GE Remote (45600 or 45633) with Honeywell VAM

[JDRoberts]

Glad it was helpful!

As for protocol selection, some people use all Z wave devices, some use all zigbee devices, some choose based on each specific need.

There’s an article in the community – created wiki on the pros and cons of each:

http://thingsthataresmart.wiki/index.php?title=Z-wave_versus_Zigbee

Discussion of how SmartThings manages local processing in the following thread:

Local Processing in Hub V2

Continuing the discussion from What's the deal with Nest?: Correct. I was answering this question below in the global sense. i.e., There will always be the possibility of various benefits available to Official Device Handlers and SmartApps that are not available to un-certified Community Developed ones. At the moment, the local processing benefit is inapplicable to Nest in either case. I’m not sure ST has guaranteed that community developed SmartApps/Device Types will be included in local processing right after certification. Yes, it may be included down the road, and this is not yet clear on how or what the process is to enable community developed stuffs to run locally.