Hi, My v2 hub has arrived and I am itching to install it but have a couple of hopefully staright forward questions:-
How does a second hub appear in the smartthings App. Does it just appear under favourites and do I have to rename them both in order to identify which is which?
When disconnecting existing devices and pairing them with the second hub, how do I know that I am pairing with the new hub rather than the existing one. Do I need to power down the V3 hub temporarily until all devices are installed on the second v2 hub?
Finally in order to ensure the best coverage the second hub is going i the loft space above the living areas and closer to the sensors that keep dropping off. I need to power the hub which I could do with some quite fiddly work to get a feed to the location. Has anyone had success in powering a smartthings hub using POE? There are POE injectors like these and splitters like these which would allow me to power the hub over the ethernet. the splitter drops the 48v provided by the injector to 5v. The only issue I see is they only work at 10/100 network speed but I assume the ethernet in the v2 hub is only 10/100.
You will have the opportunity to name it and enable adding it to favorites when adding the hub. If you skip over it, it is easy to identify as there will be no devices attached to it when you click on the hub tile.
You will be prompted to select which hub to add it for directly connected devices.
POE - yes you can use POE on a V2 hub. I have been doing it for years with my V2. I can’t currently review the choices you posted.
Yes! Another vote for POE. I used a POE splitter and a POE-enabled switch. Worked like a charm–and provides a way to reboot the hub when it goes wonky. I also have my ONT/router/managed switches connected to a UPS, which keeps the hub online with power outages. Assuming the Internet connection is up, you can at least control devices that still have power. Add to that a KeepConnect to assure the network is up and you have a setup that’s pretty bullet-proof when spending a lot of time away from that location. (KeepConnect allows you to remotely initiate a re-boot, should you think the hub is out to lunch.)
Yes I too have been using a POE splitter connected to my Ubiquiti switch for about 2 years with no issues on my V2 hub. I can reboot the hub via the switch plus the switch is connected to a UPS so they stay active. This is the one I use. POE10R | PoE Splitter | TP-Link
Many thanks @Barkis Good to hear its working well for you. Thanks for the tip on KeepConnect I don’t know if they are available in the UK but will investigate further. I suffer from lots of temporary power outages some only for a few seconds and the ISP Fibre gateway never reboots properly so this may be a solution to that
Many thanks @cavallino47.
When searching the web for POE injectors and Smartthings, I came across another thread on this forum who also advocates use of the same TP-Link POE Splitter. They are not much more expensive than the version I linked to and as I have TP-Link EAP 245 mesh around the house and plan to get a TP-Link Omada router its seems sensible to stick with the same brand.
@FozzieBear I choose that one as it has a selectable DC power output. That makes it flexible if I wanted to use it for another device. To date I have 5 IoT hubs connected via POE and these splitters.
Can a helpful soul please explain to a simpleton like me how such a POE splitter is used for a ST Hub?
Does the POE splitter provide combined 5V power and network connection via one ethernet cable into the ST Hub, or would you need both power and ethernet cables from the splitter (i.e. 2 cables)?
