Legacy virtual switches stopped working (July 2023)

[h0ckeysk8er (Bruce Pinsky)]

@jpstewart

Virtual Device Creator has been one of the modules on the Automation tab in the iPhone app.

While I’m somewhat familiar with the online device handlers, this part of the app always created virtual switches that claimed to execute locally (they would show the home icon in smart lighting for instance) and aren’t related to uploading any groovy code.

My experience matches what many others have been posting in July, that these have stopped working multiple times, moving to a lan thing. Deleting them all and recreating, while also rebuilding all automation works, but again they were changed to things again last night.

I’ve read others who have moved to an edge virtual device creator and I’m trying that as well, but it’s not very elegant in functionality.

Virtual Device Creator and any of the other similar items in Automations are legacy Groovy-based SmartApps that were discontinued in Jan 2023. There is no relationship between the SmartApps and Edge drivers so I’m confused by what you mean by “…these have stopped working multiple times, moving to a lan thing…”

Why Did My Integration/SmartApp Stop Working in January 2023?

There are 4 ways to create virtual devices, each with pros and cons:

• ST Advanced Web App
• Community developed ST API Browser+
• ST CLI
• Community developed Edge driver [ST Edge] vEdge Creator: a virtual device generator for end users