I one thing I would add is don't be afraid to use Smartthings as a cloud integrator. There are two great ways for bringing things in from Smartthings into HE that use the new Smartthings API. I use HE as my primary HA system, but do lean on Smartthings mainly for cloud integrations that just exist in HE.
The methods are:
- A driver is written to poll the Smartthings API and then populate the device in HE or send the command to Smartthings. This has been primarily setup for appliances so far, but has allot of potential to expand to pretty much anything. It can be located at Drivers for Samsung Appliances controlled via SmartThings Cloud API -
Custom Apps and Drivers - Hubitat
- A always on PC(even a raspberry pi will work) with Node-Red using the Hubitat and Smartthings Automation Studio Pallets. This combination if setup properly can event use event triggers from Smartthings to get near instant notification of events and not use polling. Here is the thread I created discussing this method. Node Red with Smarthings using Samsung Automation Studio -
Get Help / Integrations - Hubitat
I have Node-Red with the suggested pallets above setup to manage integration with Arlo Cameras as my example. I wouldn't do this for anything that can integrate directly with HE, but it is a decent solution for things that aren't supported in HE but work in Smartthings.
