Very cool stuff Shane. Hopefully Apple will be integrating some of these features directly into the Home App so that a 3rd-party isn’t required to make ‘simple’ notifications & actions happen. The ‘hardcore’ Smart Home crowd seems to be OK (although inconvenienced) with jumping thru hoops to make stuff work…but I think the normal humans just want the features/capability built-in so they don’t have to go searching around for ‘how to’ instructions. Again. Great video as usual. Thanks for your content.
Great video! For the Home automation, I’d check the door status every few seconds for two minutes, and if at any point the door was closed, cancel the automation. Otherwise, you run the risk of 1) running multiple instances of this automation at the same time and 2) misfiring this automation when the door was open, closed, the opened again within two minutes.
Watched quite a few videos of yours on creating automations tonight. They are awesome, really appreciate. Looks like they don’t get as many views or love, but just getting into all this these are really helpful, so thank you.
@@jason8anthony I just switched to the August Yale Asure with the August Module, and I really like it. The only pain is putting the module in the correct place (it needs like of sight). It’s worked flawlessly since then.
Thanks from Spain, you are a guru of these things. I am improving my house thanks to your videos……but the problem is that my friends now ask me to do the same on their houses 🤣. Many thanks, your channel is a must have for homekit lovers.
Great video Shane! This is so helpful and I will definitely be making lots of Pushcut actions with your help as I build up my sensors around my house. Cheers
I love this so much!! One thing I will say is that in the 'Otherwise' column in the Shortcut is to put the block "Exit Shortcut". I believe either way accomplishes the same but we shall see.
Good tip, I always forget about “exit shortcut.” But I since this is this IF statement is at the end of the shortcut, it’ll end anyways if it goes to “otherwise.” But I can see using that to refine this shortcut some. Maybe continuously checking for the door status for a couple of minutes (a repeat action?) and if it’s closed, exit shortcut, or if it is still open after a couple of minutes, execute the notification.
Hallo ! What must I do if i not want to have a label what I need to tap, but immediately the shortcut should be executed, which I have already created in shortcuts ?? A beautiful Sunday !! BRRR ITS COLD Here ...
Hey Jimmy. Unfortunately you cannot run a personal shortcut automatically when a door is opened. You would have to use this pushcut method and get the notification. It is possible if you get into running a pushcut automation server on a dedicated iOS device, but that take a lot more effort. I did cover that in a past video which should be linked in this video’s description.
Shane coming through! We were literally just struggling with my husband’s virtual trigger not always running properly when he leaves, and his garage door being left open. Now I can use this as a back up if it fails!
Hey Shane, great video but I am still not able to do something similar. I am not able to configure my Eve smart plug to notify me when for example the washing cycle stops. Firstly, is that even possible? For example if the consumption goes below or equal to 10Watt to get a notification? Thanks in advance
Can someone tell me (for the task Shane setup during this video) what pushcut does that shortcuts cant do? Obviously it can do a lot of other stuff that isnt covered in this video, I am asking specifically for what was done in this video. In other words, can this task be accomplished without pushcut?
Hi Shane, Juts followed your Video but for some reason I can not get pushcart to work. Not even the test button in the initial "My First Notification" shows a Notification. I have checked settings to allow notifications from Pushcut, I have also checked focus settings, nothing seem to work. I have done a few of your tutorials and they have been great and i have some amazing things happening in our house but this one does not seem to work. I am running my devices on 16.2 iPad Pro and a iPhone Pro. Any suggestions ? I have also run your tutorial and tied following it three time with our joy. Rick
Shane I love the automation! But I'm new to the Shortcut world and wanted to know if there was a way to modify this automation to not prompt the three options if the home is "secure".
Hey Shane, another great video! Looks like that app has a lot of great potential. Question for you. Any idea on how to create a summary notification every night that would notify you if a door was open, garage door was left open and some lights were left on? Let me know what you think. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for watching! You can probably create a personal shortcut that runs every night at a specific time, gets all the home data you need, and then shows the result in a notification or a list of some sort.
Simple question: Is it possible to get a notification on a specific iPhone if an Aqara vindow sensor detects that a window have been open for a certain amount of time using Home App
Hey man - useful stuff as always. This may be way out of date now or have already been covered, but if this is still an issue with the wait time being limited to around 4-5 mins before it times out, couldn’t you just duplicate an action a few times with a shorter time period that kept waiting say 120 seconds until you reached the time frame you wanted and then go ahead and run the rest of the shortcut if that make sense? That also then gives you the chance to get it to check in periodically between each one to see if the thing your notifying about has resolved in the meantime (I.E. in this example, the door has been closed within the time it’s running)?
Hi Shane, I really love your videos! I have been playing and creating shortcuts myself but some of your ideas can really expand what you can do! Now, I recently got an Eve door sensor which I would like to hook with my HomePods mini for sound and get a text message when the door opens but ONLY if I am not home. Any idea how to code for the "if not home" part? I was thinking about maybe using the wifi connection and say: IF iPhone not connected to wifi THEN....and I have done the following: IF Eve sensor Contact sensor state is OPEN Get wifi network's Network name IF Network's details contains Nothing Otherwise Get cellular network's Carrier name If Network details has any value Vibrate device Show notification End if End if End if This shortcut works when testing. Then I created an automation for testing that after a certain hour the above shortcut will run. I Switch to 4G (past the timeframe) and open the door, it doesn't trigger. Any idea why? Much appreciated! Thank you!!
Another cool video! Always great for inspiration! I was thinking of doing something with an Aqara water sensor, I would put it outside. If the roof window is open and it's raining, notify me. And then possibly also the option to call the wife or the son. Thanks again Shane! Not the first time I've created an automation after one of your videos!
Awesome Video Shane!!! this is incredibly helpful. Is it possible to have the shortcut run on a specific time? i want the notification to remind me to close a window 10 minutes before Sunset, is it possible?
Shane, if I plug my freezer into an Aqara Smart Plug what is the least complicated way to setup a notification when the plug turns off? Something like this could also be helpful for sump pumps, fish aquariums, or any other situations where you would like to know if one particular outlet loses power.
You can't get regular Home app notifications from a smart plug. So you'd probably have to use something like Pushcuts if you wanted a notification. Also not sure how that would work when an outlet looses power. Not sure if that would send the message to homekit during a power outage... that would be something you'd want to test out.
I tried Pushcut and Akara push notifications to no avail. I did put an Akara temperature sensor in my freezer which is set at 0 degrees to send a push notification if the freezer goes to 15 degrees. I’ve read numerous posts on web sites where people ask how they can be notified if a particular circuit goes out. They may have a freezer in the garage, sump pump in the basement, or perhaps a tropical fish aquarium. If your whole house loses power you are more likely to notice that than if only one circuit trips. While some automations are for convenience, such as turning on lights, adjusting shades, etc., knowing when a critical circuit (or outlet) goes down could save you from lost food, flooding, dead fish, etc. You come up with so many great ideas and uses for all of this smart home gear so I am hoping you can use your expertise to try and figure out a solution. Thanks!
Is there a way to have this app make the notifcations buzz until dismissed. I'd like my phone to vibrate (until i dismiss it) when motion is detected. Seems that its only a one off vibration and can't get a constant vibration setup :(
@@RichardYoungCF Try registering a second apple iCloud email and set up a second HomeKit on it. Invite your current email to join. Then toggle between the two by pressing home in homekit. They should both appear.
Hey Richard, sorry I missed your comment till now. Yes it’s possible to have two HomeKit homes. Simply tap the plus icon in the home app and you can create a new “home.” Then you’ll be able to switch between your different homes easily right there in the Home app.
Great video but you don’t need to use Pushcut with their annoying paid subscription notifications just to trigger a notification on your phone, you can do it right in the Apple Shortcuts app
awesome video! but why don't I get a message on the cell phone or the iWacht? and what do you have to do so that this also appears on my partner's mobile phone?
Thanks for watching. To set up on your partner’s phone, you’ll need to either recreate the automation or you can probably login to pushcuts with the same credentials.
@@ShaneCreates OK thanks .. but why is no Message on may iWatch? In can only find my iPhone, iPad … and there is no way to Cancel my old iPhone…? And One wisch.. please Talk a Little Bit slower… so your fantasic Videos will get the 🍒 on the 🍦! 🙏🙏🙏🙏 Stay Healthy and take Care!
Is there still now way to have the action work without having me tap on the notification generated. I’m trying to create an alert that will text me when I have a leak detected. But the PC notification is the only way that triggers a text if I tap that PC notification. I want to automatically text me or others.
If you want to automatically run a shortcut, with no interaction at all to text someone based on a sensor being triggered, you'll probably have to do it using shortcuts on the Mac. You can do it with the Signals for HomeKit app & Shortcuts on the Mac, which I showed in this video: ua-cam.com/video/EPsw565jIoA/v-deo.html
There is one problem: if you open the door, then close after 2-3 seconds, wait for 110 seconds, open the door again for a few seconds, you get the notification that the door was left open for 2 minutes.
If that is a concern, you could take this up a notch (a bit more advanced). You could use a "repeat" action and have the automation check the status of the door every few seconds for a couple of minutes, and IF the door is closed, exit the automation/shortcut. That should solve that problem.
I figured out that this way is cool but in a free version it brings only 3 notifications possible…. So I decided to do it for free with pushover app. It works the same way as pushcut but have 10.000 notifications free in a month and it’s quite easier to configure. Check this out :)
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Very cool stuff Shane.
Hopefully Apple will be integrating some of these features directly into the Home App so that a 3rd-party isn’t required to make ‘simple’ notifications & actions happen.
The ‘hardcore’ Smart Home crowd seems to be OK (although inconvenienced) with jumping thru hoops to make stuff work…but I think the normal humans just want the features/capability built-in so they don’t have to go searching around for ‘how to’ instructions.
Again. Great video as usual. Thanks for your content.
Thanks Brad!
Thanks!
Thank you! 🙏🏻
Great video! For the Home automation, I’d check the door status every few seconds for two minutes, and if at any point the door was closed, cancel the automation. Otherwise, you run the risk of 1) running multiple instances of this automation at the same time and 2) misfiring this automation when the door was open, closed, the opened again within two minutes.
Great suggestions. Thanks Brian!
Look at your rockin that iPad/Pencil combo!! Digging it.
haha thanks Kyle!
Watched quite a few videos of yours on creating automations tonight. They are awesome, really appreciate. Looks like they don’t get as many views or love, but just getting into all this these are really helpful, so thank you.
Thanks so much for the comment. 🙏🏼 Really appreciate the support.
FYI that I really appreciate the “nothing” action, as it makes for Shortcuts that are much easier to read. As always, great video!
Thanks Howard!
I am about to get my first homekit front door lock. What are you currently using?
@@jason8anthony I just switched to the August Yale Asure with the August Module, and I really like it. The only pain is putting the module in the correct place (it needs like of sight). It’s worked flawlessly since then.
Thanks from Spain, you are a guru of these things. I am improving my house thanks to your videos……but the problem is that my friends now ask me to do the same on their houses 🤣. Many thanks, your channel is a must have for homekit lovers.
Thanks so much for the kind words! At least you have friends that want to get on board. Most of my friends just think I'm crazy 🤣
Great video Shane! This is so helpful and I will definitely be making lots of Pushcut actions with your help as I build up my sensors around my house. Cheers
Fantastic! Thanks for watching Tom!
Interesting and informative video (as always). I’ve already set up a couple of similar notifications, so thanks for the guidance
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching Simon!
Great video Shane. This is a pretty cool app. I’ll play with it and see what I can do. Thanks
Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks a lot
Awesome automation Shane. With 2 kids coming in and out constantly this summer, this is a great idea!
Thanks for watching Brad!
Thx shane, great video
This works perfectly well for me, how do I get the same notifications to other household members?
I love this so much!! One thing I will say is that in the 'Otherwise' column in the Shortcut is to put the block "Exit Shortcut". I believe either way accomplishes the same but we shall see.
Good tip, I always forget about “exit shortcut.” But I since this is this IF statement is at the end of the shortcut, it’ll end anyways if it goes to “otherwise.”
But I can see using that to refine this shortcut some. Maybe continuously checking for the door status for a couple of minutes (a repeat action?) and if it’s closed, exit shortcut, or if it is still open after a couple of minutes, execute the notification.
Hallo ! What must I do if i not want to have a label what I need to tap, but immediately the shortcut should be executed, which I have already created in shortcuts ?? A beautiful Sunday !! BRRR ITS COLD Here ...
Hey Jimmy. Unfortunately you cannot run a personal shortcut automatically when a door is opened. You would have to use this pushcut method and get the notification. It is possible if you get into running a pushcut automation server on a dedicated iOS device, but that take a lot more effort. I did cover that in a past video which should be linked in this video’s description.
@@ShaneCreates sorry can you gibt me the Link?🙏
Shane coming through! We were literally just struggling with my husband’s virtual trigger not always running properly when he leaves, and his garage door being left open. Now I can use this as a back up if it fails!
Perfect! Thanks for watching Brittany!
Hey Shane, great video but I am still not able to do something similar. I am not able to configure my Eve smart plug to notify me when for example the washing cycle stops. Firstly, is that even possible? For example if the consumption goes below or equal to 10Watt to get a notification? Thanks in advance
Can someone tell me (for the task Shane setup during this video) what pushcut does that shortcuts cant do? Obviously it can do a lot of other stuff that isnt covered in this video, I am asking specifically for what was done in this video. In other words, can this task be accomplished without pushcut?
Hi Shane, Juts followed your Video but for some reason I can not get pushcart to work. Not even the test button in the initial "My First Notification" shows a Notification. I have checked settings to allow notifications from Pushcut, I have also checked focus settings, nothing seem to work. I have done a few of your tutorials and they have been great and i have some amazing things happening in our house but this one does not seem to work. I am running my devices on 16.2 iPad Pro and a iPhone Pro. Any suggestions ? I have also run your tutorial and tied following it three time with our joy. Rick
Shane I love the automation! But I'm new to the Shortcut world and wanted to know if there was a way to modify this automation to not prompt the three options if the home is "secure".
Hey Marc, Sure you could always use an “exit shortcut.” Use that instead of adding text when checking if the variable is empty.
Hey Shane, another great video! Looks like that app has a lot of great potential. Question for you. Any idea on how to create a summary notification every night that would notify you if a door was open, garage door was left open and some lights were left on? Let me know what you think. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for watching! You can probably create a personal shortcut that runs every night at a specific time, gets all the home data you need, and then shows the result in a notification or a list of some sort.
Excellent!!
Which door sensor are you using?
I’ve got a bunch of different ones. Currently the one on the front door is an Abode sensor.
Simple question: Is it possible to get a notification on a specific iPhone if an Aqara vindow sensor detects that a window have been open for a certain amount of time using Home App
Hey man - useful stuff as always. This may be way out of date now or have already been covered, but if this is still an issue with the wait time being limited to around 4-5 mins before it times out, couldn’t you just duplicate an action a few times with a shorter time period that kept waiting say 120 seconds until you reached the time frame you wanted and then go ahead and run the rest of the shortcut if that make sense? That also then gives you the chance to get it to check in periodically between each one to see if the thing your notifying about has resolved in the meantime (I.E. in this example, the door has been closed within the time it’s running)?
Hi Shane,
I really love your videos! I have been playing and creating shortcuts myself but some of your ideas can really expand what you can do!
Now, I recently got an Eve door sensor which I would like to hook with my HomePods mini for sound and get a text message when the door opens but ONLY if I am not home. Any idea how to code for the "if not home" part? I was thinking about maybe using the wifi connection and say: IF iPhone not connected to wifi THEN....and I have done the following:
IF Eve sensor Contact sensor state is OPEN
Get wifi network's Network name
IF Network's details contains
Nothing
Otherwise
Get cellular network's Carrier name
If Network details has any value
Vibrate device
Show notification
End if
End if
End if
This shortcut works when testing. Then I created an automation for testing that after a certain hour the above shortcut will run. I Switch to 4G (past the timeframe) and open the door, it doesn't trigger. Any idea why?
Much appreciated!
Thank you!!
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Another cool video! Always great for inspiration! I was thinking of doing something with an Aqara water sensor, I would put it outside. If the roof window is open and it's raining, notify me. And then possibly also the option to call the wife or the son. Thanks again Shane! Not the first time I've created an automation after one of your videos!
Thanks Nico!
Awesome Video Shane!!! this is incredibly helpful. Is it possible to have the shortcut run on a specific time? i want the notification to remind me to close a window 10 minutes before Sunset, is it possible?
Thanks Pablo! Yea you should be able to set the automation to run at a specific time each day.
Hey Shane, what smart locks do you use. Have had mixed results with Yale's im1 module on the assure door locks. Thanks!
Currently I have a Vocolinc T-guard and a Friday Homes smart locks. Looking forward to some new ones in this product category in the near future.
Shane, if I plug my freezer into an Aqara Smart Plug what is the least complicated way to setup a notification when the plug turns off? Something like this could also be helpful for sump pumps, fish aquariums, or any other situations where you would like to know if one particular outlet loses power.
You can't get regular Home app notifications from a smart plug. So you'd probably have to use something like Pushcuts if you wanted a notification. Also not sure how that would work when an outlet looses power. Not sure if that would send the message to homekit during a power outage... that would be something you'd want to test out.
I tried Pushcut and Akara push notifications to no avail. I did put an Akara temperature sensor in my freezer which is set at 0 degrees to send a push notification if the freezer goes to 15 degrees.
I’ve read numerous posts on web sites where people ask how they can be notified if a particular circuit goes out. They may have a freezer in the garage, sump pump in the basement, or perhaps a tropical fish aquarium. If your whole house loses power you are more likely to notice that than if only one circuit trips. While some automations are for convenience, such as turning on lights, adjusting shades, etc., knowing when a critical circuit (or outlet) goes down could save you from lost food, flooding, dead fish, etc.
You come up with so many great ideas and uses for all of this smart home gear so I am hoping you can use your expertise to try and figure out a solution. Thanks!
Is there a way to have this app make the notifcations buzz until dismissed. I'd like my phone to vibrate (until i dismiss it) when motion is detected. Seems that its only a one off vibration and can't get a constant vibration setup :(
Sorry, I can’t find it. What thermostat do you use?
I'm using the Ecobee thermostats
So Shane, I have a question- is it possible to have 2 home networks set up with the same Apple ID? Say one at home and one at work?
Not exactly sure what you mean by 2 home networks with the same Apple ID. Do you mean two HomeKit Homes?
@@ShaneCreates yes exactly. Except the 2nd home would be my office
@@RichardYoungCF Try registering a second apple iCloud email and set up a second HomeKit on it. Invite your current email to join. Then toggle between the two by pressing home in homekit. They should both appear.
Hey Richard, sorry I missed your comment till now. Yes it’s possible to have two HomeKit homes. Simply tap the plus icon in the home app and you can create a new “home.” Then you’ll be able to switch between your different homes easily right there in the Home app.
Great video but you don’t need to use Pushcut with their annoying paid subscription notifications just to trigger a notification on your phone, you can do it right in the Apple Shortcuts app
Well... that's not entirely true. You cannot trigger a push notification from a HomeKit sensor.
How is the wait action triggered? When you open the door ?
yes
awesome video! but why don't I get a message on the cell phone or the iWacht? and what do you have to do so that this also appears on my partner's mobile phone?
Thanks for watching. To set up on your partner’s phone, you’ll need to either recreate the automation or you can probably login to pushcuts with the same credentials.
@@ShaneCreates OK thanks .. but why is no Message on may iWatch? In can only find my iPhone, iPad … and there is no way to Cancel my old iPhone…?
And One wisch.. please Talk a Little Bit slower… so your fantasic Videos will get the 🍒 on the 🍦! 🙏🙏🙏🙏 Stay Healthy and take Care!
Are we supposed to get notification on the watch even without the pro version? I cannot manage to get them.
I don't think that is a pro feature, but I'm not 100% sure.
Thanks ✌🏻🙏🏼🍸
So Informative
Glad it was helpful!
Is there still now way to have the action work without having me tap on the notification generated.
I’m trying to create an alert that will text me when I have a leak detected. But the PC notification is the only way that triggers a text if I tap that PC notification. I want to automatically text me or others.
If you want to automatically run a shortcut, with no interaction at all to text someone based on a sensor being triggered, you'll probably have to do it using shortcuts on the Mac. You can do it with the Signals for HomeKit app & Shortcuts on the Mac, which I showed in this video: ua-cam.com/video/EPsw565jIoA/v-deo.html
If I had to worry about this issue, I would try to figure out a way to close the door remotely and create a shortcut to ask me to do that. 😁
Haha… I guess then it would be time to execute the automatic door closer by @ModernDayTech ! ua-cam.com/video/8x81X6DJqpQ/v-deo.html
@@ShaneCreates THERE IT IS!!! THANK YOU SIR!!! 😃
Happy Fourth of July
Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸
There is one problem: if you open the door, then close after 2-3 seconds, wait for 110 seconds, open the door again for a few seconds, you get the notification that the door was left open for 2 minutes.
If that is a concern, you could take this up a notch (a bit more advanced). You could use a "repeat" action and have the automation check the status of the door every few seconds for a couple of minutes, and IF the door is closed, exit the automation/shortcut. That should solve that problem.
That was way too complicated, but it’s good to know
I figured out that this way is cool but in a free version it brings only 3 notifications possible…. So I decided to do it for free with pushover app. It works the same way as pushcut but have 10.000 notifications free in a month and it’s quite easier to configure. Check this out :)