diff --git a/devicetypes/capabilities/window-shade-capability.src/window-shade-capability.groovy b/devicetypes/capabilities/window-shade-capability.src/window-shade-capability.groovy
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+/**
+ *  Copyright 2015 SmartThings
+ *
+ *  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.
+ *
+ */
+metadata {
+	definition (name: "Window Shade Capability", namespace: "capabilities", author: "SmartThings") {
+		capability "Window Shade"
+	}
+
+	// simulator metadata
+	simulator {
+		// status messages
+		status "closing": "windowShade:closing"
+        status "close": "windowShade:close"
+		status "open": "windowShade:open"
+        status "opening": "windowShade:opening"
+        status "partially open": "windowShade:partially open"
+        status "unknown": "windowShade:unknown"
+
+		// reply messages
+		reply "closing": "windowShade:closing"
+        reply "close": "windowShade:close"
+		reply "open": "windowShade:open"
+        reply "opening": "windowShade:opening"
+        reply "partially open": "windowShade:partially open"
+        reply "unknown": "windowShade:unknown"
+	}
+
+	// UI tile definitions
+	tiles {
+		standardTile("windowShade", "device.windowShade", width: 2, height: 2, canChangeIcon: true) {
+            state "close", label: '${name}', action: "windowShade.close", backgroundColor: "#000000", nextState: "opening"
+			state "closing", label: '${name}', action: "windowShade.close", backgroundColor: "#00039a", nextState: "closed"
+			state "open", label: '${name}', action: "windowShade.open", backgroundColor: "#ffffff", nextState: "closing"
+            state "opening", label: '${name}', action: "windowShade.open", backgroundColor: "#ffedc2", nextState: "open"
+            state "partially open", label: '${name}', action: "windowShade.partially open", backgroundColor: "#0a5eff"
+            state "unknown", label: '${name}', action: "windowShade.unknown", backgroundColor: "#ffa500"
+		}
+		main "windowShade"
+		details "windowShade"
+	}
+}
+
+def parse(String description) {
+	def pair = description.split(":")
+	createEvent(name: pair[0].trim(), value: pair[1].trim())
+}
+
+def open() {
+	'open'
+}
+
+def close() {
+	'close'
+}
+
+def presetPosition() {
+    'partially open'
+}