You guys just reminded me that I do use Modes in two other ways:
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In conjunction with the new Alexa feature called “Guard”. When leaving the house, if I say, “Alexa we’re leaving” she’ll turn Guard ON, and included with that routine is a command to Turn On (a virtual switch named…) “Leaving the House” on Vera. That, in turn, triggers a few fun things on Reactor.
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As a safeguard so that certain Reactor routines do (or, most often, DON’T) run. I include “House Mode” among my set of Conditions to ward off misfires of things that might otherwise wake us up at night. #wifeeye
Realize here that I most often tinker with Vera very late at night, when everyone else is sound asleep, and the slip of a finger in the Vera Mobile app could cause a catastrophe!
- Libra