How to Use SmartThings Routines with ecobee
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Introduction
- How to use SmartThings Automation Routines with up your ecobee Switch+.
- Your ecobee Switch+ to be already installed on your wall and set up within the companion app.
- Your SmartThings hub to be already set up in your home and within the companion app.
1 Setup Check
In order to continue, your Ecobee Switch+ must be installed and functioning properly with the Ecobee app.
? Is your Ecobee Switch+ installed and working properly?
- How to use SmartThings Automation Routines with up your ecobee Switch+.
- Your ecobee Switch+ to be already installed on your wall and set up within the companion app.
- Your SmartThings hub to be already set up in your home and within the companion app.
In order to continue, your Ecobee Switch+ must be installed and functioning properly with the Ecobee app.
In order to continue, your SmartThings hub must be installed and functioning properly with the SmartThings app.
Automation routines are automatic tasks performed by chosen smart home devices when:
- They are scheduled at a certain time on certain days.
- They are triggered by other smart home devices when an event takes place in your home.
To Create a New or Customize an Existing Automation Routine
- Launch the SmartThings app.
- Go to the Automation tab at the bottom.
- From here you can:
- Customize a pre-defined routine by tapping the gear wheel in the top right of each icon.
- Create a new routine with a custom name by tapping Add a Routine at the bottom.
- Customize a pre-defined routine by tapping the gear wheel in the top right of each icon.
- You will be given a multitude of rules to choose from, that give you a lot of flexibility in creating routines. The more smart home devices you have added in the SmartThings app, the more complex the routines can be.
- Scroll through the list of rules, tap the ones you want to use, set the needed parameters and tap Done at the end.
- The Success message will show up at the top once you've customized an existing routine or created a new one.
To Use an Automation Routine
- Tap a routine within the Automation tab.
- If there are routines you frequently use you can add them to the Dashboard.
- Select Tap to add favorites.
- Add a Star to the right of each routine you want to add to your Favorites then tap Done at the top right.
- You can then tap a favorite routine on the Dashboard.
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