Setting one up with SmartThings can get a little technical, but is doable. You can set the detection range on these to very small, about 6 inches, much smaller than a motion detector. There are a lot of “filters” (restrictions) you could put on it, my own schedule tends to be pretty erratic so I’m not sure this would work for me, but it doesn’t mean it wouldn’t work for you!Īnother option to consider would be using an IBeacon rather than a motion sensor. I don’t think the motion detection on unwanted times should be a problem because i can set it up to only trigger once a day between for instance 7-8 in the morning on weekdays and 7-10 in weekends(?) Correct me if I am wrong. Then choose “My Account.”īut… I still like to trigger my house by undocking just because it’s fun. Open the official SmartThings mobile app and tap the 3 vertical dots at the top right of the screen. Then you go to “my account” in the SmartThings mobile app to manage your widgets which just means identifying which routines you want to associate with widgets. So you first set up a routine to do whatever you want for “wake up the house.” This SmartThings widget must be associated with the routine. You can access the notification screen from the lock screen also. Once it’s set up it appears on your notification screen and then you just tap it to run whatever routine you want. This isn’t quite as automatic as a motion sensor, but it’s a lot easier than opening the mobile app. I also use the official iPhone widget for SmartThings.It also has the advantage that you can trigger it even when you don’t have your phone at all. but if you find a good place to put it where you can trigger it only as you’re taking the phone down, then that can work very well. You can’t just put one behind the phone in the charger dock because then it will trigger as you’re putting the phone on the charger also. The tricky part here is getting the motion sensor positioned correctly. I just wave a hand over it when I want to trigger it, typically when I’m getting out of bed. One) I do use a motion sensor which is on the side of the nightstand pointed towards the bed. I don’t know if they would fit your use case. For me, it would not work to make this an automatic action from unlocking the screen because then if I was away from home at the grocery store and I unlocked my phone it would do all of the “wake the house” activities back at my house. Any suggestions?ĭifferent things work for different people. Whenever my wife or i undock the iPhone between certain times in the morning I would like to trigger actions.īecause I don’t think the charging stopping can be used (cause it’s Apple) I’m thinking about a tiny motion sensor in the wall behind the phone. I’m going to mount a iPhone charging dock on each side of the bed on a hollow wall.
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