[Edge Driver] FortrezZ Water Meter (Updated 11/28/2023 see post #23)

[johnconstantelo]

@RokitRod

I don’t understand the edge drivers or how to install them. How do I get my meter working on the new app?

Hi @RokitRod,

Here is a great FAQ tha you should definitely read:

FAQ: I have no idea what Edge is. Is that a new developer tool? (2022)

As of September 2023, SmartThings has now almost completed transition to a new architecture, part of which is called Edge. The Samsung-hosted free groovy cloud gradually went away beginning on September 30, 2022. For hub-connected devices, including Zwave and Zigbee, the DTH replacement will be Edge Drivers, which are written in the Lua programming language and will run locally on your own hub. IF YOU ARE NEW TO SMARTTHINGS If you are new to SmartThings, the basics of the SmartThings architecture are pretty simple: A) An “Edge Driver” is code that runs on your SmartThings/Aeotec hub so the hub can talk directly to an individual device. If you don’t have a hub, you can skip all the rest of this thread: it won’t apply to your setup. B) If your device uses a “cloud to clo…

The section titled “2. Using a custom edge driver” gives a step by step process. The next post by JDRoberts in that same FAQ. It’s titled “How to manually switch…:”.

While that post is a year old, it’s spot on. Basically you have two choices right now. One is to install the edge driver to your hub by clicking on the link in my first post, installing the edge driver on your hub, and then manually setting things back up, or still install the edge driver and wait for SmartThings to convert you.