I have an app in SmartThings Automaton > SmartApps section, that will send me a text if I leave my garage door open. That is great, but I would like my mobile phone to tell me the door has been left open.
I have Tasker and SharpTools on my phone. I have created a few voice activated routines from Tasker through SharpTools to SmartThings … and they work great.
But what I would like to do is get Tasker to see when the “Garage Door Left Open” SmartApp runs so that it can inform me using voice. I thought I should be able to set up a profile, that fires when the “Garge Door Left Open” SmartApp runs, through SharpTools. But all I can see in SharpTools is mode change or Thing State … not SmartApps.
Hmm, how about create a virtual switch that Tasker and Sharptools can interact with. Have Sharptools subscribe to that switch status then do your voice stuff in Tasker.
I am new to that concept. It would need to check that the virtual switch has been open for a set amount of time. Otherwise it will tell me every time it is opened I think. I think SharpTools can read the state of a thing anyway, without creating virtual things. As I already have an app that checks the door, it seems it should be easy for SharpTools to read that app.
I am new to SmartThings and SharpTools … only had them for a few days. I am also not a Tasker expert.
Why not create a Tasker profile “Event/Phone/Text Received” that intercepts the text message your smartapp currently sends when the door is open??? Next create Tasker task “Media/Music Play” that executes when the text defined in the profile is received. For “Music Play”, record a mp3 or use an existing sound file you want played when the door is left open.
That is a great idea. Getting Tasker to inform me using voice is easy, I can just create a say Task. But triggering it is where I am stumped. The text message may work, I’ll try it. Thanks
I love seeing the community support here! Thanks @cdikland@JDRoberts and @eibyer – and I hope @Tharmagon is enjoying SharpTools and the world of Tasker!