Hello, I have some apps that run based on motion, and it works great, but I have scenarios that cause issues. For example when the lights turn on, 90% of the time I am happy with the 60% light level and everything works great, but the one time I turn up the lights to full, 30-60 seconds later I tr…

I am doing something very similar with using a Hue bulb as a notification indicator (ie when someone is arriving home). The trick is storing the current state of the device’s properties BEFORE manipulating it in response to a trigger and then returning it to those original values after running your …

Thats funny, not really what I am looking for here, but its the exact other topic I have been wanting to investigate… I am going to try your code now!! As for my current issue, I can see how this applies, but really what I am looking for is to just have nothing happen…to be honest I have looked at …

I think I understand your goal now! Hopefully you can use a similar approach by checking the existing state of the target device before running your app’s logic. ie. IF sonos is OFF run logic ELSE do nothing I will get in line with you and wait for smartthings’ default apps to provide an UNLES…

You need to define your toggle situation. When motion is active turns volume. When you manually change volume, you could suspend the motion trigger, but then when would you want to resume the motion activity? I am still defining a similar use case, but…I am not there yet. Maybe you can help me…And I…

@elevine Just playing with your app, really nice! I added contact sensors as I have my garage doors working with them and your code works great for HUE lights…now I need to see if I can get it to work with my LIFX too! Your colour selection is not working for me (at least in the simulator) bu tI …

thanks for the feedback! It’s the first one I’ve been able to write from start to finish, and most of the actual Hue code was inspired by the Hue Mood Lighting template. It had just enough to get me through some of the syntax needs. Definitely check that out if you need more examples to check. I ha…

@SBDOBRESCU If we are going to write a new app, I think the best way from my research is to use virtual switches to create states… I don’t really want to stop the motion from being detected and acted on, but I do want to stop it from changing the state on multi state devices such as dimmers, and a…

[image] billmans: I do want to stop it from changing the state on multi state devices such as dimmers, and audio. Unfortunately, the motion doesn’t change the state of your switch, but rather the switch changes its state based on the motion event. So to prevent the motion to trigger a change,…

Would Rule Machine help? I haven’t installed it yet so I don’t know for sure whether it will do what you want but it seems promising. [image] Rule machine - as per the app developer, this app is no longer available for new installs, distribution, or support Community Created SmartA…

Run, if light/audio is not on

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zj4x4 (Mike) November 15, 2015, 3:14pm 10

Would Rule Machine help? I haven’t installed it yet so I don’t know for sure whether it will do what you want but it seems promising.

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Run, if light/audio is not on

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