IFTTT - Leave Location Arm Sight hound

[ncjackson87]

Can you create and IFTTT rule if you leave a specific location Sighthound will automaticlly arm itself?

[Devin]

Hi ncjackson87,

Unfortunately this type of recipe is not possible. At this time Sighthound Video can only be used as a trigger ("if this...") and not as an action ("...then that") in IFTTT.

Regards,

-Devin

[hepcat72]

You might be able to do this using other means. I have used similar methods to do other things. I can only give you tips from the Mac OS X perspective, but I assume that PCs can do similar stuff as well:

1. Create an Automator action to activate a rule using Automator's record feature - call it "StartFoscam.workflow"
2. Create a folder in dropbox called something like "StartFoscamMonitoring"
3. Create a folder action applescript (we'll call it "StartFoscam.scpt") that just runs StartFoscam.workflow when something is added to a folder
4. Attach the StartFoscam.scpt folder action script to the StartFoscamMonitoring folder
5. Use the dropbox IFTTT channel and the Life360 channel to create a file in the StartFoscamMonitoring folder when the last family member leaves your house.

You could use a similar method to stop monitoring when the first member of your family arrives at your house.

[hepcat72]

One note, if you decide to try out my tip - the automator action won't know the state of the checkbox - just that it is to click on it, so it's more of a toggle than a "start" function. If you want to get really fancy, there are applescripting techniques you can try to see if you can determine whether the checkbox is checked or not before running the workflow. You can use a utility called "Accessibility Inspector.app". It's a part of Apple's development tools which is free for anyone to install. It can give you the name of the checkbox to use in your applescript by hovering over it. If you have the developer tools installed, you can find it here:

/Developer/Applications/Utilities/Accessibility Tools/Accessibility Inspector.app

BTW, I've used automator to perform a similar function for starting my BeaconOSX app and I used the inspector to get the name of the broadcast button.

Rob

[nomaam]

An option to just make the mobile app and the desktop app ping one another. When they can't talk (the person left their house with their phone and their phone is no longer on the wifi) start recording.

[nomad33fw]

Or integrate it closer with SmartThings either via the mobile app, or a OS X client. When SmartThings is set to away start recording via set rules/notifications.