# NEWBIE: Best place to read for "How to ?"

**URL:** <https://community.smartthings.com/t/newbie-best-place-to-read-for-how-to/46678>\
**Category:** FAQ\
**Created:** [April 30, 2016, 10:37am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/newbie-best-place-to-read-for-how-to/46678 "2016-04-30T10:37:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Latin105fm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f0a364/32.png) [@Latin105fm](https://community.smartthings.com/u/Latin105fm)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 10:37am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/newbie-best-place-to-read-for-how-to/46678/1 "2016-04-30T10:37:19Z")

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Hi all, so excited to get my setup up and running but need some help as I can set up simple things like sensors to send me a message etc but have no idea how to set up things that , the door opens and sets off a speaker to play a sound file, or turn on a light etc…

Help:)

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![cdikland](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/cdikland/32/105520_2.png) [@cdikland](https://community.smartthings.com/u/cdikland)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 10:54am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/newbie-best-place-to-read-for-how-to/46678/2 "2016-04-30T10:54:54Z")

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> [@Latin105fm](#):
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> but need some help

Right here you will find most of your answers… _Search_ is your friend.

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**Author:** ![JDRoberts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/jdroberts/32/56577_2.png) [@JDRoberts](https://community.smartthings.com/u/JDRoberts)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/newbie-best-place-to-read-for-how-to/46678/3 "2016-04-30T14:52:40Z")

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Welcome to the community! It can get pretty confusing because in many cases it will depend on the exact devices you’re using, and because many people like to do their own coding, although it’s not required. 🕶

SmartThings is very powerful, but not always intuitive.

The following can be helpful if you’re just starting out, whether you’re a coder or not. (This is a clickable link)

> [@A Short Intro to Scheduling/Device Control/Rules in SmartThings Classic](https://community.smartthings.com/t/a-short-intro-to-scheduling-device-control-rules-in-smartthings/15501):
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> (March 2018: All of the following applies only to the SmartThings Classic app. If you purchased your hub after March 1, 2018 and are using the new “SmartThings (Samsung Connect)” app, creating rules works differently.) You’ve got your hub. You’ve got some devices. Now how do you schedule what happens when? SmartThings doesn’t have a rules engine/scheduler, so there’s no one tutorial for how to do this. But it’s an open platform, and there are about 12 different ways to set up various kinds of schedules. Some require custom code, some don’t. A “scheduler” in this context is anything that causes a networked device to perform an action, even if it’s just to toggle on or off immediately. (Network engineering definition, forgive me. blush) (Note: as of April 2017, the original author of …