I'm having problems with a scheduled lock code rule

[a.mcdear]

@thevinylguy

Blowing my mind with the possibilities here. I didn't quite understand how the google calendar trigger event was working

I use the GCal Search integration for this functionality.

[RELEASE] Google Calendar, Task, and Gmail Search and Gmail Notification Device

Google Calendar, Task, and Gmail Search integrates Hubitat Elevation with your Google Calendar, Tasks, Reminders, and Gmail to automate triggers based on items found matching your search criteria: Optionally toggle a child virtual switch Send Push, SMS, and TTS Notifications Run Rule Machine rule actions Gmail email notification devices can also be created with this application which will allow you to send email notifications directly from your Hubitat Elevation hub using the Google APIs with…

With this, I can easily automate anything based off keyword searches from my Google Calendar, Gmail, or Google Tasks. Put in a keyword, it creates a virtual switch or allows you to control other switches using data from those sources I mentioned above.

In my example, on days where there's a calendar event containing the word Desiree (the name of our housekeeper), it flips a virtual switch to ON and automatically activates her lock code and wifi presence device for her phone an hour before she arrives. And then an hour after she leaves, it flips the virtual switch OFF which deletes the codes and deactivates the wifi device so I'm not unnecessarily pinging a device that isn't here every minute for no reason.

But yeah, the possibilities are endless. I have about 20 GCal triggers at the moment to automate various things (vacation mode, babysitter lock codes, notifications for Amazon package deliveries, grocery lists, disabling my own presence devices when I'm on business travel, etc.) I'm sure there are ways to use it that I haven't even thought of yet. The possibilities are vast...