Smart Things in Mexico City?

[Joaquin]

Hello. Do you know if the smart things hub works in Mexico City?

[tgauchat (ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)]

It definitely “works”… ActionTiles has a lot of customers in Mexico .

The biggest problem might be voltage incompatibility with mains powered Things.

I’m not sure which of UK or US Hub is better choice (Z-Wave frequency vs. shipping, etc.).

Best to avoid Z-Wave issues by using ZigBee and WiFi and Cloud devices only.

[JDRoberts]

US zwave frequency ( technically North American zwave frequency), same as US voltage, but the grounding is sometimes different so not all mains powered electrical devices from the US will work in all areas in Mexico. But most will work. See the following:

Recommended In-Wall Switches (Mexico)

Hello Everybody! I’m new at HA and Smartthings but I most say I’m impressed on how easy it was to set everything up and start doing things. Now my mind started to wonder all the stuff that could be accomplished and it got me into a bit of a dilema so I would like to ask the suggestions from the more experienced users. I’, checking out prices and deciding if I should go the way of Philips Hue or put In-Wall switches but if switches are the way, which ones would your recommend? I have some “3 way” switches, like some stairs which you con turn on at the bottom or at the top of them. I also have a couple of them that have 3 rockers for controlling 3 different sets of lights. SO which way to go and if In-Wall is the better option, which models wold ou recommend for 3 way, 3 rockers and some …

Zwave Devices are very popular in Mexico, I don’t see any reason not to use them with the US model of the SmartThings hub except for the grounding issue that I mentioned, and that only affects some individual devices. All the battery powered Z wave devices, for example, should be fine as long as they’re on the North American frequency.

@doitor is in Mexico and may have more to add.

[doitor (jorge juaristi)]

Hi, Joaquin.
Like JDRoberts says I live in Mexico right no the border with the US. I´ve been slowly building a system in my house and so far no problems. My electrician did blew 1 dimmer trying to figure it out, but once he got it right, everything else was straight forward.
I have GE dimmers and switches, motion sensors (8), two Schlage door locks, the Ring doorbell, a myQ garaje door opener, sensors on all Windows and doors ( both interior and exterior) and the cuby a/c controller (which is the only device not integrated to smarttings) it makes our life a lot easier.
I bought all the gear online and on the US.
If I can help you in any way, let me know.
Im actually visiting Mexico city in 2 weeks for the F1 grand prix.
I actually have an extra versión 2 hub, if you are interested Ill let if go for a discount Price since its just collecting dust.

[CarlosZ28 (Carlos)]

Hola

Soy de Matamoros Tamaulipas ,México. Acabo de adquirir el kit Smartthings Hub , ya lo conecte a la red y energía eléctrica, la luz está en color verde , y al momento de ingresar el código me dice que está mal

Alguien me podría ayudar, o saber si este Hub v2 kit funciona en México

Saludos

[Joaquin]

Hola, yo lo tengo instalado en Querétaro y si funciona en México.

saludos

[CarlosZ28 (Carlos)]

me podrias guiar para hacerlo funcionar

el paquete que tengo es el F-MN-KIT-US-2 Home monitoring Kit

[Joaquin]

Hola Jorge:

Con gusto te apoyaría, pero la verdad es que no sabría que decirte si al poner el código te dice que es incorrecto.

El modelo que yo tengo es el F-MN-KIT-US-1.

[Brad_ST (Brad)]

Por favor mira: https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/200293129-How-do-I-reset-my-Welcome-Code-