Trying to set up some simple heating and lighting scenarios

[Sam_Roza]

Hello All,

I have a v2 Smart Things hub, some cree connected bulbs, a GoControl Tstat, and Google Home. I’m trying to do some things that the mobile app doesn’t seem to do, like set a range of hours for certain routines.

For instance: I want the front room lights to come on with presence indication, but only after dusk. Seems I can run the routing at dusk or with presence, but it doesn’t seem like you can have both.

The GoControl Tstat is connected and added to the hub, and works. I want to put some more complex programming into it-heat temp XX after TT time, (say 65 after 5PM), but then I want to shift gears and reduce the temp after a different time, but only with presence. I have loaded ‘My CT100 Thermostat’ device handle, but I’m missing the connection on how to put devices, device handlers, and routines/smart apps all together.

So I guess I need some training wheels, here.

[JDRoberts]

The short answer is that core can do everything you want and more.

FAQ: What is WebCoRE? (And what was CoRE?)

CoRE (now WebCore) is a very powerful community – created rules engine for SmartThings. It allows you to set up stacked conditionals like “If A then B but only while C and not if D.” Setting it up can be quite complex, but there are many community members who will be glad to help you. For example, here is a piston that one member created to notify him if the dog had already been fed twice that day and he picked up the dog bowl for a third time. He needed this because he has a large family and people didn’t always remember whose turn it was to feed the dog. [image] The original version of CoRE Has now been replaced by a new version, WebCoRE, which moves the data entry to a web interface. This allows for flexibility and an architecture that requires more memory than is av…

There are a number of different ways to do each individual piece, but really at this point it’s simplest just to start with core. There are many community members who will be glad to help you get things set up.

[Sam_Roza]

I know…I have CoRE installed. I just don’t know what to do with it now. lol

I am an OpenSource platform engineer, but I work at the platform level, and not the developer level, so some of this is lost on me at the moment.

[JDRoberts]

@Sam_Roza

I know…I have CoRE installed. I just don’t know what to do with it now. lol

I am an OpenSource platform engineer, but I work at the platform level, and not the developer level, so some of this is lost on me at the moment.

Just ask your question in the core peer assistance thread and people will be glad to help you with the specifics. You can just post to the end of that 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.

[Sam_Roza]

I’ve gotten a piston for the IF:

IF time is after 1700PST,
THEN set heating setpoint to 65

But I’m looking for a BUT conditional, as I want several distinct setpoints: daytime, night time, sleeptime, etc.

I’ll keep trawling over the other threads.

Thanks.

[JDRoberts]

Just ask in the peer assistance thread, that’s where the core experts hang out. They’ll be glad to give you a sample piston to solve the specific use case you’re trying to solve as well as explain any questions you have about it.

[Sam_Roza]

Thanks.

The issue is that I had added CoRE from git, but had not added it to my phone app. I’ve got things working for now.

-SR