You could achieve a similar affect by creating a virtual device for one of the capabilities and using webCoRE , or another similarly capable app, to mirror the state to it. You could also do it with a bespoke app and child device if you were really keen, though it feels a bit excessive.
You could do it without the support of any additional automation by replacing the device handler with one that used a non-component child device for one of the capabilities. This is arguably the more elegant approach, although rather a weighty one.
Alternatively, if you want this for day to day monitoring of the device you might consider that the apps both suck at that anyway and use ActionTiles or another dashboard product instead.
I just tried this, without removing anything but just doing āeditā on the IDE desktop app and changing it from āSmartSense Multi Sensorā to āSmartSense Temp/Humidity Sensorā. I closed the new (and old) SmartThings Apps in IOS and BOOM! It ājust workedā! Now the Temp just displays in the Dashboard view.
Thanks for sharing this information, I really appreciate it!
The title was for Motion Sensors, and so I made the change to the Motion Sensorās device handler in the IDE to put ātemperatureā first.
The old SmartThings Classic app now shows the temp as the Dashboard ICON which is really nice looking compared to the motion ICON. And the old Classic appās Room listing for the Motion Sensor now shows the Temp instead of āNo Motionā, cool!
Unfortunately the new SmartThings Connect app does not show the temp ICON in the Room like the old SmartThings Classic app can. Oh well. (sad face)
Frankly, I would like there to be another settings option for the Motion Sensor besides just the temperature offset for the ICON to be displayed that could be set to either Battery, Motion, or Temp in the new SmartThings Connect app. But Iām sure that will never happen as they are now going to change the entire SmartThings echo system anyway.
Is there a way to add the temperature and keep the sensor status as well (all on one ICON). For motion and contact sensors there is an open space in the top right corner of the ICON. Is there a way to add the temperature there, instead of replacing the status with the temp.
This works, but you lose motion all together. I even tried cloning the code for the SmartSense Temp/Humidty sensor and publishing it AS IS from the IDE and it does not default to temp. Only choosing the internal option as a handler works. It makes no sense!