"Off as Toggle" -- Co-purpose your off switch to something useful!

pranalli · September 27, 2015, 7:01pm

Due to cloud processing, I found Double Tap to be unusable. I made an app called “Better Double Tap” that works a little better, but it’s still not very reliable. I wanted something 100% reliable. Well, this is it! (As long as you have a switch/dimmer with a discrete “off” button, like GE ones)

This app allows you to co-purpose the “off” switch on your switch/dimmer to toggle other light(s). In my case, I have some track lights on a Zwave Dimmer and a GE Link Bulb in a corner lamp. I wanted to be able to control the corner lamp bulb reliably. With this app, when my Zwave Dimmer is off, pressing off will toggle the corner lamp. My source code includes detailed information regarding adjustments you may need to make to your device type to make this work as well as a word about performance. Enjoy!

github.com

pranalli/SmartThingsPublic/blob/master/smartapps/pranalli/off-as-toggle.src/off-as-toggle.groovy

/**
 *  Off as Toggle 
 *
 *  Copyright 2015 Pasquale Ranalli
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 *  IMPORTANT: 
 *  	This Smart App requires that the Master Switch device is set up such that it will report events even if said events 
 *  	are not changing the state of the actual switch.  More specifically, we need to use a device that will report the
 *  	"off" event even when the switch is "off".  You may need to utilize a custom device type to enable this capability
 *  	as switches/dimmers will often suppress redundant events.  For example, in the Zwave Dimmer device type there is a
 *	variable called "canBeCurrentState" that needs to be set to true (default is false) in order for this to occur.

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Chad_Weirick · September 27, 2015, 8:48pm

I actually am using this exact same idea on a SmartApp I’m working on for a door swing counter at a retail location that factors in employee proximity based off their smartphone presence and the open/close schedule. This lets me handle all of the logic in SmartThings and let ITTT handle the Google Docs updates so I can graph true customer door swings and base a proper schedule off of that. I thought I was so smart using the SmartSwitch as semiphore to flag ITTT

erehc79 · May 2, 2016, 1:37pm

Good morning,
I am trying to use your code but I keep getting an error and wont let me save the code.

× startup failed: script1462195694261423278166.groovy: 31: unexpected token: name @ line 31, column 8. 31 name: " Off as a Toggle ", ^ 1 error

I have checked and everything seems to be fine. I can’t figure out why it keeps telling me this. Can you help me out. Thanks…

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