1. Create a "temperature" virtual sensor in your zipato dashboard. Note the activation and deactivation URL. As IFTTT cannot simply make http requests for the moment I used the dropbox channel: the "upload file from URL" will trigger the activation/deactivation URL on the zipabox. 2. Use a first IFTTT recipe to activate the temperature sensor 3. Use a second IFTTT recipe to deactivate the temperature sensor