debrucq
(Andreas de Brucq)
September 27, 2015, 6:02pm
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Does any one know if the US smart things shield works with the UK version V2 Hub? Have tried to find out how the smart things shield comunicates with the Hub but not sure
ogiewon
September 27, 2015, 6:06pm
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The ThingShield uses Zigbee to communicate. I believe Zigbee is the same in UK as the US. Z-Wave uses a different frequency.
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debrucq
(Andreas de Brucq)
September 27, 2015, 6:10pm
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Thank you, will get one then and try it out to see it I manage to get it connected.
Yep, zigbee is the same everywhere.
Check out the following topic for more info on how community members are using it:
1/16/16 - Updated to reflect recent ST IDE nomenclature changes and v2 SmartThings Phone App image.
Just a heads up - The current Arduino IDE 1.6.6 has a bug in it which throws a compiler error (invalid namespace) when trying to build ST_Anything. Please continue to use v1.6.5 until 1.6.7 is released. You can use the latest “Hourly Build” of the 1.6.7 IDE as well, since I have confirmed the bug has been fixed in that version, as of 11/28/15.
I am happy to share with the SmartThings Community a project that my son and I have been working on for the past two weeks - ST_Anything! Our goal was to make it as easy as possible for anyone with some Arduino hardware/software skills to be able to get a new “Device” up and running in a matter of minutes versus hours/days. We have implemented many…
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