Looking for app that can turn lights on and change color

[dalec]

@Rah

I’m looking for a SMARTAPP that can automate this task

I would look at using a couple of apps that might work for you. SmartLighting to give you the time control of the porch switch and then add all your color light bulbs to this app for syncing together based on the porch switch. @Triosinal did a great job on this app and it sounds like its just what you are looking for?

[RELEASE] Use Switches to set Lighting Scenes, Colors, Color Temperature/dimming

I very recently purchased the SmartThings hub with the intention of controlling several color temperature bulbs in the living room. It works pretty well, except syncing the bulbs together was a pain; I tried “Dim with Me,” but it didn’t control color temperature (I wanted the ability to have cooler light when the lights were on full, and warmer light when set to ‘movie dim’ mode). So, I wrote this up (note: I am not a java/groovy developer by trade; the code I write for work is all visual block programming. This is probably really poorly coded, but it works). This SmartApp takes as an input anywhere from 1 to 5 switches. Honestly, I don’t know why you’d ever use just 1…but anyways, you can set individual color temperature, color, and dim levels for the selected bulb(s) based on which swit…