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Automations

An automation presses a deck button by itself when something happens on the PC — at a set time, when an app opens or closes, when the PC wakes up. You don't touch the phone.

Automations don't have actions of their own: they press a button that already exists. Create the button with the action you want first (it can be on a profile you don't use day to day), then point an automation at it.

Create an automation

Open Automations: in the phone app under Settings → Automations, or in the PC configurator's sidebar. Tap New automation and fill in:

Field Meaning
Name (optional) Shown in the list. Without a name, the list shows the event.
When The event — see below.
Time / Days (optional) For At a time: HH:mm in 24-hour format, e.g. 09:00. Days use 0 = Sunday … 6 = Saturday, with ranges and commas: 1-5 (weekdays), 0,6 (weekend). Empty = every day.
App process For the app events: the process name without .exe, e.g. obs64, Spotify, chrome.
Press the button Any button with an action, from any profile (Profile · label).
Event When it fires
At a time Once at that minute, on the chosen days.
When an app opens When the process starts.
When an app closes When the process ends.
When the PC wakes from sleep After sleep or hibernation.
When DroidDeck starts A few seconds after DroidDeck starts — right after you log in, if it starts with Windows.

The switch next to each automation turns it on or off. Test now (in the item's menu) presses the button immediately, without waiting for the event; Delete removes it.

How it behaves

  • Automations run on the PC: they work with the phone off or disconnected.
  • The PC checks every couple of seconds, so an app event can take up to about 2 s to fire.
  • The button runs just as if you had tapped it, including a two-state button, which switches state. A multi-action button keeps its step conditions.
  • If the button is deleted, the automation stays in the list as (button deleted) and does nothing.
  • Since an automation only presses saved buttons, it can't do anything a button couldn't already do.

Ideas

  • At 18:00 on 1-5, press a button that starts your "end of day" multi-action.
  • When obs64 opens, press a button that turns on your Key Light; when it closes, another that turns it off.
  • When the PC wakes, switch the default audio device back to your headphones.

Automations are saved in %AppData%\DroidDeck\triggers.json (see Files & settings).