Can Aeotec Smart Home Hub be connected to Homebridge?

[joulupukki (Boyd Timothy)]

I had a SmartThings hub (Classic) and had it connected to a number of light switches. I also had it connected to Homebridge running on a Raspberry Pi device and that’s how I was able to (fairly easily) connect it up with Apple’s HomeKit so that I could control all of the devices in my house via HomeKit.

I kept receiving notices that I needed to upgrade to the Aeotec Smart Home Hub and so I did. It’s the Aeotec Smart Home Hub v3 (as printed on the box’s packaging). I’ve been able to add a few (but not all) of the light switches to the new hub.

What I can’t seem to figure out how to do is to connect the Aeotec Smart Home Hub to Homebridge. Is this supported? Has anyone been successful in doing that?

[jkp]

Yes, homebridge will work. You are going to need to set it up again. Not sure which smartapp you were using. I use the following:

[RELEASE] Homebridge SmartThings v2.0

[RELEASE] Homebridge SmartThings v2.0 I’m happy to release the new version of my homebridge-smartthings-tonesto7 Changes Plugin Completely rewrote the entire plugin using modern javascript structure. The code is now much cleaner, easier to update/maintain, and easier for others to follow. This translates into a faster/leaner and way more stable plugin than previous versions. The plugin now uses the Homebridge Dynamic platform API, meaning it no longer requires a restart of the Homebridge service for device changes to occur. The plugin now utilizes the device cache on service restart to prevent losing all of your devices when the plugin fails to start for an extended period of time. It will now remove devices no longer selected under SmartThings. Introduced an all-new…

As for the switches you can not get connected to the hub, what brand and model? If they are z-wave, try a z-wave exclusion on them and then try to pair them. To exclude, go to the Devices section, click on the Home icon in the upper left of the screen, select All devices and locate your new hub and open it, then select the 3 dots in the upper right of the screen and choose z-wave utilities. You can exclude z-wave devices from other hubs.

[Bry (Bryan)]

@jkp

To exclude, go to the Devices section, click on the Home icon

Guessing that’s for IOS. If you are on the Android app, then go to Devices, but select the Rooms drop-down menu to find “All Devices”.

[jkp]

Noted will just refer to it as menu from now on or side menu

[joulupukki (Boyd Timothy)]

Ok, I have more time to look into it this afternoon. The Homebridge-SmartThings-v2 plugin wants an App URL, App ID, and App Token and says, “To get this information, open Homebridge (SmartThings) SmartApp in your SmartThings Classic Mobile App, and tap on ‘View Configuration Data for Homebridge’”

The Classic Mobile App no longer functions on my iPhone. I can’t find this same information in the new SmartThings app for iPhone. Am I looking at the wrong thing?

[jkp]

Look on the Add Smartapp section or the Automations section at the bottom of the screen. Sorry, I installed before the latest app update so not sure which one for you to look… it will be one of the two. Probably add smartapp to configure and once you do, it will appear in the Automations section after.

[joulupukki (Boyd Timothy)]

If I go to the “Add SmartApp” section of the app, I get a list with the following:

Severe Weather Alert
Enhanced Auto Lock Door
Ready for Rain
Smart LIghting
Color Coordinator
Keep me Cozy
Thermostat Mode Director
Smart Windows
Speaker Companion
Door Knocker
SmartSense by Idaho Farm Bureau

I don’t see Homebridge anything inside the app.

[jkp]

Enable developer mode then look

FAQ: Did we lose the ability to add custom smartapps after the app update of June 2021?

To add Developer mode to the ST app… login into the developer site first at This link Then in the ST app go to Menu > settings Press down on the “About SmartThngs” field The background color changes to a darker shade as you are pressing and about 5 seconds later the background changes to white so you stop pressing at that point. Then scroll down to see developer mode at the bottom of that screen.

[joulupukki (Boyd Timothy)]

Ah ha! That was the issue. I think I have it all working. Now I just need to get the rest of my devices connected and should be back to normal again. Thank you so much for steering me the right direction!