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Hi all. Ended up here after a journey through Vera, Zipato and Smartthings. At the moment have devices mainly still on Zipato but have transitioned a selection firstly across to ST and then onto Hubitat.
The main reason I haven't decommissioned my Zipabox completely is because I need it to control my garage door. I have ZConnect Garage Door Controller, which the Zipabox correclty identified as 2 binary switches and 2 binary sensors.
I'm using one switch for door control and the sensors for door position and IR beam obstruction.
So important is this device to my system (gets used every day by multiple family members) that I purchased a second one to do a "test run" with ST.
I had no luck in getting the device recognised and no response when requesting assistance through the forums.
When slow cloud responses convinced me to switch to Hubitat I was pleased to see that the ZConnect controller was mentioned and working on a Hubitat system. Indeed, I can get the unit to join securely as a generic z wave device. However when I try to assign a driver to it I can only get a single binary switch to operate. No second switch or sensors detected.
Has anyone with this device found a working device driver to use? I can't dump my old system completely until I'm sure I can bring my garage door across successfully. Thanks.

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Hey Daz, welcome!
Whilst is good to have you in the aussie section (I assume this is an aussie spec device aka why youre in here) but you might be better running a search through the forum / writing a post if there is nothing that answers your question. She might get lost in here as this is typically a lounge type area and not specific to your needs.
But who knows, maybe one of the lads has this one and can chime in.

Thanks Steve. I did indeed include it in the Aussie thread because it is a device which seems to be only available in Australia. It's distributed by DHS (Digital Home Systems) which I think are an Oz only company.
I will take your advice and look elsewhere through the forum for a driver or information that may help me in creating one of my own.

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even if you scroll up there are some other aussie products that are currently being shipped to the HE team for drives to be made. So there are afew options. I know @mike.maxwell can sometimes work off a fingerprint of the device as well.
Good luck on your search, hopefully you find what you need!

Not sure mate I haven't even used Alexa before either only Google so unfortunately I'm not the best person to comment on that :persevere:

Welcome mate. If your trying to control a garage door I'd look into Hubduino. I personally use a WeMos D1 mini with a contact sensor and its rock solid as it has not skipped a beat since i installed it months ago. In fact I have two seperate garage doors so I use two of these things (one in each door). Bloody cheap as well i think $5 per chip with relay shield.

Anyways something to consider while you find a fix for your current solution maybe?

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The SwannOne FOB arrived to day so I tried pairing it.
It was detected straight away, through one of my repeaters, as a device. Good start but I think it is just a FOB with ZERO presence capabilities unfortunately. :frowning:

This was what I grabbed from the pairing process.
Is this called as a "finger print" ?

ID: 934A
Manufacturer: SwannONe
Product Name:
Model Number: SWO-KEF1PA
deviceTypeId: 14
manufacturer : SwannONe
idAsInt : 1
inClusters : 0000,0003,0001,0500,0000
endpointId : 01
profileId : 0104
application :
outClusters : 0003,0501
initialized : true
model : SWO-KEF1PA
stage : 4

Then from the LOGS:

dev:16012019-09-02 06:51:16.900 pm infofingerprint profileId:"0104", endpointId:"01", inClusters:"0000,0003,0001,0500,0000", outClusters:"0003,0501", model:"SWO-KEF1PA", manufacturer:"SwannONe"
dev:16012019-09-02 06:51:15.676 pm infofingerprint profileId:"0104", endpointId:"01", inClusters:"0000,0003,0001,0500,0000", outClusters:"0003,0501", model:"SWO-KEF1PA", manufacturer:"SwannONe"
dev:16012019-09-02 06:51:15.606 pm traceZCL version:01
dev:16012019-09-02 06:51:15.604 pm traceSoftware Build Id:unknown
dev:16012019-09-02 06:51:15.601 pm traceModel:SWO-KEF1PA
dev:16012019-09-02 06:51:15.598 pm traceManufacturer:SwannONe
dev:16012019-09-02 06:51:15.306 pm traceZCL version:01
dev:16012019-09-02 06:51:15.293 pm traceSoftware Build Id:unknown
dev:16012019-09-02 06:51:15.292 pm traceModel:SWO-KEF1PA
dev:16012019-09-02 06:51:15.289 pm traceManufacturer:SwannONe

Yeah that was my understanding of that device E.g it was only a ZigBee remote control. Still could be handy for things. But that's why I ordered the Samsung Arrival Sensors just hard to get in AUS so I had to ask a friend who lives in the US to send me some (they are still on their way).

Yes those Samsung one's would be nice to have.
Not having much luck getting the FOB to be usable.
Have to double press each button for the FOB to register with the HE hub and then big delay (20 sec) before the actual button number registers in HE.

Ah that's a shame... Maybe someone updated the driver on Samsung Smartthings so you could try and check for a newer version where some of this has been ironed out?

Dazpad, I had one of the ZConnect garage door controllers and ended up ditching it as I could not get it to work with Hubitat. I had issues with getting it to pair securely. Then I had issues with getting to recognise the switches.
I ended up replacing it with an Aeotec.

I know what you mean. I had to go back to the manual to see how to put it into secure inclusion mode. I can get the main relay recognised , but not the child devices.
I think it comes down to how Hubitat handles multi channel devices.
Vera, Zipato and Fibaro can all find the four discrete nodes during the inclusion process. They're just basic binary switches and sensors.
As far as the Aeotec unit goes it's very basic when compared to the capabilities of the ZConnect unit.
For instance, I've got a position switch and IR beam sensor wired directly to the unit. There's an inbuilt interlock (set by parameters) that stops the door relay operating if the beam is blocked. It's all working well on the Zipabox at the moment but I'll keep working with the Hubitat system to see if I can find a way to migrate my existing stuff over.

Out of interest has anyone here integrated a Daikin ducted air conditioner system with multiple zones into HE? I am currently building a house with the intent to install that system and I have paid the extra for the Daikin WiFi module and app add-on. I did find this thread on Whirlpool that should lead me in the right direction but if someone has actually got this working in HE i'd love to hear about it.

https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2440219

Sorry, no.
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Someones auctioning a C5 hub on fleabay

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Crazy! Who would want to sell their HE. Maybe I should get a "spare" one :smile:

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Anyone contacted or heard from Kevin (3asmarthome) about getting some of his other devices supported? Just wondered if he's still willing to get this done for his other products.

from the look of his listings, he's flogging alot of HA gear.
I was thinking the same re a second hub :wink:

Hi,
I have recently renovated the house and am not sure about the connected home solutions.
One thing I am sure after reading various posts here that Hubitat is the best platform.

Now the main dilemma Is it better to replace dimmers with something which can work with HE OR install the diginet Sitara (I think it uses AVI-ON (avi-on dot com) and hope that Sitara can be controlled using HE. . Most of the walls plates are clipsal with DigiNet rotary dimmer and Fan control.

Oh and the kitchen is all Tradfri which should be a breeze.

Thanks

G'day @boodzz, from my quick look into Diginet Sitara, it seems it's Bluetooth only and I see to recall reading in the forum somewhere that the HE guys indicated that Bluetooth is not on the todo list.
I couldn't find anything about a LAN connection into the system (I guess because there is no "hub" ) nor did I find a published API but that doesn't mean such things are not available. Just that my quick look, didn't find anything. :slight_smile:
One thing you should probably think hard about is "are you just after App type CONTROL over your house OR are you after AUTOMATION.
Automation basically removing the need for you to physically turn on lights, fans etc.
Things just happening due to human presence or time or temperature or light levels etc.