The FAQ at Edge Drivers for New Devices FAQ – SmartThings Support also uses this poor terminology. It says: Q: How do I transition my current device to use Edge drivers? A: If your device has an Edge driver available here, you can re-onboard the device to get it using a new Edge driver.
I realize this might be a dumb question, but could someone (ideally from Samsung) please clarify what is meant by ‘re-onboard’? It’s jargon: do you mean “remove the device and then re-add it”? Or is it something more complicated than that?
When you select “remove device”, the Z-Wave exclusion mode starts in the Hub, so you should do what the manufacturer says to put the device in that mode as well (for example, press the action button once).
If you force the deletion of the device in the ST app, the device will remain in a “connected” state and you need to reset it to be able to pair it again.
So if I have devices using DTH and want to move to edge drivers that means I will also lose all the routines associated with the device?
That’s a rather painful consequence.
I’d been hoping there would be a route to an “in place” upgrade that switched driver without losing all the routines too.
I am confused. I installed a new GE zwave light switch and it installed with an edge driver. So great!
I then tried to uninstall and reinstall a ikea 5 button, that did not install with the edge driver. So i tried a new ikea 5 button, no edge driver.
I tried a smartthings button im6001-btp01 and at 1st no edge driver, then all of a sudden it was edge, but Ikea 5 button remotes, still no edge driver.
I thought the ikea 5 button was on the list? What am I missing? Any suggestions/advance.
You are missing the right list. Although the ZigBee Button driver in open beta supports a raft of buttons, the version that has gone live only supports the SmartThings button so far.
I thought this was were the release Edge Drivers and details could be found. This is the page I saw referenced. Is there another page, I should be looking for?
Yes, that’s the link included on the FAQ page, however, to see if a device is supported, you need to take a look at the fingeprints.yml file and see if yours is included. For example, here are the ones for the driver zigbee-button:
There, only the fingerprint of SmartSense/button is uncommented, so, it will be the only one considered.
I did know to look at the.yml file. AND when I looked, I saw the ikea 5 button listed, but did not realize only the devices without the # sign next to them to active. (Aka Samsung Button).