Is there a way to change the icons of this? I am using this virtual switch/contact sensor to trigger Alexa Routines and the icon is being shown as a contact sensor

[Thomas_Monaghan]

Is there a way I can change the icons of the following tile, to another icon.
The code being used for this is not made by me but is this,

metadata {

definition (name: "Simulated Alexa Switch", namespace: "bjpierron", author: "bjpierron") {
    capability "Switch"
    capability "Sensor"
    capability "Actuator"
    capability "Contact Sensor"	    		
}

simulator {
	status "open": "contact:open"
	status "closed": "contact:closed"
}

tiles {
    standardTile("switch", "device.switch", width: 2, height: 2, canChangeIcon: true) {
        state "off", label: '${currentValue}', action: "switch.on", icon: "st.switches.switch.off", backgroundColor: "#ffffff"
        state "on", label: '${currentValue}', action: "switch.off", icon: "st.switches.switch.on", backgroundColor: "#00A0DC"
    }
    main "switch"
    details(["switch"])
}
}

def parse(description) {
 }

 def on() {
 sendEvent(name: "switch", value: "on")
 sendEvent(name: "contact", value: "open")
 }

 def off() {
 sendEvent(name: "switch", value: "off")
 sendEvent(name: "contact", value: "closed")
 }

Is there any what of doing this??

[orangebucket (Graham)]

There is, but currently not to an arbitrary icon and only by device handler and not specific devices. You can add a device type to the definition. For example:

definition (name: "Simulated Alexa Switch", namespace: "bjpierron", author: "bjpierron", ocfDeviceType: "oic.d.switch")

I tend to use oic.wk.d which is a generic icon.

[Thomas_Monaghan]

@orangebucket

definition (name: “Simulated Alexa Switch”, namespace: “bjpierron”, author: “bjpierron”, ocfDeviceType: “oic.d.switch”)

Thank you so much! I did read about that before but didn’t get it to work. Now it is working for me. Maybe there was that one letter that was not meant to be there.
Anyways, thanks for your help and enjoy your day!

[ciccioleft]

Hello to change the state?
open = on
closed = off

[orangebucket (Graham)]

@ciccioleft

Hello to change the state?
open = on
closed = off

While you were posting that, I was responding to your other post.

Alexa Virtual Switch Change Label Status

You mean the status in the dashboard tile? Change the definition( ... ) to definition (name: "Simulated Alexa Switch", namespace: "bjpierron", author: "bjpierron", mnmn: "SmartThingsCommunity", vid: "e7139f27-316b-3400-80be-9581014a7434" ) If you want the icon to change as well, you can change the end bit to: vid: "e7139f27-316b-3400-80be-9581014a7434", ocfDeviceType: "oic.d.switch" ) Forgot to mention to make the app take notice immediately, edit the device in the IDE, change something significant like the device name or the device label and then ‘Update’. Update: Just noticed the oic.d.switch mod was in the original post. I had pulled the original DTH.

[ciccioleft]

Thanks it worked

[Delienz]

I think im attempting the same. I would like to have different icon options for my simulated alexa switches. I tried to update the code to what was posted but no luck. Maybe Im missunderstanding this post

[nayelyz (SmartThings Developer Support)]

@Delienz

I would like to have different icon options for my simulated alexa switches.

Can you provide more details about your use case, please?

• Are those devices using DTH?
• Which icons are you trying to set?
• Have you seen that for certain device types you can set different icons through the SmartThings app? You only need to select “edit” the device and you’ll see the “change icon” option.