Guest Mode (with Date and Month) Activation

#1

Whenever we have guest stay over, my automations run all crazy. Especially those that run at night. What i have done was create a global variable @guestMode so that my automations run differently when that mode is turned on. I use Google Home’s IFTTT integration to enable the mode together with when the guests will be leaving. All this happens automatically when you blurt out the command to Google Home.

It comes in 2 parts. The first part activates it and the second part deactivates it.

Activating Guest Mode:

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Deactivating Guest Mode:

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Snapshot of how the IFTTT applet will look like -

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#2

Can you explain exactly how you use this in your pistons? The @guestMode part. Or show me an example? I think this is exactly what I’m looking for.

#3

I generally use it to control the lights, volume and notifications on the speakers. Lights will behave differently as well as notifications. I guess it’s mainly useful if you want your automations to behave differently when you have guest staying over.