Hey friends… just ordered my C8 Pro. I’m pretty active over @ the ST Community, and looking forward to being here! Finally got frustrated with the difficulty and limitations of working in the SmartThings environment after being a proponent since 2015. Im heavily invested in ST routines and customiza…

Welcome to the community. I came here from Vera, so i can’t really comment on the move from ST. The Hubitat hardware and software are very stable. As with any new platform, suggest you just dive in and learn how it works, rather than how it differs from the previous platform. Have fun…

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I made the move from ST in 2020. You will notice that there are lots of built in apps to handle situations that involved tedious rule building in ST. The other thing that is great is the ability to update the firmware when YOU want to and, if there is a problem, roll back to a previous version. Once…

Welcome to the other side of the fence, where the grass IS greener. I also started with ST, and switched to HE because when the ST cloud was down, my lights and front door lock, along with everything else, failed to respond to commands. My knowledge of home automation is on a grade school level co…

Welcome. ex smartthings here, too. I recommend webcore. Nuff said =)

Here are a list of apps that you will want to Familiarize yourself with. https://docs2.hubitat.com/en/apps This is a great community and lots of people will help you out. They're amazing!

with the exception that the zigbee stack is deficient, randomly drops or refuses to pair zigbee 3.0 devices. so, you consider that stable? and the developers / support have refused to comment / fix the issues?

I highly suggest Webcore for your automations. It is a built-in app now in Hubitat, so it is easy to install. I also left ST for the very reason that they were about to sunset the groovy cloud and I could no longer use Webcore. While the Webcore UI has an internet dependency, the automation pisto…

I am also a ST refugee. I come over a few years ago when they started eliminating perfectly working hardware. Webcore is fine if you are use to using it, but the built in rule engine "Rule Machine" is very powerful as well. There are also some really good built in apps like Room Lighting, Basic Rul…

I also I feel it is worth noting two gotcha's that seem to get people here on occasion. First HE has done a good job of keeping there chips fairly current with the latest and greatest available from the vendors. This means unlike the ST hardware the C8 has Zwave 800 and Zigbee 3.0 chip which unfort…

Just made the jump from ST

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rlithgow1 April 15, 2024, 10:53am 3

Read this thread. It will help avoid some gotchas...