Modes and 3 teenagers coming home late?

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@atlwolfpack

Thanks guys. I will dive into Core and see what I can do with it.

If you go the CoRE route, take a look at the following, as an example:

[SHARE] CoRE - show & tell all about Pistons

[image] Run Mode Routines Overview: Switches Modes depending on the time of day and presence. This piston pretty much does the same thing as the ST Market app, Routine Director. Implementation: I only need/use three Modes: Day (essentially home-day, sunrise to sunset); Night (essentially home-night, sunset to sunrise); Away, when everyone is gone. Switching to any mode is done through presence (cell phones) throughout the day and night; the appropriate ST Routine is then executed. Uses ST Routines to change to your modes, to change states of your lights/locks, etc. To prevent the actions from repeatedly being executed by the coming and going of the present sensors, an Action Restrictions is used (“Only execute on condition state change”). Feature(s): The definition of “day” an…

It does what you want in that it prevents modes from switching due to the coming and going of present sensors. The key is to restrict your actions with “Only execute on condition state change”. So, for example, if you are already in goodnight mode, your teenagers can come and go as they please (with your approval, of course ); you’ll still be in goodnight mode because the state of the condition didn’t change (because someone was already home).

BTW, there are plenty of examples in that thread (started by @bamarayne) to get you started in CoRE, hopefully