I use Sonoff Basic R3's on 2 lamps in the bedroom and they are almost instant on WiFi so if your thinking of doing bulbs and don't mind cutting the inline cables instead then I highly recommend that for performance. You will need to flash etc but then they do have a DIY mode now so it's easy peasy
You are right though Zigbee is bloody fast and that's always my go to with WiFi in a close second place. Z-wave given it's country frequency differences and high AUS cost is dead to me
Anyways back to the point, those filament bulbs do look nice though, in fact maybe i could just buy some cheap ones (see below) and simply do the inline Sonoff Basics to turn on and off.
My HS-110 is lightning fast.... (like 4.9 out of 5) to the point where its actually quite addictive to turn it on and off just to hear the instant and satisfying 'click'!! That is when interacting through both Hubitat and also the Kasa app. It is understandably slow through the Google Home app.
@njanda Not that the lack of speed deters from your current use case but I think its worth looking into. I wonder if it has anything to do with the presence of Kasa app?? I read the TP-Link Hubitat integration doesn't need it but perhaps it does to keep the comms local...????
Hi all, had my HE for a couple of weeks now. Connected a few Aeotec Nano Dimmers, and some TP-Link plus. So far so good.
Now looking for some small garden spotlights.
I've read about the Sylvania Smart+ range but can't find them in Australia (think called Osram Lightify here?). The Philips Hue spots look ok, just very expensive. Alternatively could just use another smart plug and a regular set off garden spots.
Hi Dave, Welcome.
Be careful with lights especially [quote="daveh, post:961, topic:11425"]
Lightify
[/quote]. As they can screw up other Zigbee devices if you mix ZHA gear (sensors) and ZLL gear (lights) on your mesh.
Thereโs plenty to search on this forum but basically it appears that most lights function the best on their own hub.
Sengled would be the exception and theyโre recommended.
Anybody tried the sengled par38 globes with the new driver that arrived with release 2.1.6.118 since the firmware update I cannot control the globes at all...wondering if it's unique to us in Aus or an issue worldwide.
In a basic form yes, now I cannot change the dimmer level or turn them on or off from the dashboard, I have deleted them several times and struggle to discover them now as well.
Where did you find GU10 Sengleds?
Bunnings only seems to have two non-smart ones, and a Mood and Delayed Turn Off listed (these don't look like Zigbee?).
sengled.com.au doesn't seem to have any GU10s listed either, just an option to replace the whole downlight.