ErnieG
March 13, 2018, 10:40pm
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There are two options. One is the Home Decorators controller which requires installing a controller in the fan canopy. This should give you full control of the lights and fan through ST app and Amazon Echo.
I couldn’t wait any longer for Home Depot to release the Hampton Bay Universal Ceiling Fan/Light Premier Remote Control model#99432 that will sell for $49. And the bottom line is I am glad I didn’t, the SmartThing community finally has a working solution for a single combo device that easily fits under the fan cowl for both 4-speed fan control and light dimming control! Kudos to @ranga for his work on the custom device handler to make it possible for SmartThing users.
Ordering
Instead I ended up ordering the repair parts for $72 including shipping for the Home Decorators Collection Gardinier 52" LED Brushed Nickel Ceiling Fan that has a very similar controller that is also Wink enabled which @Ranga has an alpha version of the necessary custom device handler written and available for dow…
The second option is Bond. It records your remotes rf signal. You can control lights and fan in Bond app and Amazon Echo. For control in ST you would have to use Ifttt.
So my husband stumbled across the Bond Remote Controller. I had to share it. This hub takes your existing remote controlled ceiling fans and makes them smart without any rewiring or the need to purchase z-wave switches for the fan and light. It’s an RF blaster that is programmed using the existing RF or IR remote. They claim integration with SmartThings. It’s set to ship out on Nov 16th and says it’s $99 bucks. To outfit one fan with a fan/light switch individually, iteiukd be about $90 bucks!! For just 1 set of switches. So for about the same price, you can control them all.