Sonos Welcome Home Message

[MickEP (Mick)]

Hi I have just purchased a Smartthings Starter kit, and I have managed to get my Sonos to announce a Welcome Home Message, I have it set to detect when the Front Door is opened and I am within the geofence area, the only problem I have is overtime I open my Front Door, it say the Welcome Home message, is there anyway to allow it to play once when I enter the geofence area and open the door, and then not to play again, until I have left the area and returned.
Thanks and Regards Mick

[scottinpollock (Scott)]

Yes… with either a state variable or virtual device, which would be flipped the first time the door is opened with you being present, and reset when you leave.

Then modify your rule for if your present AND the state or the device status.

[MickEP (Mick)]

Thanks For the Quick Reply
I am not sure what you mean by a state variable or virtual device, sorry but I am a total newbie, as only purchased my Smartthings this afternoon, could you please try to explain what I would need to do, to get this working,(In Newbie terms if possible Please ) or a link that might explain it.
Thanks again for the reply

[Jonpho (Jon)]

Install CoRE, there’s an extensive thread on the forum. It does take a bit of learning but it will be able to let you do pretty much everything you want.

CoRE and Piston Rules Engine, first design steps

Continuing the discussion from [Rule machine - as per the app developer, this app is no longer available for new installs, distribution, or support] As for designing your own rules engine smartapp, sounds great, here is a new thread for that to keep people from getting confused. This thread is for discussion about desired features and development of the core smartapp. If you’re just looking for the rules engine code for CoRE, it’s in the following thread: If you need assistance setting up a piston after you have installed core, as in the following thread: You can continue to report bugs, request features, or discuss design ideas in this thread.

CoRE - Get peer assistance here with setting up Pistons

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.

[OBSOLETE] [BETA MILESTONE 1] CoRE (Community's own Rules Engine)

I’ve also added a way to initialize variables in v0.0.088.20160612 - Alpha test version - Added the ability to initialize/change variables from within the UI

[scottinpollock (Scott)]

Do a search here on virtual switch; plenty of info exists on how to create one.

What are you using currently to activate the welcome?

[JDRoberts]

@MickEP

Thanks For the Quick Reply
I am not sure what you mean by a state variable or virtual device, sorry but I am a total newbie, as only purchased my Smartthings this afternoon, could you please try to explain what I would need to do, to get this working,(In Newbie terms if possible Please ) or a link that might explain it.
Thanks again for the reply

SmartThings allows you to create a “virtual device” which will be treated by SmartThings just like a physical device even though it only exists as a listing in a device table on your account.

So if you create a virtual switch, it will show up on the list of switches in your mobile app, and you can tap its entry to turn it on or off. And you can have turning the virtual switch on or off trigger other events in SmartThings. You could also have your virtual switch turned on or off automatically just like any of your other switches.

Here’s the FAQ on creating a virtual switch:

FAQ: Creating a virtual Groovy Device [OBSOLETE]

Need a FAQ for the simplest version of this: a virtual on/off switch. Maybe even two FAQs, one for why you would want one with use case examples and one step by step how to for creating one in ST. Thanks! 2023 Update Since groovy will be going away soon, so will groovy virtual switches. See the new FAQ for on the replacements: FAQ: Creating Virtual Devices Without the IDE

First, though, it sounds like you might be able to use the intro to scheduling as well:

A Short Intro to Scheduling/Device Control/Rules in SmartThings Classic

(March 2018: All of the following applies only to the SmartThings Classic app. If you purchased your hub after March 1, 2018 and are using the new “SmartThings (Samsung Connect)” app, creating rules works differently.) You’ve got your hub. You’ve got some devices. Now how do you schedule what happens when? SmartThings doesn’t have a rules engine/scheduler, so there’s no one tutorial for how to do this. But it’s an open platform, and there are about 12 different ways to set up various kinds of schedules. Some require custom code, some don’t. A “scheduler” in this context is anything that causes a networked device to perform an action, even if it’s just to toggle on or off immediately. (Network engineering definition, forgive me. ) (Note: as of April 2017, the original author of …

[MickEP (Mick)]

Thanks everyone for the Help, I will check out the links, and see if I can suss it out, At the moment I am using the Contact Opens on the front door,Arrival Of (Michael’s Key Fob)
Best Regards
Mick

[MickEP (Mick)]

Ok thanks to the help on here I have set up a virtual switch called Home/Away.
I have also created a routine called In all night.
I have set the Virtual Switch to OFF when I run The Routine, which it does set it to.
I have set the Speaker Notify with Sonos App to trigger if
On Arrival of my iPhone or Sensor
Front Door is open
and Home/Away Virtual switch is set to ON
but it still makes the Welcome announcement when the Virtual switch is set to OFF.
Am I doing something wrong or should it work like that ?
Here is a Screenshot of my Configuration Screen.

[scottinpollock (Scott)]

I just took a look at the “Speaker Notify with Sound” app and it is not conditional. Adding an input with a switch capability simply adds the switch as another trigger, and NOT a conditional filter for when other triggers may fire.

I am afraid you might have to get your hands dirty with this and code what you want. The bright side is much of what is in this app you can throw out (you just need presence, the door, and the virtual switch).

It is possible that the big new rules engine on the block (CoRE) may do what you want, but I try to avoid huge, do everything apps due to complexity and possible bugs (in the source or in SmartThings itself).

I believe that you’ll find it pretty rewarding (and not that much of a learning curve) to create SmartApps for yourself to address your specific needs. Plus there are lots of examples available in the IDE to get you started (including the one you are already using), and help here once you commit to DIY.

HTH

[MickEP (Mick)]

Thanks for checking it out scottinpollock, I will have a look at coding,its a long long time ago since I have done any coding (Amiga Basic Language) but you are right probably once I get a grip of it, I might enjoy the DIY route.
Mick