How do you handle disabling routines for holidays? For instance, I have a routine that turns off lights at a certain time everyday because it’s generally expected people in my house are no longer here (school / work / etc). It would be great if there was a “holiday list” or “vacation list” that you…

You can use @Mariano_Colmenarejo Aplicaciones Virtuales Mc driver to create a virtual calendar to turn your virtual holiday switch [that was recommended by @art_333 ] on and off. https://api.smartthings.com/invitation-web/accept?id=6b68563b-1905-4654-8d2b-e677a2997424

One simple suggestion is to create a virtual switch “Holiday” and use it as a precondition for your other routines. Then you just need to turn the switch on/off for the holiday(s).

Agree this would work if you remember to turn it off beforehand but I was looking for something a bit more automated. Is there any way to set a specific date to run a routine like “Jan 20, 2025”? I found somewhat of a hack using a combination of Alexa “alarms” and ST. You can set an alarm for a spe…

There used to be a pretty good calendar integration that would read from Google Calendar and turn a switch / virtual switch on and off when an event with a particular search term started and ended; I used it for things like babysitter presence but it would have worked for holidays too. The only way …

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phantasm22 January 16, 2025, 5:20pm 6

Thank you! Here is a link to the project for others

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