Hello all! So I’m brand new to the SmartThings community (well i’ve been a lurker for some time lol) but am now registered and am super excited to contribute as much as possible! I ordered my v2 hub a few days ago and am eagerly awaiting it to arrive. In the meantime, I’m in the middle of planning …

I have a similar setup as yours — a 3-gang box for the street-side lamp, front porch, and front entry. If you have a HOA that requires the street-side lamp to be on at sunset thru sunrise, then I WOULD NOT recommend ST to “smartify” that light. The system is too unreliable for that light to be tur…

I agree with @elf . Determine your use case. If it is just on a timer a semi smart switch is probably good enough and often cheaper that a zwave one. I have a bunch of the $12 motion switches in my house in areas where I only need motion triggers (bathroom/closets)

[image] JDRoberts: And instant status update is definitely faster, but not so much faster that it will matter for most use cases. Without instant status, it might be three or four seconds. Maybe as much as 15. With instant status, it’s intended to be between 300 and 500 ms. Ahh ok, thanks @…

Just to be clear, all three reporting options: One) “hail” (the Lutron patent method, licensed by Leviton and Cooper) " Association" Three) and “central scenes” are Z wave command sets which the manufacturer of the switch has included in its firmware. You can’t add them yourself later. Typica…

Ahhh ok, this makes sense, thanks again! While I don’t know how their methods differ yet, I’ll definitely use http://products.z-wavealliance.org/ as a reference while deciding which way to go.

[image] Simmeltron: Ahhh ok, this makes sense, thanks again! While I don’t know how their methods differ yet, I’ll definitely use http://products.z-wavealliance.org/ as a reference while deciding which way to go. I’m tired now, but the following thread explains more about the different method…

Beautiful, thanks! Yep I’m fading too… going to give this a read tomorrow. Night all and take care!

[image] Simmeltron: I am curious though as to why you say that you’re not confident ST would get the lights turned on every day? Just more complex system so higher chance of something going wrong? Or something else? Of course, 100% reliability probably doesn’t exist in the HA world, but the S…

Gotcha @elf , that makes sense. One thing that I have had in the forefront of my planning was the concept of local vs remote management dependencies. As I understand it, certain devices like the GE z-wave switches were local devices, so even if my wifi went down or the ST online servers were hiccupin…

[image] Simmeltron: Gotcha @elf , that makes sense. One thing that I have had in the forefront of my planning was the concept of local vs remote management dependencies. As I understand it, certain devices like the GE z-wave switches were local devices, so even if my wifi went down or the ST onli…

Looking for advice on my first project: entryway smart lighting

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I’m tired now, but the following thread explains more about the different methods:

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Looking for advice on my first project: entryway smart lighting

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