Kidsat Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 Is the Samsung Smart things Hub integrateable with Control 4? It says it is ZigBee. Mostly I ask as the GE ZigBee light switch is compatible and is much cheaper than the Control 4 light switches. Also I would like to use the outside outlet product as well. In-wall switch Works seamlessly with your home's existing wiring and 2- or 3-way systems. Also works with Zigbee Logitech Harmony Home Hub Extender, SmartThings, Wink and OpenHome gateways and hubs. The SmartThings Hub is the heart of your smart home. It connects wirelessly with hundreds of compatible smart devices, allowing you to monitor, control, and secure your home from anywhere. The SmartThings Hub is simple to install and easy to use with the free SmartThings app. With a SmartThings Hub you can connect smart sensors, lights, locks, cameras, and more to: Monitor your home from anywhere Control your home from the palm of your hand Secure your home and protect it from damage and danger Add any of the hundreds of compatible smart devices to enhance your home Technical Information Power: In-wall power adapter with about 10 hours of backup power from 4 AA batteries (included) Communication Protocol: ZigBee, Z-Wave, IP Range: 50-130 feet Operating Temperature: 41 to 95°F Dimensions: 4.2 x 4.9 x 1.3 inches Weight: 7.68 ounces Color: White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstuart Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 SmartThings lacks any viable built in API. So integrating it with Control4 requires custom development. It is no trivial task. I've done about a dozen custom integrations with SmartThings and each one is a royal pain. Plus with SmartThings, nothing is local, all devices are routed to the cloud. Trying to access to hub locally is painful and slow since it had to relay back to cloud. Even their scheduling is cloud based and over the last 6 months, they missed 30-40% of their scheduled tasks, they just didn't fire. They re-wrote the new scheduler and it is helping but still misses events. The mobile app is a disaster, and the platform as a whole is broken and they push updates like twice a week, which can break anything at any time. You can't opt out of updates at all either. Accessing the cloud is via OAUTH2 and can be done, but if you internet goes out, no control. Wink has a full API and I believe there are existing drivers to integrate with Control4. If you want more info, PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drake0508 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 Any idea how well wink works with C4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turls Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 On 5/15/2016 at 11:29 AM, pstuart said: SmartThings lacks any viable built in API. So integrating it with Control4 requires custom development. It is no trivial task. I've done about a dozen custom integrations with SmartThings and each one is a royal pain. Plus with SmartThings, nothing is local, all devices are routed to the cloud. Trying to access to hub locally is painful and slow since it had to relay back to cloud. Even their scheduling is cloud based and over the last 6 months, they missed 30-40% of their scheduled tasks, they just didn't fire. They re-wrote the new scheduler and it is helping but still misses events. The mobile app is a disaster, and the platform as a whole is broken and they push updates like twice a week, which can break anything at any time. You can't opt out of updates at all either. Accessing the cloud is via OAUTH2 and can be done, but if you internet goes out, no control. Wink has a full API and I believe there are existing drivers to integrate with Control4. If you want more info, PM me. @pstuart another thread is pushing towards SmartThings as a good geofencing solution, but not wanting to throw money away if your opinion of the platform hasn't improved. Any update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic30101 Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 With the IFTTT driver you can bridge the gap to allow for some integration. It is definitely limited but there is a way to communicate to and from smartthings, I have it doing lighting scenes and use custom buttons to lock and unlock a zwave doorlock https://www.dropbox.com/s/hapwm39ngiw2act/20170110_210029.mp4?dl=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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