Prompts before automating?

[Jack_Presley]

I’d like for my automation/routines to be able to prompt me before executing or continuing. Is this possible? For example, when I “arrive” it would nice if asked me “Open the garage door?” instead of just opening it.

Thanks.

[Navat604 (R.)]

How about have your notifications with your phone and have Alexa or Google home open your garage? I could do this with my pixel and Google home but I like to automate things without my doing.

[Jack_Presley]

Yes, that’s what I’m looking for. A simple Yes or No pop up query. That way I could program against it. Different lights for different responses.

I’m just going to have to get in the habit of making sure my iPhone is plugged in in the car so I can use Hey Siri instead.

[bamarayne (Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)]

Why not just press that button in the car that opens the door… That’s automatic right?

[MEarly]

@bamarayne

That’s automatic right?

That’s so 2010 “automatic”

[bamarayne (Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)]

@MEarly

That’s so 2010 "automatic

Lol… I know right!

[Jack_Presley]

Such a comic. The whole point is I have more than one path when I return home. Eventually, we’ll get there where Siri or Alexa asks me a question at the appropriate time and responds accordingly to my answer. For now, I need a ST or Wink compatible outside motion sensor flood. Then perhaps I can codify my arrival and react accordingly to which motion sensor trips thereafter.

[bamarayne (Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)]

@Jack_Presley

Such a comic. The whole point is I have more than one path when I return home. Eventually, we’ll get there where Siri or Alexa asks me a question at the appropriate time and responds accordingly to my answer. For now, I need a ST or Wink compatible outside motion sensor flood. Then perhaps I can codify my arrival and react accordingly to which motion sensor trips thereafter

Wait until you see the new EchoSistant… It’s not just for text to speech anymore!

[MEarly]

Yeah, I think that would be an issue for a few of my family members who live “in the country”. My aunt lives like less than 1/8 of a mile from my mom and they constantly drive by/near their own homes going to each other’s.

[Jack_Presley]

When will this be released?

[bamarayne (Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)]

@Jack_Presley

When will this be released

We are in private testing now and progressing nicely. No date of release, but it’s not going to be a long time, I’d say a couple of weeks at most.

[Jack_Presley]

So I skimmed through the pages of installation… should I wait? I really don’t want to do this twice. I killed most of day getting Ask Alexa up and running, so I’m sure those lessons learned will speed things up – but no sense in going down that road if I’ll need to do it all over. Thank you. Sounds incredible.

@bamarayne

We are in private testing now and progressing nicely. No date of release, but it’s not going to be a long time, I’d say a couple of weeks at most.

[bamarayne (Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)]

I honestly recommend waiting. The current version is great, but if time is an issue, wait for version 4. It will be worth it.

[eibyer]

If you’re on android, this is what I used for door/garage prompt.

Phone Presence + Tasker + SharpTools = No More Doors Unlocking At Random

ST Phone Presence has been stable for the past few months for me; this may or may not have something to do with me switching phones when the new S6 came out. There have been times when I wake up in the morning and I’m scratching my head because the door is unlocked and could have sworn that I locked it before going to bed, and then I found out that my phone presence has been coming and going without me! I used Tasker and SharpTools by @joshua_lyon to get around this, it’s not fully automated but it prevents doors and garages from opening without me knowing. Instead of the usual unlocking the door automatically on presence arrival, I created a scene that prompts me if I actually want to unlock the door. This is what my crude prompt looks like [image]