Adding Wemo

[lafoxmd (Larry)]

So, I am unable to get my WeMo switches to connect to ST. The app is not seeing them when in discovery mode. I have two of the WeMo switches and one of the Insight Switches but neither are being recognized. I went to Marketplace > Lights & Switches > Switches & Dimmers > Belkin and selected the WeMo switch > Connect Now, but it is not recognized.

I searched this community but only found problems with WeMo staying connected.

Any thoughts? What am I doing wrong? Do I need the WeMo app?

Thanks.

Edit: I followed the instructions at https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/200927210-How-to-connect-Belkin-WeMo-devices

[bobbles (Bob)]

I got my WeMo Switch and insight to connect as follows:-
Pair the devices to the WeMo app.
I then gave mine a fixed IP address on my router using dhcp reservation. You don’t need to do this though.
I then downloaded the WeMo Connect device handler. But again you shouldn’t have to do this.
Then discovered them as you have already said.
BUT you should be able to discover them after you have paired the devices to your WeMo app.

[ule]

Hi @lafoxmd, you can try to install Enhanced Wemo Connect app and the devices, its works for me and fix some problems of the original wemo connect.

Of course first install the wemo with the belkin app

[RELEASE] Enhanced Wemo (Connect)

Hi, this is a new Wemo attempt to get a working wemo devices. The principal problem with Lan devices like wemo is the timer problem from ST, lan devices need the subscription to known the status, every time a change occurs in the device , this information its send to ST, but this subscription can be broken, by time or by problems in device. If the device is overloaded with request it can restart the config and lost the subscriptions, a new subscription must to received. If a subscription finish, because every subscription have a time limit, a new subscription must to be received. Then if ST timers fails, no new subscription is sent to wemo and no status its received. The secondary problem its a change in ip or port from device, most of the time a lan device like wemo retains the port and…

[lafoxmd (Larry)]

Thank you. I eventually got things added to ST. The WeMo app was troublesome - my last switch would not be listed. I had to delete and reinstall the app, then add the last switch.

Thanks again.