Hi all, I continue to explore the capabilities of my C-7 and set up various rules and automations. So far I've been using the following apps: Amazon Echo Skill Echo Speaks Hubitat Dashboard Hubitat Safety Monitor Hue Bridge Integration IFTTT Integration Mode Manager Rule Machine Simple Automation …

In terms of apps used to build automations, I think of them in this order. All of the ones below are Hubitat built-in apps, except Event Engine, whic is a community built app that has a lot of powerful features in an easy to use interface to build automations that Simple Automations rule can't do, a…

Useful apps: Auto_Off by CSteele Auto Lock by Lewis.Heidrick ABC Button Controller by stephack Battery Monitor Groups and Scenes Hubitat Package Manager - THIS IS A MUST! Zone Motion Controller

Three I’d add: Switch bindings Geofency Presence [edited], for proximity automation (eg turn on HVAC when you get into your car to drive home) Maker API linked to Node-RED, for lower-latency motion lighting and scene activation

Hubitat Mesh Details by @tony.fleisher

Graphs and meters and stuff. [image] Hubigraphs 4.8 (The Final Chapter) Custom Apps *** HUBIGRAPHS IS NO LONGER ACTIVELY SUPPORTED *** DESCRIPTION HubiGraph(s) is a collection of FREE applications that enable the user to ultimately build Dashboard Tiles that support vari…

No ones mentioned hubitat package monitor. Edit. Actually they did. Nothing to see here.

[image] cwwilson08: Nothing to see here. That's what my wife says about me all the time...

Smartly Dashboard skin with drag-and -drop.

Event Engine .. very flexible and quicker than Rule Machine (important for motion lighting) Follow me (if you use Google Home)

I started with Battery Monitor, but lithium batteries are difficult to monitor, so I switched to Device Activity Check , which I’ve liked a lot more, as I can monitor non-battery devices too (e.g. WiFi presence, Konnected, Roomba, weather station) for any connectivity issues.

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Graphs and meters and stuff.

Cool Android interface app.