What’s the best automation you find the most useful

[jasazick]

@sburke781

I've done something similar, but using Tasker (Android specific). When I wake up and manually set the mode to "Day" (using a Samsung / Aeotec button), HE sends a command to my phone to cancel my work alarm, that is, an alarm on my phone with a label "work". The command is sent as an HTTP Get from an RM rule, picked up by the AutoRemote Tasker plugin, triggering a Tasker profile to dismiss the alarm.

That's a nice solution to the problem!

[phjalmarsson]

What driver are you using for the Tradfri motion sensor?

[bradford.clarke]

It's connected to Hubitat via Home Assistant Device Bridge.
The Tradfri motion sensor is paired to my Ikea Dirigera hub, which is connected to Home Assistant using the HA HomeKit Controller.

Right now it's using the Generic Component Motion Sensor driver.

I'm hoping once Hubitat and Ikea get their respective Matter implementations in place, that I can decouple it from Home Assistant.

[armand]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[SoundersDude]

@SoundersDude

Last night it worked perfectly, caught both our kids at different times tiptoeing out of their rooms to spy on mom and dad, warned us via our phones and the light (I saw my phone, the wife saw the lights first), and our show paused automatically.

Update: I've upgraded our two TVs to use Apple TV for the apps, but am still really enjoying this automation. On one it's still a RokuTV, so the ROKU integration remains critical, and then for both TVs since I can't get the apple tv "state", I just blankly send a 'pause' command thanks to a Homekit trigger and am getting this same experience which has been amazing

[JRHintx]

I am not sure about most useful, but definitely most used.
Almost all of our closets and pantry are equipped with smart switches and door sensors. Open door=light on. Close door=light off. Simple, most used, most appreciated, or gets the least complaints from wife.

Edit
And garage entry. Except that one is instant on, run 30 min, then off.
I have never gotten around to making it more sophisticated.

[SoundersDude]

@JRHintx

Almost all of our closets and pantry are equipped with smart switches and door sensors. Open door=light on. Close door=light off. Simple, most used, most appreciated, or gets the least complaints from wife.

+1. What I've added to this is the light level of on off depends no the 'mode' the house is in. So Kids Sleep mode the lights turn on at 30% or less so we can still open their closets when they are asleep without waking them