Need help with scenario using a motion sensor

[JDRoberts]

@GujuDog

Thanks for your reply. I breifly looked at that but seems complicated. Is there a basic how to guide i can follow?

Yes, that’s all linked from the FAQ. There’s a ton of documentation in the community created wiki. You might also find the following thread helpful:

CoRE for Dummies (How to get started and make your first Piston)

This is a noob’s post created by a noob. EDIT: 9/9/16 updated some links and added some newer info (Amazon’s Alexa, etc.) EDIT: 9/10/16 updated some key info not mentioned in the install links I’ve started this not because I know a bunch about CoRE (Community’s own Rules Engine), in fact it’s quite the opposite. Instead I’m just pulling together some helpful tips which got me get started and got me up and running with this outstanding rule engine for Smartthings. There is a lot info out there mainly designed to help people do amazing things with CoRE, but it was hard to find the “for Dummies” type info. And very hard for me (a true noob) to get started. Hopefully this post will help others who may not have ever added a custom smartapp to the IDE or maybe never even have had to log i…