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- DavidJ - 11-15-2016
I cant answer most of what your asking but thought I\'d just give you my take on Vera vs Smartthings. I initially dumped Smartthings in favor of Vera. I have since had massive problems with Vera\'s include, fundamentally I don\'t think the Z-Wave radio is as powerful (not a lot in it but every couple of meters count). The benefit of the ST app in using include/exclude was a bonus. Vera is also really clunky.When I saw Matt\'s app I immediately got the ST back into use and have slowly phased out the Vera over past three weeks. I\'m now actually enjoying using ST much more so than I did before, I think they may have ironed some bugs and it runs pretty solidly (so far). There is also a very powerful rules engine called Core (which Matt mentioned to me), that alone is a big plus against Vera. I also think its more UK biased (although worryingly I see there are rumours of them pulling out of the UK).With regard to the fibaro relay, and very much like much of ST\'s devices, it relies on the community support. There is a device handler here:https://community.smartthings.com/t/faq-fibaro-fgs-222-relay-installation-guide-how-to-for-beginner/46090I used the Pukahq version, works perfectly.If you need any further help installing it i can try to help, i\'m no guru but can talk you through it.
- lwillerton - 11-16-2016
Thanks David, I have managed to setup another Fibaro 2 x 1.5kw relay working following your instructions.
Now its just getting ST to download the z-wave network to comfort.
Cheers
Lee
PS All fibaro\'s working now ST getting another chance.
- DavidJ - 12-04-2016
This is working rock solid!! In fact even Smartthings seems to be working well :-)Hopefully Matt will get his decorating finished and update to include Responses and set/unset through ST.One thing I did notice is that Comfort only allows one client connection at any one time therefore the Comfort standalone app will not work while Matts App is connected. I\'m sure this is obvious to most.Looking forward to next release but no rush.
- mattbrain - 12-04-2016
Hi David
Thanks for your feedback, and glad it is working out so well for you.
I am close to finishing alarm control and responses - I want to do a little more testing and make some improvements to the user experience, i hope to have it done by end of week if all goes well.
In terms of the UCM - indeed, UCM/Eth and UCM/Eth2 can only support one simultaneous connection and UCM/Eth3 supports two simultaneous connections - someone else has released a windows service which allows many connections via a proxy and I am thinking of similar on the PI but with the added functionality of defining what commands are allowed (to add a later of protection).
I\'ll post an update later this week on the ST work,
Thanks,
Matt
- mattbrain - 12-05-2016
Hi All
Thanks for the patience - I am still knee deep in decorating, but have managed to find time to implement alarm control and responses. It is still a little rough around the edges (for example, all the alarm state conditions aren\'t yet mapped) but it does allow the alarm to be set and unset remotely, as well as the creation of virtual devices for responses.
I have uploaded the code to github in the usual place but haven\'t updated the notes yet. Please replace all the existing devices and smart-app with the new code as well as the alarm.js on the Pi - the configuration file should still be ok, and your existing device configuration (once the devices are upgraded) in SmartThings will still work but discovery is recommended to find and create the alarm control device which allows the alarm to be set / unset and process responses.
The create a response, there is a button in the Bridge device \'Add Response Device\' - clicking this will create a new device called \'ComfortAlarm Response\', open it up and cog allows you to set the \'on\' and \'off\' response code as well as rename it (highly recommended).
At the moment, ST has no knowledge of the response names so you have to know in advance (via configurator) which responses you wish to control.
To manage the alarm, you will need to ensure you have discovered and added the alarm control device which creates a \'Comfort Alarm\' device; in setting cog you can set the PIN to allow remote set and unset (it is stored securely in a password field).
The alarm control allows alarm off, away mode, night mode, day mode and vacation mode and reports on condition although I need to do some work on the UI and refresh rates.
Thanks,
Matt
- DavidJ - 12-08-2016
Superb Matt. Works a treat. Thanks for constant development.
- lwillerton - 12-10-2016
Hi All,
I have been away, but I will take the time over Christmas to investigate a little more with my setup, need to buy a PI.
I have found ST does not work with Z-Wave UCM so had to go back to vera. ST works well with the Harmony Hub for turning TV on, but I now need to move on to looking at more advanced activities.
Just wanted to echo DavidJ\'s comments and say thank you Matt for all your efforts. This could be a game changer.
Best Wishes
Lee
- lwillerton - 12-10-2016
Just thinking ahead...what is the best Pi option to buy? I have seen a starter kit on Amazon for ã42.99.
- slychiu - 12-10-2016
Hi Matt.
Perhaps one day you could bundle together the RPI and uPNP for the users who are not familiar with this stuff or dont have time, and sell it so people could immediately start to get all this working.
I think many people would be interested
- wexfordman - 12-10-2016
[user=1]slychiu[/user] wrote:
Quote:Hi Matt.
Perhaps one day you could bundle together the RPI and uPNP for the users who are not familiar with this stuff or dont have time, and sell it so people could immediately start to get all this working.
I think many people would be interested
I second that :-)