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You make a good point - and goes to the heart of how I had positioned this automation from the beginning.
The Comfort system is rock solid - I have never experienced an issue with it, it has been reliable for many years.
SmartThings add the capability to do other stuff outside of the core capabilities of Comfort; for me that is getting notifications when stuff happens and making my house smarter, reacting to events (some of which are sourced or managed by Comfort). I don't have a GSM module, so getting notifications via ST works me although there is a dependancy on ST, my broadband etc. The GSM network is vastly more reliable that ST will ever be, but it comes at a price (diluted massively by the huge user base) which we all contribute to.
The newer things Ben and I are working on will inevitably make it more reliable, we are working on a solution in which the Pi is directly connected and powered by Comfort, but (for some tasks) it will still need a broadband connection. We are adding in functionality to directly control and be controlled by third party devices without ST and some basic rules to do so but ST does provide a wide range of functionality and they have a much bigger dev team.
Anyway, all good feedback and it's going to be a trade of each of us make in deciding which routines should be driven by Comfort vs SmartThings.
Thanks,
Matt
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