Alarm DTH doesn't work in new ST app

automaton82 · August 11, 2020, 5:08pm

I was forced to upgrade to the new ST app and my Alarm STH just shows a cloud with a line through it.

Here’s the groovy code roughly being used:

csdozier/device-concord4/blob/master/st-devicehandler/device-concord4.groovy

/**
 *  Concord 4 Device Handler
 *
 *  Scott Dozier 4/1/2016
 */

metadata {
	// Automatically generated. Make future change here.
	definition (name: "Concord4", author: "scdozier", namespace: "scdozier") {
        capability "Polling"
        capability "Lock"
        capability "Refresh"
        command "armstay"
        command "armaway"
        command "Disarm"
        command "armSilent"
        command "armLoud"
        command "armBypass"
        command "armRegular"
        command "update"

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In ST classic it shows 1 tile for each item the alarm system tracks (each door, etc). How do I make this work in the new app?

nathancu · August 11, 2020, 5:21pm

NewApp does not currently have the capability of presenting custom UI elements. That featureset is in early beta. To learn more go to this thread:

Custom Capability and CLI Developer Preview Tutorials

Overview At SmartThings we want to provide tooling to allow developers to get their device integrations working in the SmartThings app. These changes will allow an integrator to move from using custom commands and attributes to custom capabilities. DTH Migration For Custom Capabilities In order to follow along with the example set forth in this guide, you will want to have the CLI set up, so make sure that you take this step first. You can download the CLI here from the releases tab and read more about it in the README. It is also recommended that you familiarize yourself with the concepts: Custom Capabilities Capability Presentations Walkthrough We are going to walk through a simple example of updating our Device Type Handler (DTH) so that devices installed with the DTH will be …

automaton82 · August 11, 2020, 5:40pm

When it has the ability to display custom UI elements will the previous groovy code just work like it does in the previous app?

nathancu · August 11, 2020, 5:45pm

From what it appears from what’s been seen in the beta, yes - you’re creating a custom presentation then adding the UI elements to the existing DTH. Just the beta is VERY early and right now is hit/miss because it’s a moving target.

Also with the recent announcement of an actual date for the retirement of classic - I’d press the ST team hard to make sure this feature set at least makes it to a stable prerelease before they sunset Classic…

automaton82 · August 11, 2020, 5:47pm

Unfortunately it’s too late, today I got this e-mail:

We will be discontinuing the SmartThings Classic app on October 14 .

While I really have enjoyed using SmartThings, I no longer have time to deal with this kind of transition. At this point I’ll use classic as long as I can, and if it gets shut down I’ll have to move to HomeAssitant in the future (when I get time again) so that I won’t need to ever worry about this sort of thing happening again.

redmoony79 · August 17, 2021, 10:58pm

Hi I know this is old however I’m planning to do this for my concord 4 but I feel like there are a lot of people having issues with the new smartthings app. Was there a solution to these issues or should I not do it and switch to home assistant?

automaton82 · August 18, 2021, 12:01am

No, there was no solution at that time. I then moved to Home Assistant which worked flawlessly with the Concord4 integration via MQTT. It is possible they have since come out with a solution as it was 1 year ago.

I have since left that house, however, and no longer use Concord4 at all.

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