Modes - What is their trigger?

[JDRoberts]

Modes are designed to be triggered by some rule that you yourself set up in SmartThings. This could be a routine, rule machine, or another smartapp.

Unfortunately, the platform has been significantly broken this past week, with many people reporting that modes are changing all on their own without an associated trigger.

See the official status page:

SmartThings Status

If you want to set up a routine to manually change the mode, here’s the FAQ:

FAQ: How to Add a New Location Mode, or Manually Change from One Location Mode to Another (Classic App)

on September 15, 2016, an update was released to the android and iOS smartthings mobile apps which removed the ability to add a new mode through the app. Hopefully this was just a glitch and it will be re-added soon. Meanwhile, you can still add a new mode through the IDE. Instructions in the following thread. ======================================================= Many people use modes to manage which actions are automatically triggered. To begin with, Smartthings starts you out with a few basic modes, like Home and Away. However, many people like to add additional modes. For example, I distinguish between Night, which is when we have a lot of lights turn on when there is motion, and Asleep, when the same movement will not turn on the ceiling lights, but will turn on a soft night li…