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

[farlicimo]

@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.

Lost events? (October 2023)

I have recently (roughly the past month) noticed that I have intermittent cases where events from sensors appear to be lost and thus don’t trigger an automation. I can’t be sure its just these types of devices, but I have found it happening on contact sensors Visonic MCT-340E and motion sensor Bosch ISW-ZPR1-WP13. In all cases I have noticed the open/motion is caught but the close/no motion is missed. Both Zigbee type devices that have been very good for many years. They even survived the platform transition and kept working great. The Bosch have a tendency to stop registering motion every 6 months or so, yet keep tracking temp, but that is wholesale. It either is working or its not and a power cycle brings them back. I have like 8 contact and at least 3 motion sensors of these types so i…