[OBSOLETE] Hue (Re)Connect - with scene handling

[JDRoberts]

@Izik_Olsen

Hello, can anyone help out a complete noob in creating this smartapp? I understand how to make a new smartapp from code, but in the instructions when it says “also add each devices type you can find under HueDevices folder” I have no idea what to do. Does it mean copy the code from the folders into the HueReconnect code? Or create new smartapps with the code from the folders? If anyone could help me out it would greatly appreciated! Or if anyone knows of a step by step walkthrough/guide that would also be great.

A " device type" is the same thing as a “device type handler” (DTH). The following should help clear up the confusion:

[OBSOLETE] FAQ: An Overview of Using Custom Code in SmartThings (SmartThings Classic, Groovy Code)

The original FAQ information in this thread refers to the original smartthings architecture, which was in place through the end of 2022 and a little beyond. Custom code was written in the groovy programming language and ran in the smartthings cloud. As of May 2023, you can no longer add new Groovy DTH‘s or smartapps to your smartthings account. So if you came here because of a link in an old forum thread, or on another site, I’m afraid the Groovy information is no longer usable. All of this was replaced by a new architecture. Cloud to cloud integrations use the smartthings API. Hub connected devices, mostly Zigbee and zwave, now use “Edge Drivers,” written in the LUA programming language. Here’s the official announcement on those: The process for using a custom Edge Driver in the new …