I'm wondering if someone could make a Smart App where lights turn on automatically when game time with team colors with an easy interface

[diehllane (Brian Diehl)]

This could be possible with the help of Google Calendar.

I have switches that turn on/off based on a Google Calendar search. I have imported my teams’ calendars to Google so they can be searched. When my team has a game, the switch comes on and I can see it change on my SmartTiles dashboard.

Here is the Google Calendar app I’m using.

[Support WITHDRAWN] GCal-Search: Google Calendar Event contact sensor/switch

UPDATE: @infofiend has taken up this project as his own. You can find his support thread [UPDATED 3/27/17] GCal Search I happen to use my ST setup as my alarm clock. It’s so much harder to hit snooze if your bedroom light is on! But because of random days off or late start days I’d have to keep modifying the routine. Thus GCal-Search is born. I created a Google Calendar and can stick events on it that my routines can deal with via virtual switches and/or contact sensors. If the polling/scheduling continues to improve this should end up working out well. Thus far I’ve had it run all weekend looking at my calendars and it hasn’t failed yet. crosses fingers The app works by creating sub-apps that have a virtual device with the contact and switch capabilities. This will allow you to select …

I just set up a separate item for each team on my list (and I have one for UFC as well that will turn on when the main card starts).

You could then tie this into CoRE to set your lights a certain color while a switch is on.