OK, help me figure this basic math out. 9 garden spots w/ power supply are $63 on Amazon. 3 garden spots (add-on) are $29 on amazon (or $87 for 9). Any advantage to using the add-ons vs simply purchasing 9 more garden spots w/ power supply (beyond potentially running an extension cord)?
Also, does the Color Coordinator smart app work with garden spots?
I have 27 various bulbs from lightify (US Bulbs) and several will turn off and on. No rules or apps tied to them. They are all firmware updated and if they are on the lightify hub they do not do this.
I have tried default device type and custom device type. Right now I only have 1 on smartthings and it turned on several times last night.
Zigbee network seems stable. They always turn on and off properly. Have 5 of the power outlets spread around the house.
Usually you only see this with bulbs that haven’t had their firmware updated. Have you tried checking the logs to see if ST is sending a command to the bulbs?
Another possibility is an issue on the electrical circuit that is causing mini-surges or something.
The lightify app isn’t showing any firmware updates. I updated them all a week ago.
I moved the bulb to another part of the house. It happened twice again. Deleted the bulb and set it on a shelf. Plugged a new one in and same thing randomly turned on in a few hours.
So now I am doing 2 things. There are 27 bulbs on the lightify hub right now. So I am adding the old bulb into the lightify hub. To see if it does it on that network.
I had them all on Smart Things But I couldn’t have lights popping off and on at night.
I am also running IDE live log and hoping I can catch whatever is going on the smartthings hub.
From the list events of the device I just get a Switch On event.
Anyone seen the lightify dimmer switches? They seem to be new.
They look like they’re Zigbee devices made by centralite. There’s a community device type but it’s not fully functional yet apparently.
I’m useless when it comes to writing code, but keeping my fingers crossed others that are better at it than me can work it out. I haven’t found any other device that fits over a (dumb) light switch like this one does.
I have 7 of them. Work great on the lightify hub. As stated not quite baked for smartthings. So nice as they cover the existing switches to keep people from turning lights off manually. Especially for those of us without neutral wires.
Interesting find last night. I’m still trying to 100% verify.
But it appears only the fixed dimmable but non tunable lightify bulb is randomly turning on.
So on the lightify hub everything works fine and nothing turns on randomly. with both kinds of bulbs.
On the Smartthings hub 2 of the dimmable (not tunable) bulbs randomly turn on in multiple light sockets. Usually once an hour. Sometimes they go for 8 hours. Very intermittent. Nothing in the IDE logs other than they switch on.
and 2 of the Tunable bulbs have never turned on by themselves.
Have flipped them between sockets. Deleted them, reset the bulbs. re-added with different names. Always the same results.
Can anyone else confirm they have a Tunable lightify bulb that randomly turns on. Or is it just the dimmable ones?
I’ll update once I test some more after work tonight.
They are all current with firmware, from the lightify hub.
So just starting out with smartthings. Bought bunch of tune able bulbs and non tune able at lowes. Few questions:
1- with smart bulbs, I assume you always need to leave light switch in on position and let smartthings app control it correct?
2- from my testing seems if the light switch is hit it will reset the tune able lights settings ex dim and color range?
3- if true is it mainly just getting use to using app and just try not to use the switch? Any type of cover or lock people use to block themselves or train from switches.
4- Are zwave switches better then bulbs in the long run? Do they allow the app and switches to work simultaneous?
You need to always have power to the smart bulbs. But there are various switch alternatives. People handle this issue in many different ways. For example, at my own house, voice is the primary way for controlling lights via the Amazon echo and then we use the Phillips hue dimmer switches as a parallel means of control. Different things work for different households. The following thread discusses many different options:
People tend to have very strong opinions on the bulbs versus switches discussion, but the truth is there is no one right answer. Different things work for different households. Some people use only smart switches, some use only smart bulbs, some use a combination. The following thread is a good place to start to see the various arguments and opinions:
I think the insecure rejoin is enabled by default. The option to disable it is fairly new in response to the potential security hole.
I think the worst is that if the lights coming on is the result of them reconnecting in this manner, then they’ll simply drop-off the ST network and you’ll have to reset them and re-connect.
1/3. Yes power has to stay on for the bulbs. They make child covers for switches that would work. You can still flip them with a pen from the side but not too easily
Yes that is correct. There is a custom device type that should be able to fix that though. On my to do list.
Zwave switches are the most cost effective in my eyes as you can use regular bulbs. And the bulb status is updated if someone flips the switch. However in some cases smart bulbs have advantages as you can have bulbs turn off and on individually. So if you have 4 bulbs in a fan. With smart bulbs you can only turn on 1 or 2 or 4. Or if you have colored bulbs you could change each to a different color. More flexibility.
Lightify makes a great switch that covers your normal switch. Works great with their lightify hub. Some great people on this forum are trying to get it to work. Unfortunately they have hit a stumbling block. But they are still working on it.
My house does not have neutral wires. So… Zwave switches will not work. That’s the path I was going to go. But since rewiring would have been cost prohibitive. I am going the smart bulb route.
Also make sure to update the firmware on your bulbs as well. If you read up a few posts you can see the issue I am working on with the non tunable bulbs.
My opinions. Noticed some other people have replied as I typed this. Equally valid.