[Released] ShaneAllen's Hubitat Advanced 2.0 Application Suite

ShaneAllen · August 18, 2026, 12:09am

Hi everyone,

I’m excited to share my complete Advanced 2.0 Application Suite for Hubitat, which is now live on GitHub. This suite represents a major evolution, building significantly upon the original versions of the applications I’ve shared with the community in the past.

These applications have been in development over the last couple of months, crafted with the assistance of AI agents to expand upon my foundational designs.

Core Design Philosophy

Transparent Human-Readable Interfaces: Every application features a clear, human-readable interface designed to let users know exactly what is happening and why each decision is being made in real time.
Cohesive Cross-Communication: Most of the applications feature built-in cross-communication, allowing them to talk to one another and keep your entire smart home ecosystem completely in sync.
A Unified Ecosystem: The goal was to build a suite where everything works together to act as a cohesive, well-oiled machine. While that may be an ambitious vision, I have experienced great success during the deployment and testing of these versions in my own home.

Feel free to download, test, and use them however you see fit. Over the coming days and weeks, I will be posting detailed write-ups for each individual application directly in this thread to break down their features and capabilities.

I warmly invite you to give them a try, and I look forward to your feedback!

ShaneAllen334/Hubitat-Advanced-2.0-Applications: More refined applications for the Hubitat Elevation hub.

Apologies if this is posted in the wrong section, or if a suite of this size feels a bit like overkill! My main goal in sharing these was to contribute something back that might help inspire future developments as the Hubitat platform continues to mature and expand.

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ronv42 · August 18, 2026, 10:57am

Wow you have been busy.

ShaneAllen · August 18, 2026, 11:01am

Yes I have.

ShaneAllen · August 18, 2026, 11:05am

Advanced Room Good Night Manager 2.0

Advanced Room Good Night Manager 2.0: Complete Feature List

Biological Orchestration & Occupancy

Dual-Occupant Tracking: Maps independent pressure mats and kinetic sensors for up to two users per bed.
Autonomous Auto-Sleep & Auto-Wake: Engages routines automatically based on physical bed presence and allowed time windows.
Anti-Bounce Entry Verification: Requires sustained presence before triggering sleep modes, filtering out brief edge-of-bed sitting.
Ghost & Teleportation Filtering: Cross-references bed contacts with room motion to discard stuck sensors and false triggers.
Multi-User Kinetic Shielding: Temporarily ignores vibration telemetry on a partner's side of the bed to prevent false tossing-and-turning logs when the other person shifts.
Bathroom Trip Stitching: Uses en-suite motion to detect night trips, pausing latency timers and seamlessly stitching the sleep session back together upon return.

Clinical Sleep Metrics & Posture (ASM)

EWMA Sleep Staging: Uses Exponentially Weighted Moving Averages to track kinetic decay, identifying Light vs. Deep sleep phases.
Bedside Metric Score (BMS): Calculates a 0–100% nightly efficiency grade based on sleep duration, onset latency, restlessness, and environmental penalties (e.g., room too hot).
Analog Posture Tracking: Reads analog pressure values to instantly determine if a user is Lying Flat or Sitting Up.
7-Day Rolling History: Stores and visualizes a week of clinical sleep architecture and insights per user.

AI Learning & Adaptive Scheduling

Learned Circadian Profiles: Continuously logs entry/exit times to build distinct rolling averages for weekday and weekend schedules.
Tailored Bedtime Advisories: Recommends and triggers earlier bedtimes based on the user's daily physical effort (workout strain) or poor recovery the night before.
Predictive Smart Alarms: Triggers wake-up switches dynamically during a natural light-sleep phase within a predefined morning window.

Thermal Sleep Synergy

Deep Sleep Climate Staging: Adjusts room cooling stages dynamically based on the users' current sleep depth.
Phase 1 Engagement: Activates ceiling fans or dedicated synergy switches once occupants hit a sustained deep-sleep threshold.
Phase 2 Undisturbed Core Sleep: Gracefully disables supplementary tower fans after one hour of uninterrupted deep sleep to prevent over-cooling.
Soft-Ramp Restless Recovery: Reverts fan stages (holding tower fans off for 10 minutes) if kinetic sensors detect sudden micro-arousals or tossing.

Lighting, Reading & Atmosphere

Smooth Light Fade-Outs: Gradually dims bedroom lights over a custom duration rather than abrupt shutoffs.
Interactive Reading Lights: Triggered via physical buttons or automatically by Sitting posture, complete with auto-shutoff timers and linked sleep latency clocks.
Delayed Bedtime Lighting: Turns on pathway nightlights or accent plugs upon bed entry, automatically turning them off after a set delay.
Window Shade Enforcement: Verifies and enforces motorized shade closures when sleep is initiated.

Sonos & Ambient Audio Engine

Flexible Audio Integration: Plays local/cloud URIs or triggers Sonos Favorite virtual switches.
Custom Looping & Intervals: Endlessly loops files or forces custom restart intervals for ambient soundscapes.
Smooth Fade-In: Starts audio silently and ramps up to a target volume to let users settle in first.
Sleep Timer & Fade-Out: Steps audio down gradually to near-silent levels before shutting off entirely.
Secondary Hard-Stop Failsafes: Guarantees audio shuts off at a specific clock time, regardless of timers.

Sick & Recovery Mode

Emoji/Mood-Linked Trigger: Automatically detects illness flags via Hub Variables.
Recovery Protocol: Instantly disables audio, forces immediate light shutoffs (no fade), adds 1.5 hours to the nightly biological sleep target, and bypasses daytime lockouts to track recovery naps.

Safety & System Resilience

Life-Safety Egress Protocol: If smoke or CO is detected, the app kills all fans (to stop smoke spread), halts audio, and ramps all lights to 100% for visibility.
Power-Loss Recovery: Detects hub reboots and automatically re-applies the Good Night environment if the room was asleep before the power outage.
Periodic State Enforcement: Periodically scans room devices to ensure stray manual switch presses do not violate the sleeping environment.
Hardware Keep-Alive: Actively polls Zigbee/Z-Wave pressure mats to keep them from falling off the mesh network.

Live Diagnostic Dashboard

Real-Time Hubitat UI: A fully dynamic HTML dashboard displaying live environmental suitability, active expected hardware states, ongoing sleep staging, active timers, and occupant telemetry.

ShaneAllen · August 18, 2026, 11:10am

Advanced Weight Lifting 2.0

Advanced Weight Lifting 2.0: Complete Feature List

App Architecture & UI Accessibility

Dual Cloud/Local Web App: Generates a fully responsive, standalone HTML dashboard accessible locally (via Wi-Fi) or remotely (via YMCA/cellular) using OAuth.
Multi-Profile & Joint Mode: Supports two distinct user profiles (e.g., Shane and Christy) with independent metrics, baseline strength multipliers, and histories. Includes a "Split-Screen" Joint Mode for working out together.
Auto-Save & Local Caching: The UI uses browser local storage to cache inputs instantly, preventing data loss if you accidentally close the browser during a workout.
Automated Database Garbage Collection: Actively prunes orphaned records and enforces a rolling history limit (15-90 workouts) to prevent Hubitat database bloat.
Fitness Tracker Syncing: Seamlessly sends completed workout payloads (duration, effort, profile) directly to external applications via Hub Variables.

Biological Orchestration & Readiness

Holistic Readiness Modifier: Calculates a daily readiness score (0.60 to 1.15) by dynamically combining last night's Sleep Score, cumulative Effort/Fatigue, and psychological Mood.
Psychological Auto-Regulation (Mood Matrix): Evaluates selected emoji moods (e.g., Highly Motivated, Frazzled, Sick) to automatically adjust volume targets (+5% to -20%) and update household state variables.
Strain Index Governor: Calculates an over-exertion ratio (Effort vs. Sleep). If the strain index exceeds 1.2, it actively drops the user's readiness modifier to force a lighter recovery day.
Daily Fueling Targets: Calculates dynamic daily protein (grams) and water (ounces) targets based on the user's configured body weight and active effort levels.

Muscle Recovery & Fatigue Tracking (Heatmap)

5-Day Decay Model: Tracks localized fatigue across 8 distinct muscle groups (Chest, Back, Quads, Hamstrings, Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps, Calves), allowing 5 days for a muscle to heal to 100%.
Live Heatmap UI: Visually displays recovery percentages for all muscle groups in the dashboard.
Auto-Fatigue Drops: If a specific muscle's recovery is below 85%, the engine automatically trims the weight by 15%. If below 50%, it aggressively cuts the load by 30% and removes sets to prevent overtraining.

Smart Workout Generation (AI Engine)

Progressive Overload Automation: Looks at the last logged session for an exercise. If all target sets were completed successfully and readiness is high, it automatically increments the weight.
Plateau Deloading: If the user fails to hit target reps on an exercise for two consecutive sessions, the engine automatically drops the weight by 10% to break the plateau.
Pre-Workout Joint Checks: Allows users to flag lower back tightness, knee discomfort, or shoulder impingement before generating a routine, prompting the AI to automatically swap high-risk lifts (e.g., Barbell Deadlifts ➔ DB Romanian Deadlifts).
Macrocycle Block Phases: Generates workouts tailored to specific training blocks: Standard, Hypertrophy (10 reps / 4 sets @ 85%), Strength (5 reps / 4 sets @ 105%), or Deload (8 reps / 2 sets @ 70%).
Smart Warm-Ups: Automatically calculates and injects tiered warm-up sets (e.g., 50%, 60%, 70%) prior to heavy compound lifts.

Active Workout UI & Tools

Live Stopwatch & Rest Timers: Built-in floating stopwatch to track total duration, complete with an interactive rest timer that triggers an audio chime when the rest period is over.
Plate Math Calculator: Automatically calculates exactly which plates (45s, 25s, 10s, 5s, 2.5s) to load onto each side of the barbell for target weights over 45 lbs.
On-the-Fly Swapping: A drop-down menu on every exercise allows users to swap movements mid-workout (filtered by the same muscle category) while preserving target calculation logic.
Dynamic Set Adder: Allows users to add extra sets (+ button) beyond the AI-prescribed target for spontaneous volume increases.

Post-Workout & Analytics

RPE (Rate of Perceived Exertion) Scaling: Prompts the user to rate the workout (Easy, Moderate, Hard, Max) upon completion, significantly scaling the final physical "Effort Score" exported to the Hubitat.
Estimated 1RM Tracking: Automatically calculates and updates Personal Records (PR) for Estimated 1 Rep Max based on the top weight and reps achieved in a session.
7-Day Volume Landmarks: Tracks weekly volume (number of sets) per muscle group against Dr. Mike Israetel's (RP) hypertrophy targets, visually showing if you are under, optimal, or over-trained.
Chart.js Integration: Renders a dual-axis line chart plotting Estimated Total Volume (lbs) vs. Effort Score over the last 10 workouts.
Workout History Editor: Allows full retrospective editing of past workout duration and effort, automatically correcting hub variables if an error was made.

Environment & Thermal Safety

Garage Heat Governor: Integrates with local temperature and humidity sensors if the user selects the "Garage / Outdoor" gym environment.
Heat Index Algorithmic Throttling: Calculates the true Heat Index. If the environment exceeds 90°F HI, the AI aggressively scales down workout loads and volume to prevent heat exhaustion.

ShaneAllen · August 18, 2026, 11:15am

Advanced Fitness Tracker 2.0

Advanced Fitness Tracker 2.0: Complete Feature List

App Architecture & UI Accessibility

Dual Cloud/Local Web App: Generates a standalone, fully responsive HTML dashboard accessible locally on Wi-Fi or remotely via cellular using OAuth.
Multi-Profile Household Management: Supports up to 5 distinct user profiles, each with independent age, gender, height, and biological metrics.
Joint Logging: Allows a single tracked session to be saved simultaneously across multiple selected profiles.
Automated Midnight Reset: Actively resets daily step variables, effort scores, and workout boolean variables at midnight.

Biological Orchestration & Readiness

Daily Strain Governor: Calculates a live Strain Index by cross-referencing your physical exertion (Effort Score) against your biological recovery (Sleep Score).
Psychological Auto-Regulation (Mood Sync): Adjusts workout effort multipliers dynamically based on emotional state. (e.g., "Highly Motivated" scales effort by 0.95x, while "Sick / Exhausted" applies a 1.20x penalty).
Dynamic Fueling Targets: Automatically calculates daily Protein (grams) and Hydration (ounces) goals based on the user's logged body weight and cumulative daily effort.
Body Weight Tracking: Maintains a 30-entry historical chart plotting weight trends over time.

Recovery Concierge

Automated Evening Check-Ins: Runs an evaluation every day at exactly 6:30 PM.
Strain Threshold Triggers: If the daily effort score exceeds a user-defined threshold, it generates a randomized physical recovery prescription (e.g., 15 mins in the massage chair, foam rolling, Theragun, TENS unit, or cold shower).
Push Notifications: Dispatches the recovery prescription directly to designated mobile devices and displays a dedicated banner on the Web UI.

Live Tracker Engine & Smart Pace

Real-Time Dashboard: Features a live stopwatch, active step/distance accumulators, and on-the-fly effort calculations based on real-time duration.
Learned Speed Averages: Analyzes the last 15 logged workouts of a specific type to calculate your baseline pace, automatically setting the initial live tracker speed.
Mid-Workout Transitions: Allows users to seamlessly switch activities (e.g., "Running" to "Walking") in the middle of a session without stopping the timer, calculating split-segment multipliers perfectly.
Dynamic Speed Adjustments: Includes "Faster/Slower" toggle buttons to scale the live distance/step multiplier up or down by 10% increments during the workout.

Environment & K9 Safety Protocols

Heat Index Algorithmic Throttling: Pulls data from linked outdoor weather/temperature sensors. If tracking an outdoor activity in the heat, the app calculates the true Heat Index and scales the biological effort score by up to +30%.
K9 Mileage Tracking: Allows users to select specific dogs (e.g., Sly, Goldie) tagging along on the workout, maintaining independent 7-day and yearly mileage leaderboards for the pets.
K9 Heat Stroke Failsafe: If a dog is on a walk, the temperature is over 80°F, and the duration crosses the 15-minute mark, the live tracker flashes a critical red warning to immediately return home and protect their paws.

Cross-App Syncing & Device Integration

External App Listening: Actively listens to a dedicated JSON payload variable to receive synced workouts from external apps (like Advanced Weight Lifting 2.0).
Smart Duplicate Filtering (End-of-Day Steps): Allows users to manually sync their total daily wearable steps at the end of the day. The engine subtracts any steps already tracked by the app's workouts to prevent double-counting in the Hubitat database.
Hubitat Automation Triggers: Toggles a specific virtual switch ON when a workout begins, and a different one ON when it ends (auto-turning off after 10 minutes) to trigger household routines (like turning on gym fans or adjusting thermostat setpoints).

Post-Workout, Analytics & PRs

RPE (Rate of Perceived Exertion) Scaling: Prompts the user to rate the workout's difficulty (Easy, Moderate, Hard, Extreme) before saving, scaling the final algorithmic effort score.
Automatic Personal Records (PRs): Scans completed runs and walks to automatically log new records for "Fastest 1 Mile", "Fastest 5K", "Longest Run", and "Longest Walk".
Household Leaderboards: Ranks all configured profiles by 7-Day and Yearly total step counts.
7-Day Performance Charts: Renders beautiful HTML/CSS bar charts displaying the last 7 days of Effort Scores, Total Steps, and Total Mileage.

ShaneAllen · August 18, 2026, 11:18am

Advanced House Management Dashboard 2.0

Advanced House Management Dashboard 2.0: Complete Feature List

App Architecture & UI Accessibility

Dual Cloud/Local Web App: Generates a standalone, fully responsive HTML dashboard using Tailwind CSS, accessible locally on Wi-Fi or remotely via cellular using OAuth.
Chunked JS Delivery: Bypasses Hubitat's memory and character limits by delivering the frontend JavaScript in optimized, modular chunks via dedicated API endpoints.
Mobile Swipe Gestures: Native touch support allows users on tablets or phones to seamlessly swipe left or right to navigate between tabs.
Dynamic Dark/Light Mode: The UI seamlessly transitions between Day and Night themes automatically based on the hub’s mode or time of day.
Screensaver & Auto-Sleep: Detects screen idle time. After 5 minutes of inactivity, it displays a low-light Screensaver showing the time, weather, active security breaches, and upcoming events. After 10 minutes, it enters a pure black "Sleep Mode."

Household Profile & Permission Management

Multi-User Slots: Supports up to 4 distinct household profiles with custom names, avatars, and short status notes.
Adult vs. Child Permissions: Profiles can be flagged as "Adult," restricting younger users from deleting polls, modifying the weekly dinner menu, or changing system settings.
Smart Lock Presence Sync: Automatically links users to specific smart lock entry codes. When a door is unlocked with a specific code, the dashboard instantly marks that user as "Present."
Visitor Override Mode: Dedicated toggles to mark when guests are over, preventing normal automations from turning off the house when primary users leave.

Psychological & Health Sync (The Mood Matrix)

Emoji-Based Mood Tracking: Users can set their current emotional state (e.g., , , ). This syncs directly to Hub Variables so external apps (like the Advanced Fitness Tracker) can scale their algorithms accordingly.
Automated Sick Mode: If a user sets their mood to a sick emoji (e.g., , ), the dashboard automatically flips their physical "Sick Switch," which can trigger Hubitat to pause their chores, adjust their room temperature, and cancel their wake-up routines.
24-Hour Auto-Expiration: Prevents stale data by automatically resetting a user's mood back to "Neutral Baseline" after 24 hours.
Live Biometric Display: Pulls in and displays Sleep Scores, Effort Scores, Total Steps, and Body Weight for all users directly on the Health tab.

Advanced Calendar & Event Management

Smart Recurrence Engine: Supports daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly recurring events.
Exception Handling: Allows users to delete a single instance of a recurring event without deleting the entire series (e.g., canceling soccer practice for just one week).
Dashboard Countdowns: Events can be flagged as "Countdowns," pinning them to the top of the dashboard with a live "Days Remaining" tracker.
Pre-Event Automation Triggers: Can flip virtual switches exactly 1 Hour and 5 Minutes before an event starts, allowing Hubitat to turn on porch lights, start the car, or announce a warning over the speakers.
Location Integration: Automatically generates clickable map links for event locations with OS detection (routes to Apple Maps on iOS, Google Maps elsewhere).

Communication & Collaboration

Threaded Message Board: A communal "refrigerator" note board where users can post messages and reply to each other in threaded conversations. Auto-prunes to the last 20 messages to prevent database bloat.
Family Polls: Create up to two active polls with visual progress bars. Users can vote on options (e.g., "What movie tonight?"), and the UI prevents double-voting.
Weekly Meal Planner: A Monday–Sunday dinner menu. Users can upvote or downvote meals. When an adult "Saves" the finalized menu, all votes reset for the new week.

Task & Grocery Management

Smart Grocery List: Add items, assign them to a specific user, and tag the store (e.g., Aldi, Costco). Features one-click filtering to only show items for the store you are currently standing in.
To-Do List: Assign chores or tasks to specific users. Includes one-click clearing of all completed tasks.

Smart Home Device & Security Monitoring

Live Status Banner: A dynamic banner that only appears if something requires attention (e.g., "Front Door Unlocked," "Living Room Motion Active," "Mail Has Arrived").
HVAC Tracking: Shows when the thermostat is actively heating () or cooling ().
Full Device Tab: A dedicated tab showing the real-time status of all integrated locks, motion sensors, contact sensors, and switches.

Weather & Environmental Safety

Live Weather Ticker: A scrolling marquee displaying Temperature, Highs/Lows, Wind Speed/Direction, Rain Rate, Lux (brightness), and Lightning Strike counts from an integrated weather station.
Solar Math Engine: Calculates true solar azimuth and elevation based on the hub's latitude/longitude to determine exactly when "Night" occurs and where the sun is currently positioned (N, SE, SW, etc.).
Life-Safety Alert Overrides: Subscribes to severe weather virtual switches. If a Tornado, Thunderstorm, or Thermal Lockdown is triggered, a massive, pulsing, color-coded alert banner forces its way to the top of all dashboard views.

Ambient Audio (Sonos) Integration

Interactive Music Tab: Allows users to select between different Sonos speakers in the house.
Playback Control: Features Play, Pause, and a draggable Volume Slider that updates in real-time.
Virtual Favorites: Maps up to 6 virtual switches per speaker directly onto the dashboard, allowing users to trigger specific Sonos playlists or radio stations with a single tap.

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ShaneAllen · August 18, 2026, 11:24am

Advanced Smart Messaging 2.0

Advanced Smart Messaging 2.0: Complete Feature List

App Architecture & UI Accessibility

100% Local Processing: Ensures absolute privacy by processing all messages locally without tracking or cloud relays.
Dual Web App Deployment: Automatically generates both local Wi-Fi and secure cloud URL links for remote access.
Automated Nightly Wipe: Automatically clears all chat messages at exactly 3:00 AM every night to prevent database bloat and ensure privacy.
Hard Database Limit: Continuously enforces a hard cap of 60 messages, seamlessly dropping the oldest messages when new ones arrive.
Dynamic Theme Rendering: Automatically adjusts the UI to Dark Mode or Light Mode based on the user's system preferences.

Messaging & Profile Engine

Direct & Group Messaging: Allows users to send private Direct Messages (DMs) to specific users or broadcast a group message to the entire "Household Group".
Profile Locking (PINs): Users can secure their specific profile with a custom PIN, preventing others from impersonating them or viewing their private DMs in the UI.
Targeted Push Notifications: Integrates with Hubitat's notification capabilities. Group messages notify everyone (except the sender), while DMs only ping the specific recipient's phone/device.

Sonos & Room Broadcast (TTS)

Direct-to-Speaker Messaging: Injects connected Sonos speakers (e.g., "Kitchen") directly into the UI's user dropdown, allowing users to send text messages that instantly play as audio broadcasts in that room.
Smart Room Occupancy Failsafe: Links motion sensors to rooms. If a user attempts to send a TTS broadcast to an empty/inactive room (accounting for a custom motion hold-timeout), the engine silently blocks the broadcast to prevent startling an empty house.
Mode Restrictions: Allows administrators to restrict TTS announcements to specific house modes (e.g., preventing broadcasts during "Night" mode).
Music Restoration: For supported Sonos devices, uses playTextAndRestore to seamlessly pause the current music, announce the message, and resume the music perfectly.

Psychological & Health Sync (The Mood Matrix)

Emoji-Based Mood Tracking: Users can assign themselves an emotional state (e.g., , , ) directly within the chat app, appending the emoji to their display name for context in conversations.
Cross-App Variable Syncing: Bidirectionally syncs the selected mood to Hubitat Hub Variables (Strings). This allows the Advanced Fitness Tracker and the Advanced House Management Dashboard to instantly adjust workout strain algorithms and sickness protocols based on a mood selected inside the chat app.
24-Hour Auto-Expiration: Prevents stale emotional states by running a background check every hour, automatically resetting any mood that is over 24 hours old back to a neutral baseline.

ShaneAllen · August 18, 2026, 12:43pm

Advanced Climate Manager 2.0

Advanced Climate Manager 2.0: Complete Feature List

System Architecture & Core Functionality

Modular BMS Engine: Functions as a complete Building Management System, overriding standard thermostat logic to run the house based on calculated environmental averages.
Mode-Based Operating Profiles: Establishes independent baseline targets for Home, Away, and Good Night modes, bypassing standard programming.
Dynamic Setpoint Alignment: Mathematically shifts physical thermostat setpoints continuously to force the HVAC to run based on the home's true average temperature.
Master Disconnect Switch: Supports a virtual override switch to instantly disable the app and return manual control to the physical thermostat.
Live Diagnostic Dashboard: Generates an integrated HTML status dashboard showing calculated averages, dynamic setpoint adjustments, active delays, cycle run times, and live comfort/efficiency scores.

Zone Control & Dynamic Occupancy

Multi-Zone Averaging: Averages up to 5 distinct temperature zones to calculate the true thermal state of the house.
Dynamic Occupancy Weighting: Integrates motion sensors. If a room has no motion for a configured timeout (e.g., 60 mins), it is mathematically dropped from the home's average temperature.
Night Lock Overrides: Virtual switches can instantly lock specific zones into the average permanently during 'Good Night' modes, ensuring bedrooms aren't dropped when occupants fall asleep.
Entertainment Overrides: Virtual switches can lock specific zones into the average permanently when entertaining, ignoring motion timeout rules.

Energy Efficiency & Hardware Protection

Stage 1: Hysteresis Deadband: Enforces a configurable "drift" before engaging the HVAC (e.g., waiting for the house to hit 71.0° before cooling to 70.5°), eliminating wasteful micro-cycles.
Compressor Short-Cycle Protection (Min Run Time): If the HVAC starts, the engine locks the system ON for a required duration (e.g., 25 mins for summer, 15 mins for winter) to ensure the compressor oil circulates fully.
Smart Debounce (Anti-Yo-Yo): Prevents the unit from turning right back on after a cycle completes by enforcing a configurable minimum idle time (e.g., 15 minutes) using dynamic setpoint gliding.
Thermal Coasting: Automatically leaves the blower fan running for a configurable time (e.g., 3 mins) after the compressor shuts off to harvest remaining free cold/heat from the coils.
Aux Heat Suppression: Tricks heat pumps out of using expensive emergency heat strips by slowly "gliding" the setpoint up 1 degree at a time, keeping the target just out of reach of the internal Aux-trigger threshold.
App-Driven Auto Swap: The app takes over Auto mode, mathematically calculating exactly when to switch the thermostat between Heat and Cool using the true average house temp, protecting against a 3.0° hardware deadband conflict.
Extended Arrival Cooling: Automatically executes an intense, deep-cooling pulldown cycle upon arriving home if the house was unoccupied for an extended duration (e.g., 5+ hours) to strip heat from the thermal mass (walls/furniture).
Deep Away Setbacks: Automatically plunges targets to aggressive energy-saving levels (e.g., 82° Cool / 58° Heat) if the house remains in 'Away' mode for more than a set number of hours.

Health, Safety & Environmental Monitoring

Fire/CO HVAC Isolation: Subscribes to smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. If triggered, instantly kills the HVAC and forces the blower fan OFF to prevent smoke circulation.
Sick Mode (Continuous Filtration): Monitored via 3 virtual switches. If active, overrides the thermostat to run the blower fan 24/7, circulating air through the filter until the sickness passes.
Open Window/Door Defeat: Pauses the HVAC system entirely if perimeter contact sensors are left open past a configured delay.
Delta-T Efficiency Tracking: Measures the temperature difference between the Return and Supply air sensors to calculate true HVAC health, optionally triggering emergency shutoffs if the coil freezes.
Psychological Auto-Regulation (Mood Sync): Syncs with the Advanced House Management app. If multiple users log a stressed, angry, or sick mood, the BMS automatically lowers the cooling setpoint by 2°F to provide immediate physical relief.

Maintenance & Alerts

Smart Filter Wear Calculation: Accurately predicts filter life by tracking exact blower run minutes and multiplying the wear rate against live Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality (AQI) data.
Randomized Filter Alerts: When filter life drops below a threshold, turns on a virtual alert switch for 10 minutes at a randomly generated time during the day to power reminder lights/chimes.
HVAC Service Logging: Tracks the exact date of your last HVAC service and stores your technician's contact information directly on the dashboard.
Automated Seasonal Reminders: Dispatches push notifications on May 1st (Summer Check/Condensate Drain) and October 1st (Winter Check/Ignitor).

Self-Healing & Failsafes

Routine Setpoint Enforcement (Mesh Healing): Periodically wakes up to re-transmit the correct setpoints to the thermostat, ensuring no commands were dropped by a weak Z-Wave/Zigbee mesh.
Stuck Target Deadlock: If setpoints deviate from the baseline for more than 2 hours without satisfying, the app executes a critical failsafe to release all locks and restore the base target.
Hardware Trip Detection: If the system short-cycles too many times in a rolling window (e.g., 3 times in 60 mins), the app detects a hardware-level limit trip, disengages all automation, and alerts the user.
Hub Reboot Lockout: Detects hub power cycles and enforces an immediate 5-minute compressor lockout, allowing physical HVAC pressures to equalize before resuming automation.

ShaneAllen · August 18, 2026, 12:50pm

Advanced Ceiling Fan Climate Manager 2.0

Advanced Ceiling Fan Climate Manager 2.0: Complete Feature List

Fully Autonomous Engine: Independently manages up to 8 separate rooms simultaneously, continuously evaluating real-time conditions to control multi-speed fans and smart relays.
Mode-Based Automation Profiling: Adapts fan targets, timeouts, and behavioral logic dynamically based on Hubitat Location Modes (Home, Away, Good Night, Morning, Arrival).
Master Disconnect Switch: Supports a virtual override switch to instantly halt all app logic and release control back to physical wall switches.
Live Diagnostic Dashboard: Generates an integrated HTML status dashboard showing live room temperatures, active countdown timers, occupancy states, and expected vs. actual fan speeds.

Occupancy & Presence Orchestration

Multi-Sensor Occupancy Matrix: Fuses standard motion sensors, under-mattress pressure mats, chair vibration sensors, and virtual activity switches to accurately determine room presence.
Anti-Bounce Entry Verification: Requires a continuous stream of motion for a configured delay before activating the fan, filtering out brief hallway pass-throughs.
Walk-Through Rejection Engine: Rapidly shuts off the fan (e.g., in 1 minute) if motion is brief. Requires a specific number of motion hits within a set window to confirm "Sustained Occupancy."
Bedtime WT-Bypass: Allows users to configure a specific time window where Walk-Through logic is completely bypassed, ensuring fans stay on while tossing and turning in bed.
Grouped Motion Requirement (Require ALL): Can require all motion sensors in a large room to trigger within a 10-second window before the fan activates, preventing pets from triggering the system.
Chair Vibration Keep-Alive: Monitors accelerometers placed on office chairs or couches to extend active occupancy timers without requiring large limb movements.
Entertainment Overrides: "Activity Switches" (e.g., Roku/TV) lock a room as Occupied, bypassing motion timeouts so the fan stays on while occupants sit still to watch a movie.

Dynamic Temperature Targeting

Configurable Multi-Speed Thresholds: Supports 3-Speed, 5-Speed, and 6-Speed fans. Users define exact temperature deltas for each speed step (e.g., +1.5° = Medium, +3.0° = High).
Good Night Setpoint Locks: Bypasses standard room logic when a "Good Night Switch" is active, holding a specific aggressive cooling setpoint and ignoring standard occupancy timeouts.
Deep Sleep Synergy: Integrates with sleep trackers to artificially cap the fan's maximum speed (e.g., forced to Low) during deep sleep, preventing wind noise disturbances.
Nighttime Metabolic Caps: Establishes a hard maximum speed limit during designated 'Night' modes to save energy, even if the room temperature calls for High speed.
Psychological Auto-Regulation (Mood Sync): Syncs with the Advanced House Management dashboard. If multiple users log a stressed, angry, or sick mood, the app automatically drops all fan targets by 2°F to provide physical cooling relief.

Smart Lighting & Master Relays

Decoupled Relay Logic: Manages the master power relay independently from the fan blades, ensuring smart bulbs maintain power when the fan blades are told to stop.
Smart Lighting Scavenger: Evaluates Sunrise/Sunset, Window Shades, and Virtual Overcast switches. If an occupied room is dark, it proactively keeps the master relay ON.
Blade Spin-Down Delays: Delays cutting the master power relay for a customizable duration (e.g., 15s) after the blades stop, preventing jerking or unknown states upon restart.

Hardware Failsafes & Resilience (RF/Bond)

Network Breathing (Step Delays): Prevents unreliable RF transmitters (like Bond Bridge) from dropping commands by enforcing a strict delay between speed shifts (e.g., Low ➔ 60s ➔ Med ➔ 60s ➔ High).
Fan Wiggle (Self-Healing): Every hour, the app briefly drops active fans down one speed level and bumps them right back up to force RF bridges to re-sync with physical hardware.
Morning Mode Sweep: Automatically triggers a forced Wiggle/RF Sync 120 seconds after the house wakes up or transitions modes to ensure overnight state changes are accurately reflected.

Manual Control & Overrides

Intelligent Manual Overrides: Instantly detects if a user manually changes a fan speed via a wall switch, logging an override and suspending automation for a configurable timeout (e.g., 2 hours).
Button Controller Support: Supports 4-button remotes (Pushed, Held, Double-Tapped). Pressing a button executes the requested speed and logs an override. Pressing the button for the currently active speed acts as an "Auto" toggle to instantly clear the override.

WarlockWeary · August 18, 2026, 2:15pm

Holy crap, Shane...
I went into the GitHub repository expecting a few Hubitat apps.
Came out three hours later wondering if I had accidentally downloaded the operating system for a small country.

Seriously though, this is some impressive work.
I’m going to need several cups of coffee before I attempt to understand any or all of this.
There’s definitely some serious overkill in here, but there are also some really clever ideas buried in this monster.

I’m just not sure whether I should install it or call NASA or the NSA first.
“Everything works perfectly. I wonder what I could add to screw it up even more?”

Great work!

ShaneAllen · August 18, 2026, 2:39pm

Thanks for the kind remarks.

ShaneAllen · August 18, 2026, 4:53pm

Advanced Smart Blind Manager 2.0

Advanced Smart Blind Manager 2.0: Complete Feature List

Fully Autonomous Engine: Independently manages up to 12 separate rooms simultaneously, bridging time, temperature, wind, and true solar geometry to continuously automate window blind positions.
Master Disconnect & Do Not Disturb: Supports a virtual kill-switch to instantly pause all app logic, and a "Do Not Disturb" (DND) switch that immediately closes all blinds and locks out automation.
Live Diagnostic Dashboard: Generates an integrated HTML status dashboard showing live solar position, outdoor weather, average house temperature, active system-wide locks, and individual room statuses.
Hardware Telemetry Health Scoring: Tracks all blind commands, opens, closes, RF retries, wiggles, and timeouts over 24 hours. Calculates a live percentage-based reliability/health score for each room to help diagnose failing motors or weak RF bridges.
Automated Nightly Maintenance: Clears manual holds, resets thermal locks, clears daily telemetry, and dynamically recalculates Sunrise/Sunset timers at midnight.

Solar Geometry & Timing Automations

True Solar Tracking Engine: Calculates the exact physical position of the sun (Azimuth and Elevation) locally on the hub based on your latitude/longitude.
Directional Blind Mapping: Users can define exactly which direction a window faces using either general compass coordinates (N/E/S/W) or exact 360° Azimuths. The app cross-references this with the live sun position to determine if the sun is currently shining directly into the room.
Astro-Clock Sync (Sunrise/Sunset): Supports full opening/closing at Sunrise and Sunset, complete with custom minute offsets (e.g., Close 30 minutes after Sunset).
Morning Grace Period: When the blinds automatically open in the morning, the system institutes a configurable "Grace Period" (e.g., 60 minutes) where all thermal defense logic is ignored to allow natural light in before locking the house down for heat.
Sunset Motor-Saver Deadband: Prevents the blinds from accidentally opening late in the afternoon (due to changing temperatures) just to immediately close 30 minutes later for sunset, saving motor battery life.
Thermal Defense & HVAC BMS Interlocks
Summer Mode (Active Cooling Defense): If the average house temperature gets too hot, the system automatically closes all sun-facing blinds to block heat and assist the AC.
Winter Mode (Solar Heat Harvesting): If the house is cold and the outdoor temperature drops below a threshold, the system automatically opens sun-facing blinds to harvest free thermal heat, closing them when the sun passes to trap the heat inside.
Winter Deadband Ceiling: Bypasses solar heat harvesting if the house gets too warm during the winter to prevent accidentally triggering the Air Conditioner.
Predictive Thermal Latch: If the outdoor temperature exceeds a threshold (e.g., 82°F) very early in the morning (e.g., before 1 PM), the system preemptively locks all blinds closed for the entire day to protect the thermal mass of the house before it can heat up.
BMS Synergy (HVAC Blower Scavenging): When the system forces a sun-facing blind closed to defend against heat, it automatically sends a command to the main HVAC thermostat to run the central blower fan for 15 minutes, mixing the trapped solar heat into the rest of the house.
Thermal Override Switch: A physical or virtual switch that instantly bypasses all thermal/environmental logic for the remainder of the day, allowing you to leave the blinds open to enjoy the view.

Weather & Exterior Overrides

Storm Shield (Wind Lock): Links to a local weather station. If wind speeds exceed a critical threshold (e.g., 15mph), the system immediately forces all blinds open to prevent them from banging around in the wind or being damaged.
Solar Radiation Defense: Uses an outdoor lux sensor to monitor absolute brightness. If the sun is dangerously bright (e.g., >10000 lux), the system closes sun-facing blinds to protect interior furniture, floors, and art from UV bleaching.
Open Window/Door Defeat: Uses window contact sensors. If a window is physically open, the app is blocked from sending a "Close" command to that specific blind to prevent the motor from crashing into the window frame or screen.
Hardware Failsafes & Resilience (RF/Bond)
State Verification & Continuous Retries: Cross-references the physical state of the blind via contact sensors against the app's target state. If the blind missed an RF command, the app will continue to retry the command every 90 seconds until it verifies the blind moved or hits the ultimate timeout limit (e.g., 15 minutes).
Wiggle Maneuver (Self-Healing): If a blind fails to respond to standard retries, the app automatically executes a "Wiggle" (sending the opposite command first to wake up the Bond bridge or motor, followed instantly by the correct command).
Anti-Yo-Yo Cooldowns: Enforces a configurable debounce timer (e.g., 15 minutes) after a blind moves due to environmental changes, preventing the blinds from constantly going up and down if the sun goes behind a cloud.
Master Blind Routing: If the engine determines the entire house needs to close (e.g., Sunset or DND mode), it intercepts the individual commands and routes a single command to a "Master" shade group device to ensure perfect synchronization.

Manual Control & Overrides

Intelligent Manual Overrides: Instantly detects if a user manually opens/closes a blind via the physical cord or app dashboard. It logs a manual override and suspends all automation for that specific room until the Mode changes, Sunrise/Sunset occurs, or the configurable timeout (e.g., 2 hours) expires.
Button Controller Support: Supports physical remotes (Pushed, Held, Double-Tapped). Pushing the button manually toggles the blind (Open/Close) and engages a manual hold. Holding the button releases the manual hold and instantly resyncs the room to its automated state.

ShaneAllen · August 20, 2026, 11:16am

Advanced Overcast Manager 2.0

Advanced Overcast Manager 2.0: Complete Feature List

Core Overcast & Storm Detection

Dynamic Deadband & Hysteresis: Prevents the rapid yo-yoing of your lighting automations by utilizing customizable debounce timers for sudden cloud cover and clear sky recovery.
Proportional Dimming Outputs: Maps storm severity to a virtual dimmer using a logarithmic curve, naturally scaling your indoor brightness based on exactly how dark the weather gets.
Intelligent Weather Tracking: Actively monitors rapid lux drops to differentiate between a temporary passing cloud and a genuine incoming storm event.

Astronomical Logic & Smart Learning

True Astronomical Curve Scaling: Automatically adjusts your overcast and clear sky lux limits proportionally based on the sun's actual local elevation throughout the day.
Hardware Multiplier Learning: An integrated algorithm tracks daily peak brightness over a rolling window to perfectly scale the astronomical math to the physical limitations of your specific outdoor sensors.
Universal Nighttime Logic: Safely overrides hardware sensors at sunset to force customizable output states, ensuring standard motion lighting automations function flawlessly all night long.

Indoor Smart Room Integration

Expansive Multi-Room Support: Configure up to 12 individual indoor rooms, each with dedicated lux sensors to manage highly localized darkness thresholds.
State-Aware Data Collection: Intelligently pauses room lux tracking when automated window shades are closed or indoor lights are already active to prevent skewed data.
Dynamic Hub Variables: Calculates custom, seasonal darkness setpoints for every connected room and exports them directly to Hub Variables for seamless integration into Rule Machine.

Live Diagnostics Dashboard

Real-Time Data Interface: View your current outdoor lux, expected solar peak, calculated drop targets, and live output states on a clean, centralized table.
24-Hour Local Trend Chart: Features a locally generated SVG graph plotting your primary and auxiliary physical sensors against the expected true astronomical curve.
In-App Event Log: Provides a localized, rolling history to help troubleshoot hardware reporting delays and easily review the exact timestamps of daily weather shifts.