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Tasker wemo4/11/2023 ![]() You will be using Tasker to send and receive “intents” to the light switches. Now it is onto Tasker where the real magic is. So, click on the On button under the broadcast events. The broadcast events stuff is what Wemomanager server or the Wemo light switches actually broadcast out. The Extras UDN stuff is the name for the light switch that Wemo uses. The Handled Intents are the commands the Wemo light switches receive telling them what to do. When you click any of these buttons they will copy the information automatically. When you click on it a pop-up should show at the top the name of the switch and 6 other buttons including “Turn On Intent”. It should be the 4th icon to the left of the refresh button. Now that Wemomanager is set up, go to your light switch and look for the down facing arrow to the right of the green refresh button on the main screen. ![]() This program controls the lights like the default Belkin Wemo app but provides a lot more options and abilities. I used static IP addresses for my light switches. This allows Tasker to use Sharptools and set up widgets for any devices in smartthings. You also want to select the option for Tasker and Widgets. This tells Sharptools which variable associated with the thing it is to control or look for. I subscription option should pop up, subscribe to it. Fight the virtual On/Off switch you are using to replace the Wemo switch and long press on it. ![]() Once you do that and refresh Sharptools all the devices in Smartthings should show up under the “Things” menu. You have to tell it what devices in Smartthings it is able to interact with, I just select every device in Smartthings. Next you need to go into Sharptools and in the menu options authorize it to interact with Smartthings. You can go back into Smartthings and name the new virtual On/Off buttons like you would if they were regular Wemo switches since botht he Wemo and the virtual On/Off switches are just switches with either an “On” or “Off” state. Then you go onto the Smartthings IDE page ( ) and set up virtual On/Off buttons to take the place of the Wemo light switches you just removed from Smartthings. The first step is to remove all my Wemo light switches from Smartthings. ![]() Wemomanager - Allows Tasker to control Wemo devices.Sharptools - This allows Tasker to see and control devices in Smartthings.Tasker - This app automates functions on your phone.Smartthings - no explanation needed why I need this.I have 9 switches working now flawlessly. This is a long explanation since there are a lot of steps but once you get your first light switch working it will come second nature. I used multiple apps to try to figure out other ways to do it and I finally came across a combination of apps that when used together let smartthings and wemo work together…sorta, I will explain. I was having issues with smartthings not correctly showing that status of my lights or not controlling them correctly at all. I have been working to try to get my smartthings to work the Wemo light switches for months now and I have finally figured it out. ![]()
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