What is in your smartapp arsenal?

[SBDOBRESCU (Bobby)]

Basic usage currwntly, widgets and on TV via Fire TV app… I used to have Tasker, but no longer…

[destructure00 (Chris)]

[pizzinini]

[Glen_King]

Sharptools, Smart Lighting, SmartTiles, Notify Me When, Ask Alexa, IFTTT. Plus a handful of small customizations.

[BBoy486]

What’s keenect?

[BBoy486]

Tell me about Chromecast manager, Google Assistant and trendsetter

[BBoy486]

Is beaconthings manager a ble gateway?

[SBDOBRESCU (Bobby)]

keenect

The best smart app for the Keen Smart Vents

[pizzinini]

BeaconThings is an easy way to connect a beacon to SmartRules

http://beaconthingsapp.com

[BBoy486]

Can this work with CoRE?

[pizzinini]

Yes, a beacon is basically a presence sensor that turns to “present” when you are close (a couple of feet) to it.

[SBDOBRESCU (Bobby)]

You may consider Echo: Notifications for all those Sonos Tts. I have at least 20 of those nicely tucked under EchoSistant. The Notification Add-on is the Notify me with Sound on steroids!

[pizzinini]

…, yes I should! I promise I will get to it 'this week

Some of them are @ule 's Media Remder Events app that use external tts. This app has the same logo. I am still planning to get other voices to work when I have some time (e.g. male with British accent)

[SBDOBRESCU (Bobby)]

still planning to get other voices to work when

You me both. I have same plans for external tts for EchoSistant but… no time

[destructure00 (Chris)]

Google Assistant is the official ST/Google Assistant integration.

The other two are linked below…

[RELEASE] Trend Setter

Trend Setter - A SmartApp for grouping devices Read First I am not usually one for releasing stuff I write because I am my own worst critic and usually self destruct before putting anything out into the general public (I've revised this post more times than I'd like to count). I am trying to change that behaviour... Although I am a software engineer by trade, I am not a Java/Groovy developer so I may not have written some of the code in the most efficient way. I expect this to change from feedback and as my knowledge grows. I tend to find I use the app to control a lot of things more than anything else so this is useful for that. I have only used this on an Android phone and can't be sure how it'll behave on an iOS device due to the parity issues between Android and iOS apps so give…

DTH for Chromecast / Google Home

TL;DR: I've created a DTH that allows you to talk to your Chromecasts / Google Homes. It's ready for testing if you're familiar with using the SmartThings IDE / Github integration and can deal with the (inevitable) bugs that will show up. There's only very basic documentation (this post) at this point. Components The Chromecast integration consists of three components: - Chromecast Manager, the service manager smartapp - Chromecast DTH - an intermediary app that runs in the cloud, receiving commands from the DTH and passing them on to your Chromecast / Google home. The cloud intermediary While the rest of the code here is relatively standard, using a cloud intermediary adds complexity. In particular, it comes with two issues: - You need create an app running in the cloud. - That clou…

[pizzinini]

The beacon app and BeaconThings both have a about 30 digits long UUID field in the settings. Copy the UUID from the beacon app into BeaconThings and it should be recognized.

[Glen_King]

keenect

The best smart app for the Keen Smart Vents

I find myself wondering about ventilation in general. Might it be more practical to, instead of closing and opening vents, operate small fans at the ‘room’ end of the vents in certain instances to draw the warm air out of the vent and into the room? I have a room that is always cold in winter; perhaps around December 2017 I will test that concept. It would certainly minimize the risks associated with overly restricted airflow.

[SBDOBRESCU (Bobby)]

Well that is definitely worth trying. I spent a lot of time, effort and money to regulate the room temperatures on my second floor…In fact I documented it (see thread below). It’s been a year since I wrote that post and I am happy with my set up as I was when I wrote it.

Ultimate Climate Control

One of the main reasons I wanted home automation, was to increase the comfort level in my home. Sure, not flipping light switches has its own convenience, but achieving the ultimate comfort lies elsewhere; precisely, in automatic climate control. With five people living under the same roof, ever since we built our house six years ago, none of us have been happy with the temperature throughout our home. Hot spots, cold spots and the never ending “tug of war” game of who gets first to change the thermostat’s settings had become increasingly irritating. My wife likes it cooler, especially at night because we sleep with blankets, but our master bedroom usually runs up to 5 degrees warmer than the temperature set by the upstairs thermostat, so she often turns down the heat. My teenager, on …

[garagedoormart (GarageDoor MartInc)]

Hey,

I guess my question is I got the beacon white round portable version.

Thanks…

[mbustillos1 (Michelfrancis Bustillos (The Armed Programmer))]