I have seen a few post from long ago but no one seem to have resolved it. Is there a way to control Pentair pool equipment through Hubitat?
Yes there sure is. Pretty sure if you do a search for Pentair Screen Logic, you’ll see it.
Edit: I just did. Here you go: Pentair ScreenLogic - #11 by thorleo
Indeed I saw that post from 5-6 years ago but that stuff does not work.
I'm also looking for a solution
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The old Hubitat one used to work, but I haven't tried it in a long, long time.
This is the type of thing I just do in home assistant, as it has a lot more built-in integrations for lan devices (including one for pentair controllers).
Then if needed I bring it back over to hubitat via HA <--> Hubitat integration. It isn't for everyone, but I find the combination of using both Home Assistant AND hubitat to be very powerful and useful. HA in a VM, in an rpi, or a HA Green box, is a quick and easy way to get that done since you can use Hubitat for the zigbee and zwave radios.
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I also use Home Assistant for Screen Logic.
OK so I gave up and decided to create a new HA instance in a VM on an always on PC. Was able to bring it all into HE and can control just fine. However the control of the SPA through the HE dashboard is very limited. I can show it a Bulb and it works but is there anyone that can suggest a better looking dashbord tile?
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Did you look at the GitHub integration — works for me—just double checked.
Though I agree with @JasonJoel — for less vanilla integrations my go to is HA and then I use HADB to move the devices to HE to run automations, as necessary.
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Not a fan of HE dashboards personally. A second reason I use HA: dashboards.
What integration are you referring to? Did you mean using the HA dashboards?
No. Distinct from dashboards, somebody developed apps and drivers for Hubitat that integrates PSL. The link I provided above references the GitHub. page with the code and installation directions. This is what I used a few years ago to set it up. It’s been rock solid since.
Well I gave up on some functions of HE. It was kind of easy with HA. Now I am running both HA and HE in the same house. See my dashboard
I think a lot of people are. The systems have different strengths.
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Exactly.
Some things are easier on HA, and some things are easier (or more reliable, or simpler) to do on Hubitat.
And that's OK!
Saying a specific thing is easier on System A should not automatically be considered a criticism of System B. There will never be a single system that is better at EVERYTHING.
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