Turn on device for a few minutes repeatedly throughout the day?

[JDRoberts]

@Michael_Mantion

How did it work?

You are replying to a thread that is three years old, and a lot has changed in that time.

The rule machine smartapp is no longer available, and the author has moved on to a different home automation company where he is a partner (hubitat).

These days most people would use webcore for the same function. See the following FAQ. (The topic title is a clickable link):

How to Get Started Creating Complex Rules in SmartThings

(This is a wiki post: feel free to edit it or add to it as needed. Also, I can’t take any screenshots since I can’t use the app at this time due to its incompatibility with voiceover, so feel free to add screenshots where they would be helpful.) At one point, one of the biggest advantages of using the SmartThings platform was the wide variety of devices that it supported. However, by the end of 2017 several competing platforms had caught up in that regard. Where SmartThings still holds a significant advantage over some of the other low-cost home automation solutions is in the ability to really build really complex rules in a fairly simple manner. You won’t have to be a programmer, but you may need the help of other community members to get the logic constructed just right. Also, you …