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We are pleased to announce that External Power Sensor Basic is now fully restocked and ready for immediate shipment.  The currently out of stock Outdoor Probe Thermocouple which we get a lot of inquiry about, is also expected to be back in stock in about 1 month; we have secured a key TI chip for reading thermocouple that has been out of stock since the pandemic.

We have also expanded IFTTT Wireless Tag service.  An important new feature is the addition of "All of applicable tags" (in addition to "Any of my tags") from tag choices for a number of triggers such as "moved", "opened", "too hot/cold", "temperature back to normal", "too wet/dry", "humidity back to normal", "back in range", "water no longer detected", "water detected".  

With "Any of my tags" chosen, the trigger fires when any of the tags produces the event.  But with "All of applicable tags", the trigger fires when all other tags under the tag manager a tag (that will be in the ingredient of the trigger) belongs to, are also in the specified state. For example with "Temperature returns to normal" trigger, all tags that have temperature monitoring enabled must be in "normal temperature" state for the trigger to fire.   For example with "water no longer detected" trigger, all water/leak sensors under your tag manager must be in "no water detected" state for the trigger to fire.  This allows implementing some automations in IFTTT with a few clicks that would have required complicated coding using KumoApp scripts.  

We also expanded IFTTT query "current tag state" to include "IsTooCold", "IsTooHot", "IsTempNormal" along with other new ingredients to allow complete access of all tag properties in your IFTTT filter code.  

 

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You can now link Dropcam to your Wireless Tag account. This will allow you to
    • Take snapshots and save them at the full 720p resolution
    • Turn streaming on and off
    • Do the above from KumoApp recipe. For example, you can write a KumoApp to take a burst of photo (at about 2fps) when PIR Kumo Sensor or Motion Sensor Tag detected movement, or door is open, and then email to you. You can also schedule pictures to be taken at certain interval, or any logical combination you can write using the KumoApp Javascript engine.
      • No more false activity alerts from the less-than-perfect motion detector on your Dropcam!

This is similar to the way you can link Nest Thermostats and WeMo switches. It may seem unnecessary to be able to control them from the Wireless Tags app when WeMo, Nest and Dropcam already have their own mobile apps, but it is when you start to write (or install existing) KumoApps like below, that this will all make sense:



Lastly, if you ever wanted to link Wireless Tag with other stuffs than WeMo, Nest, Dropcam or Philips Hue that can now be done with KumoApp, try our unpublished IFTTT channel. It is currently under review by IFTTT staffs for quality assurance. But many of Wireless Tag enthusiasts have already tried it (even before this article!) and we have already received some good feedback.
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