[OBSOLETE] Send Events to EventGhost

[rontalley]

Host Pinger is good for syncing your PC status. It simply pings the IP address and if the PC is on then it turns on the Virtual Switch and visa-versa.

Works great for me and I have it running on an always on Pi3.

(Tutorial) PC on/off and Activity Monitor with SmartThings

With Event Ghost, you can take an “Event” (Lightning Bolt), listed under the Log section on the left and click and drag it to an “Action” (we will be using macros), listed (installed) under the Configuration section. Once you have Send Event to Event Ghost App installed and configured with a VS, you will see that Event sent from SmartThings on the left side, (HTTP.ST.Study PC.switch.off) then click and drag that to the right side macro, in my case, (Forced: Turn Off Computer) Remember to save you Event Ghost file! Setup Screens for PC Shutdown in Event Ghost: In this Screen Shot, HTTP…switch.on is not doing anything in Event Ghost as this Action (Lightning Bolt) is not tied to any command (Macro) on the right side of the screen. However, ST will send both the on and off actions for any…

[OBSOLETE] Host Pinger (IP based Online State / Presence)

SmartThings Host Pinger Using an EXE or Python script running on any computer (Windows, Mac or Linux) - Ping any IP, host name or URL and pass this to a switch in SmartThings! Code and Program Location: Requirements 1. Application to Ping Hosts (running on any PC connected to the internet.) >> Option A - STHostPinger.exe - Application (Windows or Mac&Linux via Mono) - config.config needs to be configured with details as described below and can be running on any PC connected to the internet. >> Option B - PingerPy - Python Script - Cross platform script based on python, which also provides a web interface to configure the settings, you will need to download Python to use this. >> Option C - Arduino / ESP8266 Device - Use a small piece of Arduino/ESP8266 compatible hardware such as t…