Here is an Edge driver that will enable end-users to create virtual devices that run locally on-hub. UPDATED JULY 2023… Features: Supports the following virtual device types: A/C, air quality, alarm, Alexa switch, battery, CO2 level, contact, door, energy, fan, garage door, illuminance, Level/d…

@TAustin I’ve been noticing a new issue with virtual contact sensors (with embedded switches). Note, this is not for Alexa integrations. Sometimes the contact sensor will open or close but the switch component will not turn on or off in sync. This is particularly puzzling because my routines gener…

@TAustin I made it happen again and I don’t think the setting itself is changing, at least not from what I can see in the Smartthings app. I had 2 routines that could on occasion run at the same time. Both were set to “turn on” the momentary. It seems that this can be what switches the revert behav…

If you can reproduce the problem, it would be helpful to see the driver activity logs. Do you have the SmartThings CLI?

I have noticed in the passed week that occasionally device state changes are being ignored by SmartThings. If these lost state changes happen, they can cause these kind of nasty problems. When you look at history, are you seeing the changes you would expect for both the momentary button and switch…

Hi @TAustin , I am using your vEdge Creator driver for some automations I have over my home and I find that is not working 100% of the time. This is not a big deal in the cases where is a button that I am pressing which is triggering the automation. In those cases I notice it, then I press the butto…

You may not have seen the earlier discussion regarding Alexa triggering, so the first thing I’d ask is did you create the SEPARATE contact device for your Alexa switch? You have to go into device Settings to enable it. The built-in contact is no longer reliable as an Alexa trigger; it needs to be …

This is a SmartThings platform issue you should take up on another community topic.

Yes, sorry if I wasn’t clear. In the settings of the virtual switch I have selected Separate Contact and the automation in Alexa is being triggered by the contact sensor. Yesterday I noticed that the switch was Active, while the contact sensor was closed. Could it be the cause? That they get unsync…

If they are getting out of synch, that indicates to me that the SmartThings platform is dropping device state updates, which is a serious reliability issue. So yes, if they are out of synch that would cause your trigger to fail. If this is happening to you regularly, or especially if you can inten…

[image] TAustin: SmartThings platform is dropping device state updates Ruh-roh. . .this sounds a lot like what I just posted about. My post wasn’t about the virtual devices, but sounds like the same root cause. [image] Lost events? (October 2023) Support I have rec…

[ST Edge] vEdge Creator: a virtual device generator for end users

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[ST Edge] vEdge Creator: a virtual device generator for end users

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