Ideas for routines?

[JDRoberts]

Welcome! You might find the “get started” project reports list of interest in the community – created wiki . Quite a few interesting threads there, including “top 10 things to do with SmartThings” etc.

http://thingsthataresmart.wiki/index.php?title=How_to_Quick_Browse_the_Community-Created_SmartApps_Forum_Section#Quick_Browse_Links_for_Project_Reports.2FQuestions

You could also jump right to this FAQ ( this is a clickable link)

FAQ Routine, routines: How do you use them? (SmartThings Classic)

Routines seam to be one of the SmartThings features a lot of users have difficulty understanding and using. So i wanted to create a thread of actual working examples of Routines. Extra kudos for unique or interesting setups… That actually work I’ll start it off with the 4 Routines i use to ensure my home switches from Home to Night mode based off sunrise/sunset My Day/Night Mode Routine Quartet: Morning: Changes the mode to “Home”, Automatically preform at sunrise, Don’t do this automatically if in “Away” mode. Morning Too: Changes the mode to “Home”, Automatically preform at sunrise +5 mins, Don’t do this automatically if in “Away” or “Home” mode, send me a notice that Morning did not run. Night: Changes the mode to “Night”, Automatically preform at sunset, Don’t do this aut…