Hi I’m new to ST but seen the blinkapp link to gut hub above, can you please tell me how to use it? Do you download the script then past it to the developer account for ST?
A guide would be appreciated
Thanks
Login to IDE at https://account.smartthings.com/ using your Samsung account. From the hamburger menu button in the top right, select SmartApps. Select New SmartApp, and then paste the blink code into the From Code field and save. Though I’m not familiar with this specific SmartApp, you may need to use the classic ST app to get full functionality in your setup.
I pasted it to create the new smart app under My Smartapps. But can’t find that smart app in either new SmartThings app or classic. Not sure what I’m doing wrong.
Did you publish it for you?
Thanks, that worked. I’m new to ST, so glad Wink did what they did and motivated me to finally move. So much better. Now trying to refine it.
No problem at all. Glad it worked for you and welcome to the community!
Helo,
for some reason i can’t choose a lamp. Do I have to use certain lamps?
Very simple with the current Smartthings App.
Create 1st automation if the light is OFF for 5 seconds, turn it on
Create 2nd automation if the light is ON for 5 seconds, turn it off
Create virtual switch to say if you want them to flash to enable or disable BOTH of them
…or…create a condition, such as an alarm, to turn on the enable for BOTH of the automation.
It took me thirty seconds to create both, and it worked flawlessly. Not sure how it will work long term…
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Hello Richard,
This sounds promising. We recently got rid of our Hue lights, and one of the items we miss is the blink/flash ability. Our use case is instead of “yelling” for the kids, we use google home to call a routine to “get the kids attention” and it flashes the lamps in their rooms.
I just recently started with virtual switches… and in this case it sounds promising… but I’m not sure I’ve worked out how the virtual switch is used in this case. I tried setting the 2 routines:
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Flash On
precondition v switch is on
Light is off (5 secs)
Then turn light on.
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Flash Off
precondition v switch is on
Light is on (5 secs)
Then turn light off.
When I turn on the vswitch, it doesn’t do anything until I power change the status of the lamp… I guess I could make a routing that turned the switch on and changed the status of the lamp.
Thanks for the ideas!
I migrated the SmartThings Flasher Smartapp to Routine(s) (Automations) a while ago. Like most things when migrating from an SmartThings Smartapps to Routines, I had to use two Routines.
Like @oliverrl, I’m using a Virtual Switch for the flashing.
First I create a Routine with whatever triggers that turns On the Virtual Switch which I’ve called Flasher Timer.
Then I created the Flashing Routine for the Light(s) I want to flash. This is what it looks like. I tried to use one second, but it didn’t work right, so that’s why I’m using two seconds. That being said, I just do the math calculation to turn Off the Virtual Switch after the amount of time it has ‘looped’ enough to flash the light(s) however many times I want. I can even have the lights(s) continue constantly flashing by not turning Off the Virtual Switch in the Routine so that I then have to turn it Off manually or by another Routine trigger. Also, this will flash the light(s) when the light is Off so reverse the light condition on both sides if you want it to flash if the light is On.
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Yes, you are exactly correct. In order to start the routine, you do need to toggle the status of the light, otherwise you have already timed out the five seconds. I forgot to mention that, but you figured it out ok. I like the idea of setting the routine in Google as well!
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I added a routine that says when I turn the Flasher on, also toggle the light (regardless of the state) which then clears the condition to reset the timers to zero and allow the flash to start. Then when I want it to stop, I just turn off the Flasher routine. Works with Google Home now, I can say “Turn on the Flasher” and when I want it to stop, say “Turn off the Flasher”. I think it can be good for emergencies, if you want Fire, Police or Ambulance to know which house to stop at, as well as telling the kids to come home. See screenshots from link below…
Hoping you guys can help me with this! I would like to flash my lights if any of my doors or windows are open when we hit “night mode”.
I was planning on doing a virtual switch called “Flashing lights virtual”, then setup my automations.
Routine 1:
Preconditions: Any Door is open
If: Location Mode changes to ‘Night’
Then: Turn ON "Flashing lights virtual’
Routine 2:
If ‘Flashing Lights Virtual’ is on and ‘Lights’ are off
Then: Turn on lights
Routine 3:
If ‘Flashing Lights Virtual’ is on and ‘Lights’ are on
Then: Turn off lights
Routine 4:
Precondition: Night
If: Any Door closes
Then: Turn off ‘Flashing Lights Virtual’
Does this seem like it could work?
Can anyone please help me please? How to create a routine that when I press the on on a switch it should turn on.
Then off.
Then on again & stay on till I turn of the switch.
@Sddabrow1 Did you ever figure out a way to make this work? I’m trying to do a similar thing - on a given condition, I want a smart bulb to turn red and start flashing until the condition is cleared.
@oliverrl - Do you still have those screenshots? I’m trying to do something similar, but the link in your post (which I realize is nearly 2 years old) seems to be broken.
TIA
Brand and model of the smart bulb? Different ones have different features.
Also, do you have a SmartThings/Aeotec hub? Again, having one can give you different options.
Hey @JDRoberts - Thanks for the reply.
These are Sengled Zigbee smart light bulbs:
https://www.amazon.com/Sengled-Changing-Dimmable-Multicolor-Equivalent/dp/B0899LJHVV
And I have three SmartThings hubs:
SmartThings v3 Hub
SmartThings WiFi
SmartThings Station
But in general, it’s the SmartThings Station that I want to make the bulbs flash.
Thanks @oliverrl !