Hub Firmware Release Notes - 18.18

[JDRoberts]

@Happytoon

Thanks for the update.

“faster … local automation” ??? what local automation, nothing works locally, all is done in the cloud!!!

At the present time no custom code of any kind can run locally. Routines do not run locally. Disarming/arming smart home monitor does not run locally. The SmartThings mobile app on your phone cannot talk to the hub locally. Anything using “sunrise” or “sunset” times cannot run locally.

However:

Automations created through the official smartlighting feature are eligible to run locally as long as all the devices included in that automation use device type handlers which are available to run locally. And there’s a very small part of smart home monitor which does the same.

There’s no official list of which device type handlers run locally, but there is a community FAQ in this forum:

FAQ: CONFIRMED: Local Processing - Working Device Handlers

Here is a list of the Device Handlers that are confirmed working with local processing (I personally tested that these show up in the “LocalDevice List”) as of Dec 8, 2017: Device Type Run Locally Execute Commands Locally Minimum HubCore Version Aeon Home Energy Meter TRUE FALSE n/a Aeon Illuminator Module TRUE FALSE n/a Aeon Key Fob TRUE FALSE n/a Aeon Minimote TRUE FALSE n/a Aeon Multisensor TRUE FALSE n/a Aeon Multisensor Gen5 TRUE FALSE n/a Aeon Outlet TRUE FALSE n/a Aeon Siren TRUE FALSE n/a Arrival Sensor TRUE FALSE n/a CentraLite Thermostat TRUE FALSE n/a Dimmer Switch TRUE FALSE n/a Fortrezz Water Valve TRUE FALSE n/a GE Link Bulb …

Note that it’s not enough to just be an official integration or even just a stock device type handler. For example, nothing that references a Hue bulb which is attached to the hue bridge can run locally in this sense. It’s just a specific set of stock device type handlers.

So how useful is it? It just depends on what you have set up. You could certainly have SmartThings brand motion sensors triggering GE zwave light switches set up with the official SmartLighting feature and it would continue to work even if your Internet had gone out. But it’s definitely a limited set of devices and features.

https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/209979766-Local-processing

Further community discussion 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.