webCoRE - Piston help / do these already exist?

SmartApps & Automations webCoRE
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Hi Guys,

I’m probably just being lazy but I’ve had a quick look to no avail. I am capable of writing these but I was wondering if either something already exists, or someone who knows the syntax off the top of their head could knock these up in a few mins.

Here’s some pseudo code for what I want to achieve…

On Motion Detect

Only trigger if > 5 mins since last trigger 

send push notification

If Home mode
   Change mood lighting to Green and turn on 100%, then revert back to previous state after 1 min
   Flash decking lights on/off 2Hz then revert back to previous state after 30 sec
   If dark
       set front light to 100% brighness, revert back to 40% after 5 min
   endif
Else night/away mode
   if dark
   	  set front light to 100% brightness and turn on, turn off after 5 min
   	  if away mode
   	      wait 5 seconds, turn on hallway light 100%, turn off after 5 mins
   	      wait 10 seconds, turn on diningroom light 100%, turn off after 5 mins
   	  endif
   endif
endif

Thanks in advance!

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Well I’ve more or less cracked it. I didn’t realise it was point and click for a start, I just thought it was a text editor, so the syntax is completely self-explanatory, although it is a little slow to work with. I do have a few questions if anyone can help…

  1. Is there a way to just edit the text or does it all have to be done via the point and click interface?
  2. Drag and drop seems really buggy, is there a better way?
  3. Can you rename a piston you’ve already created?
  4. Is there a simpler way of temporarily changing the state of a device. Say you want to set the colour/level to something then have it revert back to whatever state it was in. I’ve been storing everything to variables and restoring from these but it seems a bit clunky.
  5. What’s the best way of event throttling? So a motion event only fires once in 5mins.
  6. Is there a way to get an image from a URL at the point in time an event fires, then show this image to the user when they view the push notification, or view the events retrospectively on the dashboard?
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CoRE was given its own sub-category in the forum a few months ago. So I moved your post there, might help you connect with the right people that can answer your questions.