Pimatic Google-Calendar Plugin

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See discussion on topic http://forum.pimatic.org/topic/359/pimatic-sms-plugin/3

General features of a google-calendar integration:

• a calendar publisher to create Google Calendar Items using pimatic rule actions. This may be used for example to create a calendar event to notify the user about certain events in the home, e.g., a PV Inverter failure. A long with calendar event it is possible set notifiers, e.g., the SMS notification discussed on zthe other thread.
• a calendar subscriber to get notified on calendar events and to be able to use the events as part of rule conditions. This way you may be able to program your heating at home using calendar events, for example.

If you like this idea please take some time to think about viable use cases. Your comments will be highly appreciated.

Usecases for me will be:

• Open my curtains everyday about an hour before I have to go to work.
• Make my house as green as it can get when I’m on Hollidays.
• Create a rotating closet with hangers and turn it so the right clothing for the right occasion is in front.
• Preheat my car in the winter about half an hour before I leave.
• Preorder some Thai food when the boys come over for gamenight.

@Frits1980 thanks for your feedback! Much appreciated.

In particular I like the idea of having a “rotating closet with hangers and turn it so the right clothing for the right occasion is in front”. I need to get one :=)

End of May I have received an end of service notice from Google for SMS notification:

"Ab 27. Juni 2015 werden keine SMS-Benachrichtigungen mehr für Google Kalender versandt. Die SMS-Benachrichtigungsfunktion wurde eingeführt, bevor es Smartphones gab. Dank der heutigen Verbreitung von Smartphones und mobilen Benachrichtigungen bieten Mobilgeräte inzwischen vielseitigere, verlässlichere Lösungen für diesen Bereich – selbst im Offline-Zustand.

Sie können Benachrichtigungen auf Ihrem Smartphone empfangen, indem Sie entweder die vorinstallierte Kalender-App auf Ihrem Gerät konfigurieren oder Google Kalender für Android bzw. iPhone installieren. Weitere Informationen zur Konfiguration der Standardeinstellungen für Benachrichtigungen finden Sie in unserer Hilfe."

So, the assumption is that you’re “always on” (of course!) and the SMS service a waste of money.

I was very pleased with a calendar function in Pimatic. If need be with the Google calendar.
One could, for example, repeating events or birthdays could with rules and pushover in the morning come on Smartphon.

Any updates?