Want lock to lock over night - Schlage - automation- routine-schedules

[RBoy (www.rboyapps.com - Making SmartThings Easy!)]

Use the Classic app and a couple of tips. Locks are sensitive devices on a zwave mesh.

1. Don’t use a top of the hour e.g. 9:00pm or 9:30pm, use an few minutes offset like 8:58 or 9:33 as the platform is relatively less loaded at these non peak times and cause less timeout issues.
2. Add a buffering device within 20ft of your lock as it helps with commands which may be lost in the mesh otherwise. More details on this topic

If you routines are failing, which can happen because of the reason mentioned above, you can check out the Routines Backup app which is designed to handle these scenarios (you’ll need access to rboy apps) where routines fail to execute completely (for any reason).

[CLASSIC] Routines Backup - Verify/double check your routine execution, notify and take actions

Introducing Routines Backup On request from users: This solution is designed to verify that SmartThings Routines ran their execution to completion. Routines can timeout, actions aren’t completed due to mesh issues or a variety of other issues. This acts likes a backup for your Routines, it detects when a Routine is run, verifies that the configured actions were completed and if not, it also, provides an option to complete those actions. You can verify the state of door, windows, switches, locks, valves, shades, garage doors, thermostats, hub modes, SHM states etc, notify you if they aren’t in the desired state and even update their state if required. You can even re-run the same routine or another routine as a backup action. It also provides you with the option to delay verifying the r…