Home Automation

Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Hey Nest Community, We wanted to provide an update on the animal detection starters for scripted automations. When we first launched support for camera events in the script editor, there were separate animal detection starter types for dog and cat de...

Is there a way to "and" all of my starters in script editor?

I know that by default, an automation executes if any of the starters are true (logical "Or"). I have a simple automation that I would like to execute only if both of my starters are true (logical "And"). Actually, what I really need is for one to be...

Automation only works when Home app is open

I have an automation that turns lights on at night when motion is detected in an area. That automation works fine. I also have an automation that turns those same lights off when no movement is detected. That one does not work - unless I open the hom...

Resetting password for Wifi on my Google hub. -

We got a new router and modem. I need to reset the password for the Wifi for our Google Hub Pro but the instructions online aren't matching up to the Google Home screen. Any help would be gratefully accepted.

Camera Activation when door is locked.

I would very much like the ability to set an automation that turns a camera to On when a smart lock is set to Locked. This would be very useful as you do not want your rear patio camera on all the time recording your own movements in and out of the b...

Physical smart button as trigger to start a routine

I'm looking for a physical smart button that can be used as a trigger to start a routine in the Google Home App. The idea is to make a timer when the button is pushed and lights turn on when it is done. So far I can't find any buttons that are suppor...

PersonDetection or FaceFamilarDetection syntax for particular person

I would like to know what the correct syntax is for a script to use the PersonDetection starter for a particular face. I saw two different ones in the screenshots of this blog post: https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Blog/Camera-events-custom-not...

Resolved! Trigger an non integrated device from a Camera Event?

I would like to open a sprinkler when an animal is detected on a camera. I can control the sprinkler through a POST request. How could I automate the "animal detected on camera" --> "POST request" with Google Home Automation (or other ideas you may h...

Cancel planned event

If I do the command "Turn off Garage in 30 minutes", it works great. But, is there a command that I can use before the 30 minutes is up to cancel that future command? I've tried "cancel all timers", but that tells me I have no timers running. Any ide...

time.between - conditions not met even though they are

Anyone able to shed some light on when automations get polled and triggered? I currently have 5 automations created to change the color of a bulb in the dining room. They are triggered using the time.between and are set between: daylight 0600 - 1200c...

Home/away completely borked

I have presence sensing turned on via home. I have it turned off in the nest thermostat. I have set a location pin over my home for geofencing. I have the availability to select home or away in the home app.No matter what I do, home and away on my ph...

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Heads up: Changes to Animal Detection Starter for Scripted Automations

Is there a way to "and" all of my starters in script editor?

Automation only works when Home app is open

Resetting password for Wifi on my Google hub. -

Camera Activation when door is locked.

Physical smart button as trigger to start a routine

PersonDetection or FaceFamilarDetection syntax for particular person

Resolved! Trigger an non integrated device from a Camera Event?

Cancel planned event

time.between - conditions not met even though they are

Home/away completely borked

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