I got my discounted Aeotec Hub to replace my V1 ST hub that sunsets in June.
I deleted all my devices using the Groovy IDE tool and then deleted my V1 hub from the app.
I installed the new Aeotec Hub which is supposedly a v3 ST hub. Seem to go well until it got to firmware updates and then it just stopped and showed no download for like 30 min.
I restarted the app and went to the hub setting where is say “Don’t Allow” under firmware. When I change it to Allow, it immediately changes back to Don’t Allow.
Any thoughts on why the firmware will not update and why the setting say “Don’t Allow”? FYI, my old V1 hub also said Don’t Allow for firmware.
what is the firmware version on the hub? 35.4 is the current version.
also, the section where you set allow and don’t allow is for Device Firmware and not the hub firmware. Currently, there is no way to prevent firmware updates for the hub. It is a feature many users request.
You may want to contact ST support and ask why it does not appear in IDE. most interesting. The v1 hub should have appeared and I would expect the aeotec would as well.
The firmware toggle is for devices and only allows it to toggle once you have devices attached. The hub will update on its own. My Aeotec did the same thing as yours and after about 45 min, I power cycled it and rebooted the app. It updated again and froze a second time. When I cycled it again, it worked fine then.
Side note, I got everything attached and working again, however under Smart Home Monitor, it forces me to use all door sensors. Last time I was able to choose which sensors. Any ideas why I can’t choose which sensors this time and any workarounds (I couldn’t find any in IDE)? Is it the hub??
When you click on them, it shows the list of sensors. no way to toggle on or off and if you click them it takes you to their individual device page. From there, the only options are edit and information and edit only changes the name/room. I was able to do it on the gen 1 hub, not now. I think its a aeotec hub issue, I don’t think it can distinguish them and its all or nothing now.
That sounds like the ‘View sensors’ page in STHM. You’d think that would be the obvious place to edit the list of sensors, but bizarrely no.
First you must hit the settings cog on the STHM opening page to open ‘Setup SmartThings Home Monitor’.
Then you must realise that ‘Security’ is not just a label for the toggle but also actually an item in a menu and click on it.
Then you must select e.g. ‘Set up Armed (Away) sensors’, which has to be a menu item as it can’t be anything else.
Then you must deselect the toggle next to the ‘Use all open/close sensors’ label, if it is selected.
Then if you are lucky you will see blue text under the label mentioned above and guess it is a link. If you are unlucky you will have to guess that the black ‘None selected’ is also a link. Select that and you’ll finally get to the list of sensors.
That worked, thanks! It did not show up as a link and was just black text with the toggle on the right for select all. When I clicked on the black text it allowed me to select which ones. Not very intuitive not being a link. Thanks!
I got help from ST tech support and it was a mismatch between the app and the IDE. All is good and excluding all my ZWave devices was easy with the v3 hub and app. Something I was not able to do with the V1. Got all my legacy GE switches re-added. Even some old GE Link bulbs we use in our bedroom lamps that have been in use for 6 years since we first got ST added back easily.
I will add that that if you are a V1 user, use the IDE tool to delete all your devices and then your hub. The v3 hub will take care of the ZWave exclusion easier than dealing with it on the V1 hub.
