Virtual Switch

[E9Mate]

I have decided to ditch my Vera Secure in favour to Hubitat, I have a dashboard with the mode manager that I press and then it offer then option to choose what mode to set.
I want to create a quick access to a mode and place 3 buttons that select directly the mode, so I created virtual button for Home one for Away and one for Vacation, How do I go to set up these buttons to change the mode according to the button?

[Sebastien]

You can setup a Basic Rule or a Rule Machine that will be triggered by the button push and will execute the command in the background. Both of these are Apps that can be installed from the « Add built-in App » button.

Here is an example of this working with a Basic Rule:

Note that on the dashboard, you cannot easily tell that the button has been pushed (no color change, etc.). Some people prefer to use a virtual switch set to automatically turn off because of this.

Welcome to Hubitat and to the community!

[rlithgow1]

@E9Mate Since you're coming from Vera. You may want to look at this post for the future.

Are you new to home automation or Hubitat or coming from a different platform such as SmartThings, Vera, or Wink? This may help!

Just throwing this out there. It may or may not be a help and I'm sure many others will contribute to this thread. Here are a few things to start you off. Z-wave Devices: 1: You do not need Wink/ST/Vera etc. to exclude your existing z-wave devices. Hubitat can do the exclusion for you. (Make sure you turn off your old hub first!) In most cases this is sufficient before pairing. Sometimes though you may need to factory reset the device. Non Plus z-wave devices may have to be included/excluded …

[E9Mate]

Thanks for the help!

[E9Mate]

@Sebastien Thanks for the link