Passing setup values from Smartthings app to WebCore

[incredihome]

Hi! I have my home fully automated using WebCore and I’d like to be able to change values used by my pistons directly from the ST app. I mean, looking for a more convenient way to set a delay time or to set temperature ranges used by a piston other than having to open the WebCore dashboard every time I need to update a control variable.

Is there a way to create a ST app where I can enter several values and then been able to pull those values from a particular piston?

Any thoughts?

Thanks for your time!

[Pantheon]

My immediate thought is to use virtual switches within ST and execute code based on individual switches. But that could lead to numerous virtual switches and extra coding. I am sure there is a better way.

[eibyer]

Not from ST app but this one is done via SMS thru IFTTT. Maybe you’ll get some ideas from this thread…

Do I need 2 instances of webCoRE to use 2 different IFTTT accounts?

I’ve got the need to use 2 different IFTTT accounts, 1 for myself and 1 for my wife. I need to split it up because I’d like to use SMS triggers from either of our phones and IFTTT won’t allow that on 1 account. Questions; do I need to set up a separate instance of webCoRE in order to link up with a separate IFTTT account? Can both instances be running together? Any problems with both accounts trying to use the same devices? Can variables be shared or will I have to use a simulated switch of…

[Pantheon]

You might also look into Ask Alexa. You could pass parameters. Author Michael Struck is cool and very helpful.

[Robin]

You may want to take some inspiration from my alarm clock device handler… It’s basically a bunch of simulated switches cobbled into a single device, feeding data to webCoRE which is the brain of things. Snooze duration is set via the device settings page, so that is another option for you to look at.

[RELEASE] Simulated Alarm Clock DTH and Pistons

You can set alarm times, snooze duration, active days etc…

I’m also running custom handlers for various bathroom fans, to set trigger type (lights or humidity), required humidity level, overrun time, current temperature and humidity. Again, just a bunch of simulated switches and dimmers for sending data to webCoRE.

 metadata {
    definition (name: "Switch Child Device - Fan", namespace: "RobinWinbourne", author: "RobinWinbourne", vid: "generic-switch") {
        capability "Switch"
        capability "Actuator"
        capability "Sensor"
        capability "Refresh"
        capability "Momentary"
        capability "Button"

        attribute "currentTemp", "string"
        attribute "currentHumidity", "string"
        attribute "mode", "string"
        attribute "humidityLevel", "string"
        attribute "overrunLevel", "string"
        attribute "switch2", "string"


        command "setCurrentHumidity"
        command "setCurrentTemp"
        command "setHumidity"
        command "setLightMode"
        command "setHumidityMode"
        command "setManualMode"
        command "setMode"
        command "setHumidity"
        command "setOverrun"
        command "on2"
        command "off2"
    }

    tiles(scale: 2) {
        //multiAttributeTile(name:"switch", type: "lighting", width: 6, height: 4, canChangeIcon: false){
        //		tileAttribute ("device.switch", key: "PRIMARY_CONTROL") {
        //			attributeState "off", label: '${name}', action: "switch.on", icon: "https://cdn.rawgit.com/RobinWinbourne/devicetypes/master/fan3.png", backgroundColor: "#ffffff", nextState:"turningOn"
        //			attributeState "on", label: '${name}', action: "switch.off", icon: "https://cdn.rawgit.com/RobinWinbourne/devicetypes/master/fan3.png", backgroundColor: "#ff9900", nextState:"turningOff"
        //			attributeState "turningOn", label:'${name}', action:"switch.off", icon:"https://cdn.rawgit.com/RobinWinbourne/devicetypes/master/fan3.png", backgroundColor:"#ff9900", nextState:"turningOff"
        //			attributeState "turningOff", label:'${name}', action:"switch.on", icon:"https://cdn.rawgit.com/RobinWinbourne/devicetypes/master/fan3.png", backgroundColor:"#ffffff", nextState:"turningOn"
        //		}
        // 	}
        standardTile("Title1", "device.Title1", inactiveLabel: false, width: 2, height: 1, decoration: "flat", wordWrap: false) {
            state "default", label:'Fan'
        }

        standardTile("Title2", "device.Title2", inactiveLabel: false, width: 2, height: 1, decoration: "flat", wordWrap: false) {
            state "default", label:'Humidity'
        }

        standardTile("Title3", "device.Title3", inactiveLabel: false, width: 2, height: 1, decoration: "flat", wordWrap: false) {
            state "default", label:'Temperature'
        }
        standardTile("switch", "device.switch", inactiveLabel: false, width: 2, height: 2, decoration: "flat", canChangeIcon: false) {
            state "off", label: '${name}', action: "switch.on", icon: "https://cdn.rawgit.com/RobinWinbourne/devicetypes/master/fan3.png", backgroundColor: "#ffffff", nextState:"turningOn"
            state "on", label: '${name}', action: "switch.off", icon: "https://cdn.rawgit.com/RobinWinbourne/devicetypes/master/fan3.png", backgroundColor: "#ff9900", nextState:"turningOff"
            state "turningOn", label:'${name}', action:"switch.off", icon:"https://cdn.rawgit.com/RobinWinbourne/devicetypes/master/fan3.png", backgroundColor:"#ff9900", nextState:"turningOff"
            state "turningOff", label:'${name}', action:"switch.on", icon:"https://cdn.rawgit.com/RobinWinbourne/devicetypes/master/fan3.png", backgroundColor:"#ffffff", nextState:"turningOn"
        }
        valueTile("currentTemp", "device.currentTemp", inactiveLabel: true, width: 2, height: 2, decoration: "flat", wordWrap: true) {
            state ("default", label:'${currentValue}\u00b0', backgroundColors:[
                [value: "error", color: "#ff0000"],
                [value: 0, color: "#153591"],
                [value: 7, color: "#1e9cbb"],
                [value: 15, color: "#90d2a7"],
                [value: 23, color: "#44b621"],
                [value: 28, color: "#f1d801"],
                [value: 35, color: "#d04e00"],
                [value: 37, color: "#bc2323"]
            ]
                  )
        }
        valueTile("currentHumidity", "device.currentHumidity", inactiveLabel: false, width: 2, height: 2, decoration: "flat", wordWrap: true) {
            state ("default", label:'${currentValue}%', backgroundColors:[
                [value: "error", color: "#ff0000"],
                [value: 20, color: "#153591"],
                [value: 30, color: "#1e9cbb"],
                [value: 40, color: "#90d2a7"],
                [value: 50, color: "#44b621"],
                [value: 60, color: "#f1d801"],
                [value: 70, color: "#d04e00"],
                [value: 80, color: "#bc2323"]                                      
            ]
                  )
        }
        standardTile("Title4", "device.Title4", inactiveLabel: false, width: 2, height: 1, decoration: "flat", wordWrap: false) {
            state "default", label:'Mode'
        }

        standardTile("Title5", "device.Title5", inactiveLabel: false, width: 2, height: 1, decoration: "flat", wordWrap: false) {
            state "default", label:'Req. Humidity'
        }

        standardTile("Title6", "device.Title6", inactiveLabel: false, width: 2, height: 1, decoration: "flat", wordWrap: false) {
            state "default", label:'Overrun Time'
        }

        standardTile("mode", "device.mode", width: 2, height: 2, decoration: "flat", inactiveLabel: false) {
            state "humidityMode", label: "Humidity", action: "setLightMode", icon: "st.Weather.weather12", backgroundColor: "#00a0dc", nextState:"lightMode"
            state "lightMode", label: "Light", action: "setManualMode", icon: "st.Lighting.light11", backgroundColor: "#f1d801", nextState:"manualMode"
            state "manualMode", label: "Manual", action: "setHumidityMode", icon: "st.sonos.pause-icon", backgroundColor: "#FFFFFF", nextState:"humidityMode"
        }

        controlTile("humidityLevel", "device.humidityLevel", "slider", height: 2, width: 2, range: "(0..100)", inactiveLabel: false) {
            state "default", action:"setHumidity", backgroundColor:"#AF1586"
        }

        controlTile("overrunLevel", "device.overrunLevel", "slider", height: 2, width: 2, range: "(0..100)", inactiveLabel: false) {
            state "default", action:"setOverrun", backgroundColor:"#AF1586"
        }

        standardTile("switch2", "device.switch2", width: 2, height: 2, decoration: "flat", inactiveLabel: false) {
            state "on2", label: "Pushed", action: "off2", icon: "st.alarm.water.dry", backgroundColor: "#999900"
            state "Run Now", label: '${currentValue}', action: "on2", icon: "st.Health & Wellness.health7", backgroundColor: "#ffffff", nextState: "on2"
            state "Stop", label: '${currentValue}', action: "on2", icon: "st.Health & Wellness.health7", backgroundColor: "#ffffff", nextState: "on2"
        }

        standardTile("refresh", "device.switch", inactiveLabel: false, decoration: "flat", width: 2, height: 2) {
            state "default", label:"", action:"refresh.refresh", icon:"st.secondary.refresh"
        }

        main(["switch"])
        details(["Title1","Title2","Title3","switch","currentHumidity","currentTemp","Title4","Title5","Title6","mode","humidityLevel","overrunLevel","switch2","refresh"])
    }
}

def installed() {
    log.debug "installed()"
    configure()
}

def updated() {
    log.debug "updated()"
    configure()
}

def configure() {
	log.debug "configure()"
    sendEvent(name: "numberOfButtons", value: 1, displayed: true)
}

void on() {
    parent.childOn(device.deviceNetworkId)
    sendEvent(name: "switch2", value: "Stop", isStateChange: true, displayed: false)
}

void off() {
    parent.childOff(device.deviceNetworkId)
    sendEvent(name: "switch2", value: "Run Now", isStateChange: true, displayed: false)
}

void refresh() {
    parent.childRefresh(device.deviceNetworkId)
}

def setCurrentTemp (param) {
    sendEvent("name":"currentTemp", "value":param)
}
def setCurrentHumidity (param) {
    sendEvent("name":"currentHumidity", "value":param)
}
def setLightMode() {
    log.trace "Executing 'light'"
    sendEvent(name: "mode", value: "lightMode")
 //   state.lastHumidity = device.currentValue("humidityLevel")
  //  setHumidity(0)
}

def setHumidityMode() {
    log.trace "Executing 'humidity'"
    sendEvent(name: "mode", value: "humidityMode")
  //  setHumidity(state.lastHumidity)
   // setOverrun(state.lastOverrun)
}

def setManualMode() {
    log.trace "Executing 'manual'"
    sendEvent(name: "mode", value: "manualMode")
   // state.lastOverrun = device.currentValue("overrunLevel")
   // setOverrun(0)
}

def setMode(param) {
log.error "set mode to $param"
    if (param == "humidityMode") {setHumidityMode()}
    if (param == "lightMode") {setLightMode()}
    if (param == "manualMode") {setManualMode()}
}

def setHumidity(value) {
    log.trace "Executing setLevel Humidity $value"
    Map levelEventMap = buildSetLevelEvent(value)
    sendEvent(levelEventMap)
}

def setOverrun(value) {
    log.trace "Executing setLevel Overrun $value"
    Map levelEventMap = buildSetLevelEvent2(value)
    sendEvent(levelEventMap)
}

private Map buildSetLevelEvent(value) {
    def intValue = value as Integer
    def newLevel = Math.max(Math.min(intValue, 100), 0)
    Map eventMap = [name: "humidityLevel", value: newLevel, unit: "%"]
    return eventMap
}

private Map buildSetLevelEvent2(value) {
    def intValue = value as Integer
    def newLevel = Math.max(Math.min(intValue, 100), 0)
    Map eventMap = [name: "overrunLevel", value: newLevel, unit: "%"]
    return eventMap
}

def push() {
	sendEvent(name: "switch2", value: "on2", isStateChange: true, displayed: false)
	sendEvent(name: "switch2", value: "Run Now", isStateChange: true, displayed: false)
	sendEvent(name: "momentary", value: "pushed", isStateChange: true)
    sendEvent(name: "button", value: "pushed", data: [buttonNumber: 1], descriptionText: "$device.displayName button 1 was pushed", isStateChange: true)
}

def on2() {
	push()
}

def off2() {
	sendEvent(name: "switch2", value: "Run Now", isStateChange: true, displayed: false)
}

And I may have gone a little bit too far with this one lol:

[incredihome]

This probably will be a great solution for what I need. Thanks!

[incredihome]

Not sure why this code didn’t work. I tried the one from your alarm clock and it did.

[WallyLviv]

If I needed to pass a simple two-state value to webCore (e.g. on/off, true/false, 1/0), I would use a virtual switch. If there is a need to pass a parameter that can have different values, for example a threshold for triggering alerts when temperature gets over or under some level, I create a virtual dimmer switch. This way I can set values in the ST mobile app and read by webCore.