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…

[image] Mariano_Colmenarejo: three times a driver has been left hanging when installing a new version with the CLI and device running This happens to me CONSTANTLY, and is my biggest issue with Edge at this point. For me, with LAN drivers, if the driver re-install does proceed, it is often s…

[image] TAustin: So given that I have to trigger the visible condition based on a capability - can I specify an attribute of the capability itself as the trigger? Yes, I just made a test using the SmokeDetector capability and it worked. { "component": "main", "capability": "smokeDete…

[image] orangebucket: I never managed to get visible conditions to work I’ve been successful with it; I use it my LAN Device Monitor driver and it works well.

[image] nayelyz: Yes, I just made a test using the SmokeDetector capability and it worked. Please, where can I find information on this in the documentation? Is this condition set in the vid presentation por capability presentation? Thanks

[image] Mariano_Colmenarejo: where can I find information on this in the documentation? This property is used in the device-configuration, you can find more details about it in the API reference documentation > create device-configuration . Open the sub-menu in Detail View and you’ll find the …

I have a switch device where I am displaying a numeric value for the state on the dashboard. Unfortunately this is disabling the active/inactive state changes of the dashboard icon since the state isn’t the switch’s on/off state. However I still want the active/inactive icon to work based on the s…

[image] TAustin: But I don’t know if this would fix the active/inactive problem You can definitely show more than one state in the dashboard view, and, last time I checked the icon reacted to the first state configured. You can display different states in the dashboard by separating them int…

Is specifying a group mandatory to be able to display more than one state? Or can I simply list two different capabilities? I guess I’m not clear what using a group really does. And does a group name have to have been defined in the capability definition or its presentation as well?

The group name is what shows where Temperature, Humidity, etc are in the screenshot. One group has to be main, which shows up top where motion is in the screenshot. I believe only one state and one command are allowed per group. Inactive/active status for each group happens independently. [Screens…

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