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April 18, 2017, 3:40pm
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You will need the CORE smartApp installed and it will require a little investment of time on your part if you are not familiar with it. Luckily, there is a lot of help available on the forum. Keep in mind, there may be a simpler solution or smartapp available but this is what I would use since I already have it configured for any custom automations I need. I well worth the time to learn because the possibilities are endless when you understand its potential. See links below.
UPDATE DEC 19 2017:
If you are still using CoRE, please update to the latest version as soon as you can. Here’s what changed:
v0.3.16e.20171219 - RC - Replaced recovery safety nets using unschedule() with a much more optimized method that does not affect ST as much as unschedule() does
This is important as CoRE has been identified as a major choke point on a certain method that it uses (ST describes that as expensive in their documentation. As it turns out, it is. With ST’s help, CoRE is now able to recover from timeouts much faster and with a lot less resources than by using its own recovery safety net. You should also consider moving on to webCoRE instead, as CoRE is no longer actively maintained and only gets critical updates.
Thank you
Continuing in the BETA process of CoRE (mil…
For a quick tutorial see:
This is a noob’s post created by a noob.
EDIT: 9/9/16 updated some links and added some newer info (Amazon’s Alexa, etc.)
EDIT: 9/10/16 updated some key info not mentioned in the install links
I’ve started this not because I know a bunch about CoRE (Community’s own Rules Engine), in fact it’s quite the opposite. Instead I’m just pulling together some helpful tips which got me get started and got me up and running with this outstanding rule engine for Smartthings.
There is a lot info out there mainly designed to help people do amazing things with CoRE, but it was hard to find the “for Dummies” type info. And very hard for me (a true noob) to get started. Hopefully this post will help others who may not have ever added a custom smartapp to the IDE or maybe never even have had to log i…
And for help if you get stumped:
Welcome to the CoRE Logic Thread. Here you will find many community members that are more than willing to help you with the Logic and Programming of your Pistons.
**There will be another thread for “How are you using CoRE?” and “How are you using the CoRE/AskAlexa integration?”.
So, this is the place to ask your questions and the place to get the answers.