SH and Smartthings (Home Automation)

[jbeletti]

Are there any SH users that are also using some sort of Home Automation?

I'm using http://www.Smartthings.com as my Home Automation platform. They use a "cloud first" strategy for their platform. As such, they can cloud connect with many disparate systems/services.

I am not sure of the API status of SH and whether it's available and open. If it is, perhaps it can interoperate with Smartthings at the cloud level.

Until then, as a work-around and as a test, I have successfully used www.IFTTT.com to turn a light on when motion is detected. I did this using the an "if GMAIL, then SMARTTHINGS" recipe. In the GMAIL portion, I used the Gmail search term "subject:Sighthound Video alert".

So, this works but I'm not able to turn the light back off. What would be cool is to flash the light.

[ryan]

Hi Jim,

We'd definitely like to have a public API in the future. In the meantime we are exploring routes to more easily with other services.

As you're inquiring about API/SDKs, I assume you're familiar with some form of programming or scripting. You may want to take a look at the "Run command" response, that would be able to execute an application or script each time a given rule is triggered. That response type combined with a simple script to execute the 'on' and 'off' repeatedly with a bit of sleeping in between sounds like it would accomplish your flashing light scenario.

Best,
- ryan

[nomad33fw]

I second this. It would be nice to IF 'I'm not home' then send notifications on motion. I