Speaking of sane, I wanted to share here with the people who gave me so many good ideas. You guys were very inspiring!
Here’s what I’ve been able to patch together in the past 2 weeks, along with excluding all my Z-wave stuff from ST, including it to a new network, and setting up reliable logic.
This isn’t final, more a trial by me to learn Control Pages.
Sorry I can’t fit it all in a screen shot, as it’s designed for a Retina iPad and the resolution is bigger than my monitor!