New to SmartThings, been using OpenHAB, and previously Vera.
I have a Z-Wave light switch used in my bedroom that I want to turn on 5 seconds after turning off. I can’t find a way to do it. I can do the opposite, but not this direction…any way to do it?
The reason is that it controls a ceiling fan on a remote control, and so I can turn the light and fan off by voice, but if I don’t turn it back on, then I can’t control via remote. Also, if it turns on too fast, then the fan/light doesn’t actually turn off.
I went through the tutorial, and everything works fine, until I get to the phone app. When I click on the automation setting, I never get the smartapps tab. not sure why. Although, his app in the video looks different than mine.
If you’re willing to make the interval one minute, you don’t need Webcore to do this: you just daisychain a virtual timer.
have the timer turn itself on when the real light turns off, then have the timer turn itself off after one minute using the official “power allowance” feature, then have the real light turn itself ON when the virtual timer turns itself off.
See the how to article in the community-created wiki. The examples are from the classic app, but the same concept applies.
Virtual timer turns itself off after one minute because of the power allowance feature.
Real light turns on because the virtual timer turned off.
But you can’t do it after only five seconds, so if you need that, you will have to try Webcore. Just be aware that the Z wave protocol expects there to be a minimum of 30 seconds between each command for a single device, so even if webcore will let you issue the command in a shorter interval it may not always work.
You don’t want that timer from the button to the right. That is for recurring actions.
For the THEN, select Add an Action, then in the Add a New Action box, click on the Add a Task button, lower right. From the Do dropdown, select Wait and specify the number of seconds.