I'm going to echo what @Ranchitat said. Switch both the other plugs to Kasa as well - I have 8 of these paired to Hubitat, and they work very well - especially for data intensive processes like energy monitoring.
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Finally time to move from Wink2 Hub
I, for one, applaud your persistence.
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That had to be a tough journey. I bailed on Wink and switched to Hubitat four years ago.
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Just want to confirm that I can still use the Alexa voice control to manage named devices connected to the Hubitat C8? If I go through all this tme and expense and end up with my wife not being able to control the living room and gazebo lights with her voice I'm going to be in an unlit dog house.
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Yes
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I don't know...I think you're jumping the gun. Seems pretty obvious Wink is just about to stage an AMAZING come-back that you'll miss out on.
I think most important for me when moving from ST was that I made the move in one day on a weekend...allowed me to move devices over very deliberately to build my Zigbee and Z-Wave meshes out from the HE hub, and meant I went from a strong mesh on ST to a strong mesh on HE. Just had to warn family that things would be out of whack for that one day or so.
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You can when you have internet connecting you to Alexa.
And if you're set up with all local control, using dashboards or sensors when there's no internet.
Or even better, motion sensor on the gazebo = no voice control needed.
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I did not know that, sounds like a good idea. I did order the Kasa Outdoor Smart Plug, Smart Home Wi-Fi Outlet with 2 Sockets, because I need the second socket as a utility power drop - it just doesn't get any programming and I turn it on manually.
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Yeah, the problem is that once it was set up, and setup wasn't hard, the Wink stuff worked great for me for years. Even when things went down on their server, I was only screwed when I lost power here at home. But when it went down, it was down down down, and I really hate being dependent on the cloud for anything.
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Any wifi devices you integrate should have a DHCP reservation including hubitat itself. That way after reboot or power failure everything can be found properly.
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Ah, kindred souls indeed, then. 
I sense a lack of faith in this one...
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Today I learned a Quebec swear word:
Tabarnak
The "tabernacle" refers to the portable house of God/holiest of holy places carried out of Egypt by the Isrealites and used for worship during their many wanderings, in place of a temple. Basically an equivalent to F#CK, only it actually refers to a decked out porta-Church with its own sacrificial altar.
Of course, although I know the reference, I don't understand the swearing aspect.
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@Ranchitat and @aaiyar I bought a box of Kasa Smart Wi-fi Plug Minis and a Kasa Smart WiFi Outdoor Plug to bring everything into alignment per your suggestion. However, in the Hubitat Elevation app, and the Web portal, there is no listing for these devices in the Add a Device path. Am I missing something? Should I be setting these up with Amazon Echo or the Kasa app and then "discovering" them through the Hubitation UI, or something else?
You'll need to use a built in app to add/control Kasa devices, start here:
It's pretty straight forward, first time takes a little longer but overall it's pretty quick.
Just try and set up DHCP reservations for your Kasa devices on your router right from the start.
And if you get stuck you can check the original and related, but no longer required since it's now built-in, mega-thread instructions here.
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Thanks, I'll check that out.
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