Reason why I can't control lights via SmartApp?

SmartApps & Automations
1

I’m sure I’m missing something obvious, but I can’t control the lights from a SmartApp I’m writing. The command = “on” and I get the debug message with the correct name. Even with the .on() that I added directly it won’t turn on the light. I also tried applying it to all the lights, nothing works. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

void updateSwitches() {
    def command = params.command
    def name = params.name

    if (command) {
        switches.each {
            it.on()
        
            if (it.displayName == name) {
                log.debug "sent command: Name: $name"
                it."$command"()
            }
        }
        switches."$command"()
    }
}
2

Several of my SmartApps that control lights are no longer working (just noticed today). Right now, it appears that there may be some kind of bug in the SmartThings backend.

3

Platform problems today resulted in many devices being unavailable. This is being tracked in the known issue section of the community created wiki:

http://thingsthataresmart.wiki/index.php?title=Bug:External_Integrations_fail(Echo,_Harmony,_IFTTT,_SmartTiles)

There was also a post to the official status page. You can subscribe to that page for updates, although it’s not always very detailed.

http://status.smartthings.com