Controlling devices in the house when the wifi goes down?

[moreno5 (Andy Moreno)]

Hi Guys,

I had an issue the other day in the house when the internet went down so of course the Hub went “Offline”. Is their a way of controlling the devices if the internet goes down? Surely the Hub must work locally for most Z-Wave devices?

Thanks!

[TheBearMay (Jean May Jr)]

Depending on the hub version some local processing can happen, but manual control of the devices requires an internet connection. Capabilities are discussed at: https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/209979766-Local-processing

[JDRoberts]

The hub will work locally for Z wave devices with locally eligible device type handlers. But the only code which can run locally at the present time is the official smart lighting feature and a few bits of smart home monitor.

As @TheBearMay Mentioned, you will not be able to use the mobile app to control anything if the smartthings cloud is not available. And you will not be able to arm/disarm smart home monitor or change the mode unless you have the ADT/Smartthings model of the hub.

The following wiki article should be of interest (the topic title is a clickable link)

How to: Planning for Outages

Some of us have been trying to figure out how to approach an FAQ on what works during outages, and it just isn’t possible because there are too many tiny details that matter. So if you need help coming up with a plan for dealing with outages, just start your own thread under projects and describe your exact setup and there will be lots of people who will be glad to help you brainstorm a solution for your specific needs. https://community.smartthings.com/c/projects-stories Make sure you specify which hub you have, because there are some important differences. In particular, the now discontinued ADT/SmartThings security panel has a number of features that the other SmartThings models do not with regard to dealing with outages. Also, it helps if you can indicate what kind of budget you wi…

[moreno5 (Andy Moreno)]

Ok, thanks guys I will take a look at the other thread.

At present it is a Smartthings button which is used in two places…the garage and a spare room. Both were down as the internet went down. Just seems silly that all three devices are in the house so why would the box not control it with a valid wifi connection.