) {
log.debug "In response handler"
log.debug "I got back ${evt.description}"
}
def handleEvent(evt) {
log.debug "Event Value is: ${evt.value}"
def result
if (evt.value == "on")
{
sendOnCommand()
}
else
{
sendOffCommand()
}
}
def getToken(){
if (!state.accessToken) {
try {
getAccessToken()
DEBUG("Creating new Access Token: $state.accessToken")
} catch (ex) {
DEBUG("Did you forget to enable OAuth in SmartApp IDE settings")
DEBUG(ex)
}
}
}
private def DEBUG(message){
log.debug message
}
you just need to enable oauth on the smartapp and then you can send a web request from Tasker to the
https://graph-eu01-euwest1.api.smartthings.com/api/smartapps/installations/AppID/ST/On?access_token=Access Token
url then just substitute the on for off to enable the virtual switch to be off.
just thought i would throw that out there as the notification is instant as its push, not waiting for the email to be polled.
but gives you some options. just cant understand fing’s business model as think they would sell lots more devices marketing as a digital presence device more. they just need to sort their integration or at least just allow a http get request as a notification option.
