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1. #SMARTTHINGS SMARTAPP CREATE SIMULATED DEVICE CHILD DEVICE MANUAL#
2. #SMARTTHINGS SMARTAPP CREATE SIMULATED DEVICE CHILD DEVICE ANDROID#

To change the length of time, open the smart lighting automation from step two (The one that uses the power allowance feature) and change the amount of time there. The trigger condition occurs, the virtual switch turns on, the real device turns on because it is following the virtual switch, the virtual switch turns itself off because of the power allowance, and the real device turns itself off because it is following the virtual device. Or you can just turn the virtual switch on by voice with Echo or Google home. Usually this would be a smart lighting automation, but it could also be a routine or another smart app. Now you just need to set up something to turn the virtual switch on based on the trigger conditions you want, like time of day or someone arriving home or a particular mode. Create the third smart lighting automation to trigger the virtual switch. You will also be given the option to “ turn off as well” – – choose that so that the real switch will also turn off when the virtual switch turns off. You do this by selecting the real switch as the switch that you want to “ control,” choose “ turn on” and then when asked how you want to “ trigger” it say by switch and then choose the virtual switch from that second list. Create the second smart lighting automation to have the real device “follow”‘ the virtual switch. That way the real device will turn on whenever the virtual switch turns on, and turn off again whenever the virtual switch turns off. You do this by selecting the virtual switch as the one you want to “ control” and then saying that you want to turn it “off” (not on) and then when asked how you want to “trigger” it, scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and there will be an option for “power allowance exceeded.” After you select that, you will be given a new page where you can fill in the number of minutes. Use the “ power allowance” feature in smart lighting to set the virtual timer switch to always turn off after X minutes. Create the first smart lighting automation to set the timer. To access Smart Lighting after installation: ( If you have not already installed Smart Lighting, do so now). Once you have created the virtual switch, it will show up in any list of your switches, including in Smart Lighting. You can use this Virtual Device just like any physical device.

Now you have a Virtual On/Off Switch in Things on your SmartThings App. “ Group” you won’t be able to select when creating, but these are Groups you’ve created in the Things page in the SmartThings app.

I recommend short and sweet but it cannot duplicate other device ID’s. Enter a “ Device Network Id” This can be anything you want. Enter a “ Label” for the device, this is optional and can be whatever you want.Enter a “ Name” for the device, this can be whatever you want.SmartThings offers a 'power allowance' feature which lets you set up a device so that it will always turn itself off after a specified number of minutes. I figured out what I need to create is a SmartThings Virtual Switch.

#SMARTTHINGS SMARTAPP CREATE SIMULATED DEVICE CHILD DEVICE MANUAL#

At first I tried creating a rule in SmartThings but it would turn the lights off constantly after 10 minutes even if I manual turned them on. How I have my house configured as my car approaches the house I want my Yale Smart Deadbolts to unlock, and turn on my Front porch and side porch lights they are wired to ( Lutron Caseta Switches).Įverything worked great however I had a Tasker profile that would wait 10 minutes and turn off the porch lights. I’ve been testing this for about a week now and it seems to be more accurate then all of my Tasker/AutoLocation profiles.

#SMARTTHINGS SMARTAPP CREATE SIMULATED DEVICE CHILD DEVICE ANDROID#

So I decided to relink my Android device as my presence sensor. I was going to reinsert all of my Tasker profiles however I decided to see if SmartThings had a better method yet of presence sensing. So I have been using Tasker a lot however I’m on the T-Mobile jump program and I switch from phone to phone quite a bit.