Can Sharptools read Global Variables from Hubitat?

[Tom_Gauvin]

Is it possible for my SharpTools tiles to display a global string variable from Hubitat?

I have a couple Hubitat Global Variables that are altered by Hubitat rules and I’d like to display those on my new SharpTools dashboards. They are string variables that provide status for various home automation devices.

[josh]

You can create a Global Variable Connector in Rule Machine which basically creates a device which exposes the variable value (and provides a setVariable() method which can be used to update the value).

From there, you can manually authorize the Global Variable Connector device in SharpTools under either the Sensor or Actuator options:

How To Authorize Unrecognized Things

Thanks for the feedback! On Hubitat, the process is similar. If you’ve connected Hubitat to SharpTools using the Manage Connections feature on your SharpTools.io user page, you’ll be presented with the list of core supported capabilities. If the device does not implement one of the core capabilities, then you’ll need to manually authorize it in the list of Additional Devices. It will need to implement at least the Actuator or Sensor as noted in my post above. To authorize Additional Devices i…

[James]

For someone who’s interested in syncing Hubitat variable to SharpTools, please follow the instructions in the post below, which takes advantage of the Rule HTTP Trigger and sync the Hubitat variable’s value to a SharpTools variable when the Hubitat variable value changes.

How to export HE Global Vars to Sharptools?

@Michael_Horton, well this question came in just at the right time. We just rolled out the rule HTTP Trigger feature this morning, and this would make it easer to pass Hubitat variables to SharpTools variables, which can be displayed in the dashboard(s) then. Step 1: Create a rule in SharpTools to set variable based on the value passed in Create a variable in SharpTools using the same type as your Hubitat variable (ex: String) Create a rule in SharpTools using HTTP Trigger, and add…