I am also suddenly having the same issue with mode changes. I’m using Ecobee Suite on SmartThings but also have Hubitat and they’re connected via HubConnect. I’ve noticed that a location change in ST isn’t always syncing with Hubitat like before so it sounds like something has broken on ST’s end.
Not sure what has happened, but over the past week or so ago this has stopped working for me. I was just using the Mode Change Helper to change the ecobee programs based on location mode. I have since added duplicate devices via the smartthings app and control those in the “automations” section and I can control them just fine. Seems that adding the “supported” devices and then controlling them with the built-in “automations” seems to be the way to go?
Modes should still be working, but I suspect that SmartThings has finally EOL’d the operation of “Routines” - to replace Helpers that used routines, you will indeed need to create some virtual switches, as you describe…
Can someone remind me how to completely remove the UES from Smartthings? The “remove” option in the app doesn’t seem to be working.
@storageanarchy, I am also unable to uninstall ecobee suite manager 1.8.47. I try the “remove ESM” button in the mobile app, and I just get a “we’re having trouble connecting. Check your network connection and try again.” error message.
I am trying to unistall, as I recently had a thermostat either drop from the suite, or some type of communication was not working properly. I only use this device helper to put my ecobee therms in away mode, if all ST users are out of the house, using ST’s geofencing, and out of Away back into Home mode upon the return of an occupant. It was working great for a long time, then at some point the device helper would put one of my therms in away/home mode, but not the other.
I tried to renew the credentials in the helper suite. They were in place, but I thought “might as well try to renew them” to see if if fixed the glitch. Now I’m stuck whenever I try to save the credentials in the helper suite, I just get a “network/failure to communicate” type pop up. I’ve checked my ecobee account, and the helper credentials are listed there as in place. But I can’t get out of the initial helper screen, it says to save and reopen, but pressing the “done” button just triggers an error message.
THought I’d uninstall/reinstall the helper suite, but now i’m stuck not being to get into the helper menus, or uninstall it. Help?!
Since nothing changed on the ESM side, Samsung/SmartThings must have made some incompatible change on their end.
I’m afraid the only solution to removing your ESM is likely to be to email SmartThings support for assistance - in the past, their assistance has occasionally been required to complete an uninstall.
I myself haven’t done much with SmartThings over the past 8-10 months - I’ll try to fire things up again over the weekend to see if there is something simple.
I hope it isn’t true, but it is likely that ESM is a finally victim of the slow, painful death of the once-vibrant SmartThings ecosystem…it was a good run while it lasted. (FWIW, ESM on Hubitat is alive and well).
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I manually removed everything via the Groovy IDE.
Hello. Thank you for all your time and effort into creating this app. It’s what I’ve been looking for. I’m new to ST and can find my way around most things. But I can’t seem to get past this step:
Finalizing Installation on SmartThings Mobile
It says to use the mobile App but I can’t find the Marketplace tab or the Smart Apps tab. Everything is installed and OAuth is setup. I just don’t know what to do next.
Thank you
Update: I seemed to have stumbled upon what I was looking for. In order to see these items, I had to go and start to create a routine. It was in the Discover tab. Once I did that, I had to relink to my Ecobee account. Then the thermostats came in.
My goal is that I want to be able to change the thermostats to AWAY when I leave the house. But all I see is the ability to set a temperature which doesn’t help me. Is there something I’m missing?
Thank you
Not sure if you are looking at the old instructions for the Legacy SmartThings App, but the Smart Apps are now on the Automations Tab. There are three accordions on this page, Scenes, Routines and SmartApps (scroll to the bottom). Hope that helps.
Thanks Jim. I didn’t have the SmartApps accordion on the automations page until I tried to create a new Routine. I scrolled to the bottom and that was where I found the SmartApps. It seems like the documentation I’ve been finding is for the old software.
That is odd and I am guessing a bug, as I am sure there are people that might add a SmartApp before adding a routine. I never ran into that, as I migrated all of my routines from the legacy app to the new one.
Anyway, you are trying to do the same thing that I use the Ecobee Suite Manager for (i.e. setting your Ecobee thermostats to Away when you leave home, using your phone as a presence sensor). What you want to use is the Mode/Routine/Switches/Program Helper. When you go into the Ecobee Suite Manager (in the SmartApps menu), select the Helper SmartApps tab and select this one from the list. The settings are pretty intuitive to get this working.
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I have installed ES from GitHub and it shows on mobile but when I try authorize via Ecobee Suite Manager>Ecobee API Authotrization>Ecobee Account Authorization I’m getting immediate invalid_token xml error… Not seeing how to fix it, I disabled 2FA on ecobee, waited a day, tried both iOS and android but it’s not helping.
Hi, @storageanarchy, with the complete transition from the Groovy IDE to the new LUA-based ecosystem for Smartthings, what is the future of your wonderful Ecobee Suite?
@storageanarchy I’d love to know as well! For the END IS NEAR
Q: What is the impact to my SmartApps (SmartLighting, Severe-Weather Alert, or custom SmartApps)?
**All other SmartThings and 3rd party created SmartApps will no longer be supported starting on September 30, 2022. Features once found in SmartApps can now be created using the SmartThings Scenes and Routines section of your app. This new feature set has the added benefit of faster controls and local execution.
My understanding is that “smartapps” or whatever they will be called, would still be possible in the future, they will need to be rewritten, however.
So when will we have a new driver for your suite?
At this point, I have no plans to undertake the time and effort required to rewrite the Ecobee Suite for the new SmartThings app environment.
I have long left the SmartThings environment, and can only support Ecobee Suite as long as the ST platform is nearly identical to Hubitat, which has been my platform of choice for several years.
My sincere apologies to the SmartThings community.
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Thanks for all the hard work on Ecobee Suite over the years, @storageanarchy. Understandable you would not be rewriting this for SmartThings since you have moved to Hubitat and I would imagine the APIs won’t be all that similar any more.
Does anyone have a recommendation for something equivalent to Ecobee Suite for smart vent control for Home Assistant? I plan on moving all my Keen vents over from SmartThings to Home Assistant.
Thanks!
I have done this. I sent you a PM.
Cheers, thanks for letting us know and for your hard work. Maybe update the topic title or OR to make it easy for people to know that this project is now EOL/obsolete on SmartThings?