Flash Hue Lights when Garage Door Opens


#1

Would like to flash my Hue Lights when the garage door opens. I have a ST sensor that tells me when the door is open.

I thought this would be simple, but when I do

If Garage Door Sensor Changes To Open Then
Flash Lights

But i can the lights to flash using the built in method to flash.


#2

Please post your piston screen shot, also set logging to full and paste some logs.


#3

Are you using the stock HUE DTH? If you use HUE B Smart DTH (https://community.smartthings.com/t/updated-december-2017-hue-b-smart-groups-scenes/95397) @tmleafs has coded a builtin flash command into it so that webCoRE can trigger it with “flashcore” instead of the emulated option built in.


#4

Ultimately both are being emulated in the cloud… either by the device handler or webCoRE, so it makes little difference.