[Migrated to Custom Capabilities] Rooms Manager: Smarter Rooms: Personalized rules based home automation with rooms Occupancy sensing from devices you already have in your home

updated main post at the top of this thread … in line with my promise to get some documentation done and hopefully make it easy for first time users to get started.

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updated the main post some more. bit more work to do completing the first round of documentation.

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if you use hubitat may want to check the automations forum there :wink:

sorry got busy with finishing other things … so this took a bit longer to get to.

looking at this now. today what are the rules you use to open/semi-open/close the vents? understand the rules maybe manual today … just trying to understand the current logic.

thanks.

My rules are pretty rudimentary. IF motion/occupancy within a threshold THEN open (turn on) vent. IF occupied AND temp within THEN range close vent ELSE open vent.

More complex scenarios are handled throughout the community. Example:

thanks. heres my current thinking.

  • vents can only be specified when using thermostat
  • uses room heat and/or cool temperature along with thermostat fan being on to open vents.
  • if | temperature to set - current temperature | > 1 vents at 100%
  • if | temperature to set - current temperature | >= .75 vents at 75%
  • if | temperature to set - current temperature | >= .50 vents at 50%
  • if | temperature to set - current temperature | >= .25 vents at 25%
  • if | temperature to set - current temperature | >= .00 vents at 10%
  • otherwise vent closed.

thoughts?

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Sounds perfect for a start. It would definitely meet my needs.

The big problem for me has always been determining bedroom occupancy and sleep modes. Since there’s typically no “engaged” state for my bedrooms, I usually trigger occupancy based upon motion between 8-11pm and assume 8-12 hrs of sleep occupancy.

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ok.

may be use a power monitoring outlet so when the phone is plugged in the room is asleep? or may be get one of those xiaomi buttons so room is asleep when button is clicked and reset when clicked again?

sorry that screen shot does not seem to showing up here on the forum. if you copy and directly paste the image in the post edit box it should show up.

Sorry that happened in my pocket lol

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I just started reviewing the details of this to see if I want to jump in. I was reading the changelog in the code and it looks like when you added updates starting in April you actually marked the dates as July.

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i have updated the top post with a new set of documentation for the app. still a few things to add but hopefully its useful as it is now. thanks for pointing that out.

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I’m going to install this right now, but my initial question is this: Is there a way to get this to, say, monitor whether or not my TV is on? I have a Harmony Hub, so I’m wondering if it can recognize that status so lights don’t turn off while I’m watching TV.

[Edit] I see there’s a presence setting for a music player. Can a Harmony Hub be added as well?

i dont use a harmony hub so a couple of questions:

  • does harmony hub show up as a device in ST?
    – if yes, which device handler?
    – if no, does it use a smartapp to integrate with ST?
    – -- if yes, which smartapp?

thanks.

Yes to all. [Edit] I don’t think it requires the app to integrate. I linked ST to my Logitech account.



This from the app.

ok. is the device driver built in to ST or uses device driver code available on github?

trying to find what capabilities the harmony device supports … that way should be able to add it as an option in engaged settings.

thanks.

It’s under Smartapps → More

I installed it long before ever finding out about GitHub. (I’m still kind of a newbie to all this)

[Edit] Oops, this is for triggers. It must have been easy to install, though, because I probably wouldn’t have been able to figure out GitHub at the time. Maybe I did it as a Discovery? I’ll look up the directions.

[Edit] This thread has the installation directions:


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let me dig a bit and see what capabilities it supports.

are you comfortable with going to the IDE then clicking on the harmony device then clicking on the list events towards the bottom of the page and sharing screen snapshot of the events shown there? if not i will continue to dig to find the information.

thanks.

Give me a sec. My daughter just got on my computer, lol

no worries : -)

also may be try something else … in ST smartlighting app does harmony hub show in settings where you can select a list of devices to control?