Is there a way I can trigger a smartapp inside a smartapp? What I want to do is have a single smartapp that will set the lights to 10% and start playing a specific playlist on my sonos. I can do the specific track, but I cant tie lights to it. I need a smartapp that can trigger smartapps. Is th…

A routine. Plus extra characters.

Nope, I can not trigger the smartapp from inside a routine.

You can definitely set a routine that triggers your playlist and dims lights. Am I missing your intent?

I would like to know where because in routines all I can find is turn on lights or switches, turn off lights or switches, set dimmers, set home monitor, lock doors, unlock doors, open or close garage doors, set thermostat and set mode. Absolutely nowhere can I run a smartapp or select from the sma…

How do you trigger the play list?

One way of doing this is to create a virtual switch. Your SmartAp then subscribes to this switch and activates when it is turned on/off. Then you act on that switch from the routine.

By running the smartapp designed to do the sonos playlist trigger. there is no other way of loading the playlist into the sonos other than triggering the smartapp.

Wait, you can add virtual switches? how do you do that?

Create a new device in the IDE, make the type a “Momentary Button Tile”

just a new device with no code in it at all?

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btk (The fish is still dead.) October 20, 2015, 1:26am 13

Select “Momentary Button Tile” as your device type.

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