FAQ: Limits and Guardrails (max # of automations, devices, etc)

[rontalley]

I was over 300 devices before I realized that there was a 300 device limit where I couldn’t select devices in automations that landed on the 2nd page of devices in the IDE.

Now considering ~300 devices and each custom rule “action” is a behavior which is now set to 250…, I feel like this again:

Living in Fear as a SmartThings User (Jan 2019)

I need to say this because I am sure I am not the only one who lives in constant fear of SmartThings breaking and/or breaking for good. My main issue is the thought of being forced to use the New SmartThings App. It is, in my strong opinion, 100 steps backwards. The main reason why I chose SmartThings is because of the vast number of custom apps that allow for “Things” to be integrated into SmartThings that are not officially supported. I understand that this causes issues with the reliability of SmartThings as a whole but again for me, that was the attraction. I have been seeing more and more threads with people having issues with the Classic App. I am one of those people as well. My Things Tab no longer loads. My SmartApp Tab loads 60% of the time. Stuff randomly stops working. I recei…

I guess now is a good time to start moving more of my devices over to Hubitat and re-create my rules there and just use ST to monitor.

I’ll gladly pay ST to drop the limits on my account and allow me to keep all of my custom automations! However, if the writing is on the wall, I’m not going to wait until the bottom falls out.

The below Piston is just one (1) light! How many freaking behaviors are in it?!?!? Everything doesn’t run at once so it’s not that taxing. What’s the point of “Modes” if each Automation counts against you? Hopefully I’m misunderstanding this entire concept.