Maybe a bigger problem is that I can't get the dimmer module to show up as a trigger.  It's weird, because I also have an on/off module (that I actually use for something) and it DOES show up as a trigger.  I'll try to add another on/off module next.

-Tom

Someone please help me make sense of this.  As the pics show, I have two outlets linked to Google Home.  Both of them show up as devices in Google Home.  Only one of them is selectable as a trigger for an automation why????

-Tom

 

I got it to work by swapping the two on/off modules.  Now I have an Insteon open/close sensor triggering the "hubitat" "outlet", which has nothing plugged into it.  Its state triggers, in Google Home, the light I want to have come on when I open the coat closet door.  The "phantom" module is now located where the "hubitat" one was (it is used to power cycle my Hubitat in emergencies).

I'd still like to understand why I can't seem to add anything new and have it show up as a trigger.  Some day I might need to.

-Tom

Revisiting in a rare moment of spare time.  I currently have an Insteon open/close sensor on the entryway closet door triggering an Insteon Appliancelinc with nothing plugged into it, and its state triggers a Google Home routine that turns on/off the entryway light that is controlled by the SmartRent app via Z-Wave.   It's working about as well as you'd expect - like dog poo.  Has anyone found a good, cheap sensor for triggering open/close events for use in Google Home routines, or even better, found a way to trigger Google Home routines with Insteon sensors?

-Tom

 

p.s. Please don't continue to torture me with success stories on Alexa.  Yes, I know it you can make anything work on Alexa.  Yes, I have my reasons for wanting to make this work in Google Home.