Disable lights off when logged into Mac?

[Keo]

Is there anyway for me to toggle a switch when I log into my computer open an App?

[EdwardN]

Yes? There’s a way to use Asus routers as a presence sensor for wifi connections, so if you’re using wireless and an Asus router, you can. Otherwise I don’t know of a way.

[SmartHomePrimer]

Can you activate HE switches with CURL? I used to have Applescript executables that would activate Insteon devices. You could run an Applescript at login.

[Keo]

@SmartHomePrimer

Can you activate HE switches with CURL?

I am trying to figure out how to do this. I thought there was no API.

[SmartHomePrimer]

None that I’m aware of. But @mike.maxwell can likely steer you in the right direction.

[EdwardN]

Yes. That's how the Asus router tells Hubitat that devices are present. Details here:

Presence Sensors

I gave that code a shot, it works great. I added this to the update method so I could get the right urls: def updated() { log.debug "away url: ${fullLocalApiServerUrl('away')}?access_token=${state.accessToken}" log.debug "home url: ${fullLocalApiServerUrl('home')}?access_token=${state.accessToken}" } Here is what I get in the logs: 2018-03-15 16:12:33.795:debughome url: http://192.168.1.15/apps/api/776/home?access_token=2a16f329-7e13-4d62-b925-7682abdc7985 2018-03-15 16:12:33.790:de…

[ogiewon]

I believe the current. most popular method would be to create an App with an Oauth2 endpoint. This would allow you to simply use ‘curl’, or similar, to tell the App that the MAC is up and running, and then have the App update a virtual presence device to ‘present’. You’d need to make sure to either send another ‘curl’ request when shutting the MAC down, or implement a watchdog timer. If the timer expires before another “Hey, I am the MAC, and I am open and running” ‘curl’ message was received, it would reset the virtual presence device to ‘not present’

[Keo]

@EdwardN

Yes. That’s how the Asus router tells Hubitat that devices are present. Details here:

Thanks for this! I will be using this with hammerspoon on my Mac to update it.

[cwwilson08]

I believe kewashi the house panel dev developed a smartapp that detected his activity on the pc and sent it to St as a presence sensor. Maybe it could be ported.