Are your Sonos on the same network as your Hubitat? The Sonos Integration app is limited to devices that are on the same network
Yeah.
I am on a plane so my VPN to my hub is very slow.... while running the Sonos app, can you have a second window open with the logs window open? I would love to see if it shows any output
Also, do you see any entries with the name “ssdpTerm” under System Events?
@scottgu3 I couldn’t wait any longer and decided to pull the system out of the box and setup now in the home we’re moving out of. So far so good. Did something to it today and couldn’t figure out why my phone wasn’t connecting to the WiFi so... I reset it all and did it again. Now it’s working just fine. I need to remember with a system like this to create backups prior to making changes.
@zarthan LOL. Luckily she knew I liked the nest since I bought one for her father a number of years ago. Everything else is pretty typical WAF, as long as it works for her I’m good.
@St_Isidore HE app found all my speakers and I’m able to add one speaker at a time to my dashboard and control that speaker only. No grouping and no changing station, play, pause, next, and volume is pretty much it. Once I find some more time I will dig into what others are doing with it.
Heh, that's the first thing I learned. I just started as well about a month ago. I learn something new every day. The Rule Machine is awesome. I love IF...THEN statements. I'm weird like that.
Thats really strange. Mine were all found, pretty much before I did anything. I think I added the Sonos integration, clicked the Next button, and the Voila' all my Sonos were there.
Like Hue, Sonos integration has been bulletproof for me.
I wish I could offer some useful help, but given how well the discovery worked, I have nothing. Sorry.
S.
Are you guys using LAN Discover?? Because that's what I did.
Yeah, the only probs I've ever had with Unifi have all been self induced. I had a hotspot that refused to use it's Cat-6 connection for anything other than power for months until I finally crawled up in the attic and checked the cable...only to find nothing wrong with the cable in the attic, but down in the basement where it originated...terminated the same cable 3 times....grrr. But once that was solved, I periodically go into Unifi and run a rolling firmware upgrade on the hotspots, not because I have to, bu because....well, why not?
I do wish my Edgerouter was integrated into the Unifi software, but that's a minor quibble.
I think you're going to find out the most amazing thing about the Ubiquiti after you've had it a couple of months. The stuff works so well, it becomes inviisible. Everything just works on it. No tweaking the router (USG) for this device or that device, or having to install 3rd party firmware....it just fades into the background and does what it's supposed to do.
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Just to make sure we're talking apples to apples here.
I installed the Sonos Integration: Apps->Add Built In App->Sonos Integration.
Then, I clicked on the Integration name in the Apps List
That brings up a dialog that says "Discovery Started" or something similar, with a "Next" button.
That will discover your Sonos. If you go to Devices->Add Devices->Lan Devices ...that won't work.
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Awesome! Glad to help.
S.
You might still find node-sonos-http-api useful. I find it very convenient to group/join speakers and start specific playlists based on changes in Mode or the state of virtual switches.
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A little update. Not much in the way of new smart home stuff except at the new place I put the Sengled A19 Zigbee bulbs in my front porch, back porch, and walkout porch light fixtures. Pairing them with HE went great and they seemed to communicate really well the first day or two. I set up simple lighting rules to turn on just before sunset and off again. Again worked great the first few days but now I cannot get the front porch or basement lights to communicate with HE. Now I am in the market for some repeaters, thinking about using two of the Ikea TRÅDFRI Outlets to help boost the signal. The USB style plug is enticing but I know my wife and she will unplug that and move it all over the house so that doesn't really work.
Still debating on where to start next. I just ordered an Ecobee3 Lite, I'll install that and see how it works with HE. If I like it I will order another since I now have dual HVAC zones. From there I'm debating on lights. The house has the traditional toggle switches so using Caseta with it's Decora switches could be difficult when it comes to WAF. Maybe in a few months, she won't mind mismatch light switches but right now I think she would pop her top about it.
As for my UniFi setup, I lucked out and there was Cat5e ran to the attic, not sure the purpose but it worked perfectly for me to install the UAP-nanoHD. In my initial haste of moving in I used the extra paint buckets as my network rack, I had to remedy that ASAP!
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Have you considered putting z-wave or zigbee relays in the work boxes behind the toggle switches. The toggle switches will still work, and there's no change in appearance. But you gain automated control of your lighting.
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Hi Brandon,
new user here but into HA since forever.
I bought Hubitat days ago to match my new lutron Caseta Pro system. Already installed the switches and some picos: easy-cheesy on my old house (no neutral on the lamp switches). So far, so good: all switches are working well with several (no-name) dimmable lamps and the provided Lutron App.
Will purchase additional Lutron dimmer kits to connect standalone lamps (and to keep consistency).
I don't want to be full automated but I want to define some (pseudo-random) presence while outside, light my porch while coming in the winter, etc.
And maybe merge slighly my actual HA (energy metering, geothermal unit surveillance, thermostat management, solar production and various weird surveillance system I installed since years (I even have a cam in my main collector, yep, the drain that carry everything to the street collector - long story), to have a global portrait of my house...
If you have neutral wires, you have better choices. If you don't, Lutron is a good choice !
Mike
@aaiyar I have considered it in the past, in fact, I bought an Aeotec microswitch dimmer module. I tried to use it but never got it to work successfully. My only issue was that there was so little room inside the box. My understanding is that Aeotec has some even smaller ones. Do you have any experience with them? Any luck?
@PPz what are the better choices in your opinion?
I have Enerwave dual relays (the old big one's that support 10A load) in dual-gang boxes. It was a tight fit, but they've been working fine in there for 3+ years.
The smallest z-wave in-box relays are made by Qubino. You should look into those.
It does help if you replace marrettes in the box with Wago style connectors.
