WCmore's Tips

Hello and welcome!!

This is a collection of things that I have learned over the years. Stay tuned for more Tips & Tricks...

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
• Hard refresh browser (sometimes handy after an update)

Symbols, Emoji & Tiny Images

• How to get shapes into webCoRE (forum thread with examples)
• Font Awesome Icons (over 3000 can be inserted in tiles, piston states etc)
  We can also resize, layer and color, as seen in these code examples.
• Emoji reference (can be inserted in SMS, notifications, tiles, piston states etc)

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)
• $twcweather.forecast - Preserve data beyond 3 o'clock (when it is no longer available)
• Visual Countdown to a Special Event
• Making a 24 hour Clock with webCoRE
• When & where is the next rocket launch worldwide? (Parsing an API)
• Word games with webCoRE (create your own story)

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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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