Keep Wemo Switch alway On

#1

1) Give a description of the problem
Piston Will Not Execute

2) What is the expected behaviour?
Need this wemo to always remain on

3) What is happening/not happening?
Wemo not turning back on when I turn it off

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#2

You got an extra if in there. Line 15. It’s never true so it never executes.

Move 17 up to 15 and delete the IF

#3

Thank you so much. I’m new at this so I couldn’t even follow your directions but I changed the whole piston to this, and it worked. I really appreciate your help

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#4

Just an observation…do you want your Wemo Laundry Outlet to turn on EVERY TIME it turns off for 30 seconds? That is what you have with this piston.

#5

I’ve noticed that from time to time (or with a power failure) the Wemo I use to notify me that the washer has completed and then sends me an alert, will turn off. I never want it to be off, because the wife then thinks the washer is broken :grinning:. The only problem I see now is that it takes a long time for the piston to poll the wemo and therefore it is not turning the wemo back on as quickly as I’d like.

#6

Hmmmm, your piston should trigger as soon as the outlet turns off. Do you have something else acting on the outlet (perhaps another piston or a routine somewhere)? Have you checked the logs in SmartThings to see what happens when it turns off and on and what the timing is?

#7

I will have a look. Thank you for your help

#8

If you want it turn ON as soon as turns off, why 30 second rule?

Wouldn’t this work?:

IF wemo changes to OFF
then 
   With Wemo 
   Do turn ON
#9

Just thinking that! I will take it out…Thanks

#10

You can also do this natively in the ST app(s) using Smart Lighting.

#11

Thank you

#12

So it seems that the WeMo switches take quite some time to update in SmartThings. The suggestion to use Smart Lighting was actually the better option since that seems to update status faster than the piston did. Thanks to all for your help.

#13

@Nezmo, so we each get 1/2 of a green check mark? :smile:

#14

I give it all to you as your suggestion gave me the best result :grinning:

#15

Most definitely!

pic . pic . pic . pic

*hands out a few to all contributers*

#16

Just FYI, this is what I meant by having an extra if.

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#17

I see. I’m just getting the hang of this. I find Core to have been easier, but this seems to be much more powerful. Thanks again