Newb to home automation. Right now I have a very simple goal. With a voice command- I want my google assistant to send a command to a hub which will turn on a switch for my hot water circulation pump. It should work for 2 minutes and then stop. If the pump was activated anytime in the last 15 minutes it should ignore the command. simple.
Work so far- I have a z-wave plug. Using google assistant->IFTTT->smartthings I was able to turn the plug on. Nothing else. I am good with scripting- but cannot make any sense of the smartthings universe and am abandoning it. Is there a very straight forward hub/system/setup I can achieve this with using hubitat?
There are many ways to skin a cat with Rule Machine in Hubitat. @toy4rick's rule exemplified how one can have a switch turn on for a defined time, and only during a designated period.
Here's another rule. This one lets the Hot Water switch stay on for 2 minutes, but only if the switch was not turned on in the last 15 minutes. In the latter instance, the switch is turned off immediately.
ok all- thank you again- got my hubitat and a switch and implemented the above routine. Google assistant sends the command. However- when I activate it again within 15 minutes- it switches on and then switches off immediately. How do I send a command from google that is a trigger but doesn't do anything to the state of the switch till it runs through the rules?
