Same device same device type different display in app

[Sticks18 (Scott G)]

@ritchierich

I am sure you could do something where create a device preference to request which tile to display.

Unfortunately you can’t. The metadata section of a devicetype isn’t dynamic like that. It needs to know all the info before you would have the opportunity to set/change a preference. I believe this change is on the roadmap for the ST team as it would really open up some great device handler features.

@Drewbert34 and @SBDOBRESCU, the below thread might help. There is some code in the thread with different primary tiles for some of the main ST devices, and for those not explicitly listed, it gives enough details to edit the official ST devicetypes. Just remember that the changes would make them custom and no longer local for v2 hubs.

New Things view Forces you to see what they want you to see in multi tile at top

The new multi tile feature and new App feature locks you into only the first option for the Main section. So if you have a multi sensor, or anything with more than one display tile, the first in the main will be shown only. The old app used to allow you to tap a small circle in each tile to set it as the default tile. Now, that option is gone. I will be putting together some alternative devicetypes for the new ones to display other tiles in the multitile view. For example: Moisture sensor shows dry/wet as the default, but frankly I really want to see the temp setting. This was possible in old app, now impossible with the updated devicetype. I will make available one that shows temp as the default. Same thing for multi sensors. If you want to fix these your self, the new devicetyp…