If the Thing implements at least one of the core supported capabilities, it should be available as part of the normal authorization flow. (Eg. Switch, Motion, Lock, Temperature, etc, etc)
The steps below are no longer required as of January 2023. SmartThings shut down their Groovy integrations and SharpTools transitioned to a next-generation integration with SmartThings which naturally authorizes all devices on an account without having to make selections by capability.
If the Thing doesn’t implement one of those core capabilities, you can use the SmartThings mobile app to authorize additional devices which at least implement either Sensor or Actuator capabilities (which almost every device should).
- Open the Samsung SmartThings mobile app
- Choose Automations tab and scroll down to find SmartApps section
- Find SharpTools in the list and tap it 1
- Tap the Next button to see the additional authorization types
- Select your additional devices 2
- Press Done
Now when you refresh SharpTools on your mobile device, the new devices should be available.
After proceeding through the manual authorization flow, the new selections should be automatically synced over to SharpTools.
Do not proceed through the web-based authorization flow again or your manual device selections will get dropped.
Footnotes:
1 When you first open the SharpTools SmartApp, you should see the same list of configuration options that you see during the normal OAuth flow with all of your existing authorizations in tact.
2 You only need to select the additional devices that you want to authorize. Any existing authorizations from the previous screen will stay in tact. It doesn’t hurt to select a device multiple times though.
Sensors are devices which monitor some sort of data and Actuators are devices which have some sort of control capabilities. Many devices will support both of these capabilities (sensing and controlling).
3 In the SharpTools for Android app (Tasker Plugins and Widgets), there will likely not be a device card available for devices which are only available in the ‘Additional Devices’ screen, but you can still use these devices in Tasker and Widgets.