Anyway to remove power consumption from GE zigbee light switch history

[Sticks18 (Scott G)]

Not really. A little copy/paste and editing. If you haven’t implemented any custom code before, then there’s a small learning curve, but you can check out the FAQ on custom code below.

Basically you’ll create your own version of the GE zigbee switch devicetype by copying the code available on ST’s github or using the From Template option in the IDE (developer area of ST, not intimidating though). Once you do that, you just need to edit the line:

sendEvent(name: “power”, value: powerValue)

and make it say:

sendEvent(name: “power”, value: powerValue, displayed: false)

Then apply that new devicetype to your device.

[OBSOLETE] FAQ: An Overview of Using Custom Code in SmartThings (SmartThings Classic, Groovy Code)

The original FAQ information in this thread refers to the original smartthings architecture, which was in place through the end of 2022 and a little beyond. Custom code was written in the groovy programming language and ran in the smartthings cloud. As of May 2023, you can no longer add new Groovy DTH‘s or smartapps to your smartthings account. So if you came here because of a link in an old forum thread, or on another site, I’m afraid the Groovy information is no longer usable. All of this was replaced by a new architecture. Cloud to cloud integrations use the smartthings API. Hub connected devices, mostly Zigbee and zwave, now use “Edge Drivers,” written in the LUA programming language. Here’s the official announcement on those: The process for using a custom Edge Driver in the new …