Window shades/blinds not appearing in SharpTools

[Martin.Borg]

So, I got SharpTools today and wanted to add window shades/blinds to SharpTools, but was disappointed when I didn’t find them in the adding devices menu. Does anybody know how to fix this?

[James]

Hi @Martin.Borg, welcome to the community. You can add them by following the instructions in the thread below as long as their device handler implements at least Sensor or Actuator capability

SmartThings

How To Authorize Unrecognized Things

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 Th…

Hubitat

How To Authorize Unrecognized Things

Thanks for the feedback! On Hubitat, the process is similar. If you’ve connected Hubitat to SharpTools using the Manage Connections feature on your SharpTools.io user page, you’ll be presented with the list of core supported capabilities. If the device does not implement one of the core capabilities, then you’ll need to manually authorize it in the list of Additional Devices. It will need to implement at least the Actuator or Sensor as noted in my post above. To authorize Additional Devices i…