WCmore's Tips
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Hello and welcome!!
This is a collection of things that I have learned over the years. Stay tuned for more Tips & Tricks...
Contents
Articles worth reading:
- Troubleshooting pistons using Logs & Trace
- Move or Copy code using drag & drop -or- Copy code to another piston
- Simulated Switches
- Adding devices to webCoRE
- External URLs - Execute a piston from elsewhere
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Links for Reference
We create & edit our pistons from the Dashboard.
Here are a few other links that I have found to be helpful:
webCoRE
- webCoRE Forum - Latest Topics (great community for like-minded people)
- webCoRE Forum - Tutorials
- webCoRE Forum - Example Pistons (great place to get inspired!)
- Wiki - Samples from 2017 (Thanks @c1arkbar)
- Wiki - webCoRE Functions (data processing & conversions)
- Wiki - webCoRE Expressions (mathematical constructions)
- Wiki - $twcweather (which replaces $weather)
- Wiki - $twcweather.alerts (we're still gathering data on this one)
Other Resources
- SmartThings IDE (where we can add new devices)
- Amazon Alexa Settings
- Font Awesome Icons (can be inserted in tiles, piston states etc)
- Emoji reference (can be inserted in SMS, notifications, tiles, piston states etc)
- Hard refresh browser (sometimes handy after an update)
Advanced Pistons - My gift to you
- Making voice announcements & controlling Amazon Alexa Echo
- WebCoRE asks a question, my voice response determines the action
- Send a notification to only ONE device without a SIM card
- Gauge for Length of Day (showing Solstices & Equinoxes)
- Visual Countdown to a Special Event
- Making a 24 hour Clock with webCoRE
- When & where is the next rocket launch worldwide? (Parsing an API)
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Coming Soon
- Good Practices
- Task Cancellation Policy
- Triggering a piston by voice (Alexa & SimSwitch)
- Installation Tips (GitHub)
- Two Hub Communication
- Passing Arguments
- "Daisy-Chaining" Pistons
- Tasker (Controlling & being controlled by an Android device)
- EventGhost (Controlling & being controlled by a Windows PC)
- Android Presence Sensor using Tasker
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