Need help troubleshooting ThingShield

[jenningsmd]

I need a way to see what the ThingShield is doing to see if I received a defective one or not.
@mager

[keithcroshaw]

Have you tried loading up the demo programs like on/off (example)?

[DavidCreed]

You can test using this project:

Announcing the "ST_Anything" Arduino/ThingShield Project

1/16/16 - Updated to reflect recent ST IDE nomenclature changes and v2 SmartThings Phone App image. Just a heads up - The current Arduino IDE 1.6.6 has a bug in it which throws a compiler error (invalid namespace) when trying to build ST_Anything. Please continue to use v1.6.5 until 1.6.7 is released. You can use the latest “Hourly Build” of the 1.6.7 IDE as well, since I have confirmed the bug has been fixed in that version, as of 11/28/15. I am happy to share with the SmartThings Community a project that my son and I have been working on for the past two weeks - ST_Anything! Our goal was to make it as easy as possible for anyone with some Arduino hardware/software skills to be able to get a new “Device” up and running in a matter of minutes versus hours/days. We have implemented many…

The instructions are right there and it is well tested and proven to work.

If you can’t get a response from your test setup after following all of the instructions, and troubleshooting from that thread then make sure to contact support via email.

Regards,
David

[mager (Andrew Mager)]

Hey guys, building an Arduino shield tutorial is on our agenda and we’re gonna include ST_Anything too.

Stay tuned!