rsoares28:
Hello, i have an in wall electric fireplace that plugs into a standard electrical outlet. The fireplace has a hard on/off switch and also soft a power button. Basically the power button wont work unless the on/off switch is in the “on” position. Is there anyway to automate this?
if the fireplace is on and i pull the plug, unit shuts off… if plug it back in i have press the soft power button to turn it back on again.
Thanks for any advice
I had a similar problem with my Mac Mini that I use as a media player for my home theater setup. I could automate turning everything on except for the Mac Mini because of it’s soft power button as well. I used a solenoid contraption plugged into a z-wave switch to make it work. I talk about here. Problem for you might be hiding the contraption.
When I got into SmartThings, one of the things that I wanted to do was to automate my media center. My system is not too overly complicated but here’s what needed to happen:
Turn off and on certain lights
Set a color scene to my hue bulbs
Turn on the amplifier
Turn on the TV
Turn on the Mac Mini that I use to run Kodi (XBMC)
Voice activate the ON/OFF sequence
Integrate with Harmony Home Control remote
Make sure that I have WAF
First, I want to thank many developers and coders who came up with device types and smartapps to accomplish my goals. And of course this active community that helped in various ways along the way.
The tough part was figuring out how to turn on the Mac Mini that has an electronic “ON” button that requires a physical press to make it work. I decided to go “old scho…
1 Like