Shelly Device Handlers for Hubitat

Evilborg · July 17, 2022, 4:30am

Are you setting up the shelly device to send the open/close status ? If so you need to create a virtual device then add the marker api url to the devices settings page.

wmhashmi · July 17, 2022, 10:09pm

I followed the steps exactly as per the github page:

Navigate to your Hubitat's IP address in your web browser
Click Devices
Click the Add Virtual Device button
Enter a Device Name and Device Label for the Shelly module
Select the appropriate device handler from the "User" section in the "Type" menu
Click the "Save Device" button
Enter valid settings for any field marked with an asterisk. For example: Shelly As A Switch, for use with a Shelly 2.5 relay. Enter valid values for IP address and Relay Channel (choices will be o or 1 for the Shelly 2.5). Note: For the Shelly 2.5, you will set up a second instance of the device handler for the second relay channel.
Click Save Preferences

But I'm not seeing any details in the current states section:

I guess I'm missing the step where I enter the maker api to the url in the devices settings page but I dont see where/how to do this:

This is my preferences view:

And this is the device info:

Any idea what I've missed or done incorrectly?

wmhashmi · July 17, 2022, 10:10pm

Forgot to mention that in the Maker API app I did add the device to the list:

Evilborg · July 17, 2022, 10:28pm

marker api urls go in here

wmhashmi · July 17, 2022, 11:13pm

Oh I see, thanks. Is this the webhooks section? My UI looks a little different:

So I'm guessing I should create 2: one for 'when switch is on' and one for 'when switch is off' and then it will pass the state through to HE?

Also, what URL should I put into each one? And what is the 'active time' setting?

Evilborg · July 17, 2022, 11:29pm

I thought you said it was shelly 2.5 -- anyways yes I think that's the same thing now just a different format.

The url generated from Marker API

Between the hours of ___ and ___ -- the default is 24 hours or all day

wmhashmi · July 17, 2022, 11:46pm

Sorry this is probably painful for you

Where do I get the Maker API Url? Is it one of the ones listed in my post earlier?

Evilborg · July 17, 2022, 11:57pm

yes

wmhashmi · July 18, 2022, 12:16am

I tried this and it's not working. What am I doing wrong? (access token has been changed to x just for the screenshot)

Evilborg · July 18, 2022, 2:00am

have no idea... never used it this way as the driver automatically refreshes its current device states already.

tomw · July 18, 2022, 2:21am

If you visit the off and on URLs in your web browser does it work? I'd start there to make sure things are working correctly on the Hubitat side.

wmhashmi · July 18, 2022, 6:52am

Your device states in Hubitat show/refresh without having to add the Maker API URLs directly to the shelly device settings?

Evilborg · July 18, 2022, 11:54am

of course -- have you not even tried the driver yet?

wmhashmi · July 18, 2022, 6:49pm

I thought I was using the same driver? Here’s what it says in the device details page:

That’s the right driver isn’t it?

Evilborg · July 18, 2022, 8:49pm

I think you are confused.... are you using the external temp monitor add-on as a switch? If not then all that maker API stuff does not apply to you...

wmhashmi · July 18, 2022, 9:16pm

I’m definitely very confused

The module is a shelly plus 1. In another switch I’ve got a shelly plus 1pm. Both are using the driver shown in the screenshot in previous post and both don’t show their state. They can be turned on and off from within the device page in Hubitat so control of them from Hubitat in that way is working - but not if I try to add them into dashboard tiles.

Hopefully whatever i’m doing wrong is an easy fix. Any ideas?

Evilborg · July 18, 2022, 9:59pm

I figured so...

If you have the PLUS devices AKA Gen2 then you need to use this driver Hubitat-Drivers/PLUS at master · ShellyUSA/Hubitat-Drivers · GitHub

I'm pretty sure you are using the old GEN1 driver.

You need to start reading better as everything is clearly stated on the github repo.

Evilborg · July 18, 2022, 10:21pm

I have changed the driver and filename to ShellyPlus.groovy

Seeing that the PLUS devices use the same coding only 1 file is needed for all the new GEN2 Shelly devices. Please update as soon as possible.

github.com

ShellyUSA/Hubitat-Drivers/blob/master/PLUS/ShellyPlus.groovy

/**
 *
 *  Shelly PLUS Driver
 *
 *  Copyright © 2018-2019 Scott Grayban
 *  Copyright © 2020 Allterco Robotics US
 *
 *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 *  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
 *  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 *  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
 *
 * Hubitat is the Trademark and intellectual Property of Hubitat Inc.
 * Shelly is the Trademark and Intellectual Property of Allterco Robotics Ltd
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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wmhashmi · July 18, 2022, 11:26pm

Oh dear, I usually read the instructions very carefully and multiple times as I work through them so not sure how I missed the section specific to the plus modules.

I'm so sorry for wasting your time, and thank you again for all your effort helping to resolve this, it's much appreciated.

I've added the right driver code and removed then re-added the devices with the new code. The 'current states' section on the device page in HE is looking much healthier now with lots of info.

I've noticed that when I turn the switches on or off the state of the switch doesn't update. I can see in the preferences section that the 'device refresh rate' is set to 'manual or polling only' so assuming this is why. I have fewer than 50 shelly devices so I was going to pick the 'poll every minute' option so that the state is regularly updated for use in motion lighting rules and so it reflects correctly on the dashboard.

Just curious why the state doesn't get updated automatically every time there's a change like other devices? And is there a way to make these plus modules do this? My shelly dimmers show state changes immediately for example.

Evilborg · July 19, 2022, 7:27am

Because you need to setup the marker api urls and set them in the webhooks for the device or you are stuck at every minute.

Are you using the hubitat driver for those? If so they are setup completely different then how I code my drivers.