Virtual Switch help please

[ngennaro (ng)]

Is there a way to create a virtual switch via the mobile app or must I play with the ide

[ritchierich (Michael)]

The IDE is required unfortunately

[ngennaro (ng)]

Damn I am 0 for 2 today. Thanks for the quick answer though.

Not sure why this is not a basic function that is just easily added. It’s just a virtual switch for crying out loud.

Just to confirm I’m thinking the right way I will say what I’m thinking. Pressing a button on a mimoto to turn off the lights. I wanted to activate and IFTTT routine at the same time. Figured I needed a virtual switch that IFTTT could trigger off to know it should run.

[Jimxenus]

@ngennaro

Is there a way to create a virtual switch via the mobile app or must I play with the ide

Try this

SwitchMania [UPDATED] - create 4 different kinds of virtual switches

SwitchMania - get here Create, Control, and Use virtual switches from a single Parent App. No need to use IDE. Allows you to replace dozens of SmartApps with just 1! And if you decide that you no longer need a virtual switch (and/or the link to a Routine), then SwitchMania App deletes it. SwitchMania - is the parent app. It controls 2 types of child apps: (1) My Virtual Switch Creator - which creates virtual (on/off or momentary) switches and (2) My Switch Calls Routines App - which links a switch with a Routine (Hello Home) when a switch is turned on or off. You need to install all 3 apps in the IDE. To have SwitchMania be able to create Virtual Momentary Button Device, you also need to install SmartThings’ “Momentary Button Tile” in the IDE. Instructions: The first page of …

[pizzinini]

You can use the IDE on a mobile browser. It is not very user friendly but it works…

[ngennaro (ng)]

Man i need to take better notes on my ideas so i remember them better I was looking for a virtual switch to solve having multiple actions off of one status change. I then got distracted with getting my Sonos working with Alexa and thought that might also help. Net net I found the app Yonomi which does the Alexa to Sonos integration and also does multiple tasks off one status change.

Doesn’t do IFTTT or zwave devices yet which is what I will need soon but it solved Sonos/Alexa and Wemo/Lifx for me which since I have multiple networks in the house that they need to cross, was not trivial.