What about using a switch bot?
For your fan question there are switches that are made for fan speed. I have one for zwave I would assume there is a zigbee out there too just be sure to get a fan one not a light dimmer.
You might have to install 2 switches one for light and one for fan as long as you have the correct wiring in your switch box. Or perhaps a retrofit receiver for your fan that would go in the fan itself. I am currently trying to work that out with my fan…
If you can't find a zigbee speed controller, any in-box switch device can be used to control the on-off state of the fan. Speed control would be manual through the pull chain or possibly the existing speed control.
I was personally thinking along the lines of a Shelly 2.5 attached to the fans speed capacitors. That would give you on/off/speed in one small package that would directly integrate into Hubitat. You could use either an Innovelli switch on smart bulb setting or a Lutron pico to handle things
Actually I did buy one of those. They do not work with Hubitat since their Bluetooth. Starting to feel like the smart home world is switching to Bluetooth after I've just invested a ton of money in zigbee.
Something as seemingly simple as controlling a fan is feeling outside of my capabilities with a hubitat. Wondering if I should just plug my HA NUC back in. I hated HA though as it seemed like something would break on a daily basis.
Fortunately HE supports not just zigbee,but also zwave, LAN, and cloud connected devices. Zigbee is my first choice as well, but where a zigbee device doesn't exist I'll look at all my options.
How would this help? Does it "do" bluetooth?
Actually I'm not sure, I would assume so, but even if it doesn't their are plenty of fans with full wifi control already built in. It's my understanding Hubitat can work with wifi devices, I wish just 1 single fan would work.
Bluetooth also doesn't have very much range
I didn't know that was a possibility, I'll check that out.
This is an interesting product; though it is a little expensive.
Yeah the price right now is too high. The price shot up at the end of November. Hopefully it will drop again in the future.
I have a few of them and they have been working well. When my C4 radio died I started migrating to the C7. Right now I have various switches and outlets on the Zibee mesh to work as repeaters for a bunch of motion sensors. I need some more of the outlets but am waiting for the price to go back down.
Sounds like a good setup.
I ordered the zigbee components from Home Depot and converted my generic ceiling fans. This was over a year ago, so they may not be available. Call Home Depot customer service 1-800-986-3460. Tell them you have a Gardinier 52” LED Brushed Nickel Ceiling Fan, model #42360. Ask for part J (zigbee receiver), which should be around $32. If you want the remote, ask for part K (remote) $25.
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I have had significant reliability issues with the hampton bay zigbee controllers, I second the suggestion of dylan.c for this:
It works like a bond hub. there is an integration and a local API, so even though it is wifi, it is local control. If you have a four wire romex going from the box to the fixture, then there may be other in wall solutions, which I prefer when I can do it, but all of mine are z-wave.
Does everything "bond" work locally with Hubitat? I've never heard of bond as always assumed wifi devices are just not going to work with Hubitat.
Yes, but you first need to set it up via the cloud on the Bond app. Once you do that, you go into the app and get the local IP address and an access token. Plug those into the HE app and it's all local from there. You can still use the Bond app on your phone if you desire, but it's not necessary,
Wow, this is awesome news. Thanks
I’m using the “Hampton Bay Zigbee Fan Controller” driver
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I just ordered one to try in my porch fan... How do you put it into pairing mode and what do you set the dip switches at?
