Thanks all,
finally got it working. I have absolutely no idea how 
but used some materials from @blebson who used a smartapp to configure and setup the device. once this was done I could have the ST send the hubaction commands correctly.
Thanks all,
finally got it working. I have absolutely no idea how
but used some materials from @blebson who used a smartapp to configure and setup the device. once this was done I could have the ST send the hubaction commands correctly.