Use Temperature Sensor to start Heater?

SmartApps & Automations
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I’m trying to control a switch based on temperature, (turning on a heater when cold). But when I set up the Automation, I see no option to select a temperature.
Any suggestions?
Thanks Lucas

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I’m not sure what you are using to create the automation, but it sounds like you’ll need Core or Webcore to do what you want.

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I’m using the Regular SmartThings automation (just learning about this)

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Just reading up on webcore, looks like that is my missing link.
Thanks

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If you use the Classic app, you can choose “It’s Too Cold” under Add a SmartApp, which will do exactly what you need off the shelf without needing to get into WebCore. I’m not sure if there’s an equivalent in the Connect app.

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I have not installed a smart app, just looking at that. I will try that first. :grinning::sweat_smile:
Thanks

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Have a Look at the smart lighting smartapp.

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I tried the standard "climate control app and it works :relieved:

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Now that the temp thing is working can anyone recommend a good smoke detector?

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a couple years ago seemed like there was only one choice, First Alert ZCOMBO (Zwave). There are probably more now.

Battery usage is slow but it seemed to alert on 80% or so, that was annoying. But it took about a year to get there so it’s not terrible.

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If you have access to RBoy Apps you try some of these apps which allow you to use switches to control the climate through heaters, coolers etc:

[RELEASE] 5-2 Day Programmable Thermostat Scheduler (Weekday, Weekend) with Remote Temperature Sensor for each Schedule - #216 by maddie

[RELEASE] Humidity and Temperature Management with Scheduling (homes without HVAC/thermostats / using heaters and cooling appliances / vacation home / remote homes) - #22 by RBoy

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I am missing something here. I have a heater I want to turn on based on a temp from a sensor. I see that is easy to do based on the smart apps recommended above. But then I want to turn off the heater when the sensor gets to a certain temp. I don’t see that option in the apps recommended. Am I missing something?

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A little late to the party here but is there a ‘standard climate control’ automation or smartapp in SmartThings? I am monitoring the temperature drop of a door sensor, which does alert me if it goes below 50 F. I must have set it up using the old classic ST app, because just not finding it now and I need to add another device to monitor. Any ideas? Thanks

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I missed this post, it turns it on/off automatically based on the swing threshold and target temperature. So for example if you’ve set the target temperature to 76 degrees with a 0.5 degree swing threshold, it’ll turn it off when it exceeds 76.5 and turn it on when it drops below 75.5.