Presence Piston sms help

#1

1) Give a description of the problem
I’m having great difficulty creating a piston that will sms me when my lock status changes and my phone is not present at home…

2) What is the expected behavior?
I want the piston to see that my phone is not present and if the lock status is changed send me an sms.

I can create a piston that will text me but for some reason I can’t get it to work when the lock status changes. If some one could help me create this I’m sure I could figure out what I’ve been doing wrong.

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#2

Can you try this:

IF Lock 1's lock changes
and
Presence Sensor 1's presence is not present
Then 
    Send SMS notification
END IF

The only real change is moving the trigger to the very top, and changing the wording on that line a bit.

#3

Ok I made the suggested changes but still not recieving a sms for some reason. I changed the presence to both home and away to test the piston. Take a look an let me know if you see any issues. I assume it’s ok to use the lock to send the sms?

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#4

Can you try changing line 18 to say exactly:
Lock 1's lock changes

I suspect that “DeviceWatch-DeviceStatus” is not usable as a trigger…

Send SMS notification is built into webCoRE, so technically, it can be coded under any device… I tend to use the generic “Location” device, but that shouldn’t be the issue.

#5

Thanks for the help… I ordered an installed the door sensors and was able to setup a piston that notifys me based on presence of which door is opened. Thanks again for the help as I’m just now diving into the piston writing and trying to understand the conditions and triggers and when to use what.

#6

Welcome aboard!! :sunglasses:

It sure is a lot of fun, with nearly infinite possibilities using webCoRE…