joshua_lyon
September 30, 2015, 8:27pm
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It looks like the ability to subscribe to Routine events is brand new – as in Jim just posted about it an hour ago. Nice find and a great feature addition!
In SmartThings V2, Routines have become a primary method for changing system state. However, Routines themselves (formerly known as “Hello Home” actions) have not changed much, other than adding capability to arm/disarm SHM. For example, there’s still no way to change colors or set dim level individually for multiple lights.
Since we cannot modify Routine’s behavior, it would be helpful if we could extend them via custom apps. All we need is for the Routines to broadcast a location event that contains the Routine’s name as its value. The apps then could subscribe to the Location events and perform whatever actions are necessary when the Routine is executed. This is the same mechanism that Routines use to control HSM, so the change should be pretty minor.
Feel free to comment.