Integrating Zigbee Lights with Hubitat for My Business

💡 Lighting
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I’m an entrepreneur, and I sell classic lamps and lighting fixtures to individuals.

I’d like to introduce a smart home service where I’ll sell my Zigbee lights + the Hubitat hub + a control panel and traditional switches/dimmers.

My offer focuses on lighting since that's my main thing, and the main feature I want to provide to my customers is the ability to set lighting scenes.

However, I’d also like to give my customers the option to integrate other things later on (like roller shutters, AC, thermostats, etc.).

I’m a beginner in this area, but I'm eager to learn and find the best solution.

I have a few questions:

  1. Do Zigbee-compatible lights generally work well with Hubitat, or do I need to be really careful and do a lot of testing?
  2. Are there any analog-type switches that can work alongside the Hubitat app (The New Hubitat iOS and Android Mobile app) to turn lights on and off and even select scenes? (like Control4).
  3. I’d like my customers to have a wall-mounted tablet to control their scenes. I’m thinking I need a tablet to install Hubitat in kiosk mode, but do I need a tablet that’s designed to always be plugged in, right?
  4. I've seen some really stylish switches that are like remote controls but in a knob style. Are there any like that for Hubitat?
  5. Is this a good choice of technology (stack) for what I want to do?

Thanks for any help!

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Hi @saadchraibi85 - this sounds like a very interesting project.

Here are some answers to your questions. I’m sure others in the community will be able to add to this:

  1. Look for Zigbee 3.0 bulbs if you want to go that way. Otherwise, there will be repeating issues. There is quite a bit of info on this in the community.
  2. Inovelli and Zooz make great wall switches. Inovelli are the most feature-rich of the two, but have run out of stock often in the past. I think they are getting bettter at producing in larger amounts to avoid that.
  3. Yes, the tablet should be always plugged in, otherwise, it will be difficult to ensure it always has enough power / battery.
  4. Not sure about knob style… do you have pictures you can share?
  5. That’s a good question. Hubitat certainly has the capacity and capability you would be looking for. There might be other aspects to consider, and I’m sure others in the community can pitch in here as well.

Good luck with this project, and welcome to the community!

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