Oh, and I almost forgot: super LAN connect!
This is a new feature introduced into the SmartThings platform about a month ago and causes it to do autodiscovery on every device connected to the same network. It was a disaster at my house because we have three housemates each with their own devices, not all of which were intended to come into the SmartThings account. But in any case SmartThings would generate a lot of traffic, a lot of noise, and some really weird results if it were on a university dorm network.
Help us test a new way of adding devices!
We are ready to begin beta testing of our next big thing, Super LAN Connect, which provides enhanced LAN-connected devices support. Help us uncover bugs, anomalies and let us know what you did and did not like about the experience.
Requirements for Testing
Must be willing and able to test
Willingness to reset at least 1 LAN device in your home and add it back into your āthingsā list. (not a necessity for participation)
Should have any of the following devices (they are the only ones that are currently supported).
Hue lights
Bose speakers
Samsung speakers
Sonos speakers
Wemo light switches (in wall and plug-in module)
Wemo motion sensor
What to expect
The new Super LAN Connect is a background service that runs on top of the current āAdd Deviceā¦
All, there is a new āfeatureā in the latest mobile app version 2.3.
It is not stated up front, but this new lan discovery automatically adds all discovered devices without the ability to exclude them.
Even after you manually remove something it discovers, simply going back into add a device will add it back in.
Why is this an issue?
Well, smartthings logs everything immediately and you may not be aware a device it quietly added in the background is now logging all its usage to the cloud without your knowledge.
This should be made much more clear to end users and should allow you to add the devices or exclude them, instead they opted to add them all automatically.
Just my two cents.
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