How to group 2 outlets or 2 Virtual Contact Sensors

lunamanny714 · January 10, 2021, 1:49am

How can we group 2 outlets or 2 contact sensors together? I have two virtual contact sensors that control smart outlets in Alexa. They control light strips and I want to add them on the dashboard as a group to control them but currently we can only group a bulb, dimmer or switch.

aaiyar · January 10, 2021, 2:04am

Use this driver for your virtual contact sensor:

github.com

ogiewon/Hubitat/blob/master/Drivers/virtual-contact-switch.src/virtual-contact-switch.groovy

/*
 * Virtual Contact Sensor with Switch
 *
 *  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ogiewon/Hubitat/master/Drivers/virtual-contact-switch.src/virtual-contact-switch.groovy
 *
 * Originally created by Stephan Hackett (used with permission)
 *  
 *  Copyright 2021 Dan G Ogorchock 
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
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It has dual capability - Switch and Contact Sensor. You can control it as a Switch at the Hubitat end, meaning it can participate in groups etc., but will appear as a contact sensor to Alexa. Switch and contact sensor status mirror each other.

lunamanny714 · January 10, 2021, 2:50am

My man! Thank you!

dadarkgtprince · January 10, 2021, 5:34pm

Groups and Scenes app can do this