Paid Hubitat Consulting?

I am pretty technical, however, I just don't simply have the time to learn or program my system. Anyone who consider themselves and export would like to remotely control my system and help us install all our Zibee and Zwave devices? And setup/suggest automation?

Coming from ADT Pulse and some smart things hub devices.

Would share out my computer with Teamviewer or similar.

Payment would be with Venmo, PayPal or similar.

Im sure there is someone out there that will raise their hand, but there are also a bunch of people that can help you if you decide to embark on the journey yourself. The first step is the hardest! .. Well then there is setting up rules :wink:

getting devices paired isnt too tricky .. and takes a bit of onsite love ...

if you've not begun - may I suggest you consider talking to Mr. Antennae and upgrading your unit - that seems to be the #1 best mod worthy of anybody especially if you're not already setup!

...not too tricky once you've mastered the Z Stick and PC Controller app to include your 500 series devices while avoiding S0

If you are coming from an ADT Pulse system, you can use two of these Zooz ZEN16 MultiRelays (Amazon Link) to "connect" the alarm panel to the Hubitat system.

There are other options, but I find this the most clean.

You setup a Z-Wave network with your ADT pulse system and with your Hubitat system:

  • You pair all your Z-Wave devices with the Hubitat system
  • You pair one of the ZEN16 devices with ADT Pulse
  • You pair the second ZEN16 device with Hubitat
  • You wire the Outputs of the ADT Pulse ZEN 16 to the inputs of the Hubitat ZEN16
  • You program your ADT Pulse system (now only 1 device) to turn a relay out on or off when certain events happen (Arm Stay, Arm Away, Entry Door Sensors, Window Sensors, Fire Alarm Burglar Alarm, etc)
  • You program the Hubitat system to "react" to the inputs changing based on out the ADT Pulse is opening and closing relays

For my setup, I have 4 of these ZEN 16 devices connected (2 on ADT Pulse, and 2 on Hubitat), and have the following events open or close relays:

  • Entry Doors
  • ADT Pulse Camera Motion
  • ADT Arm Stay
  • ADT Arm Away
  • Fire Alarm
  • Burglar Alarm

Good luck!

Although it probably voids the warranty.

Definitely does. IMO totally unwarranted if one doesn’t already have an issue with z-wave mesh topology that needs a solution.

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Someone remote unfortunately cannot help.other than questions and advice for pairing devices.

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I disagree with that. Take HE support for example. While yes, physically one could not mount a sensor, or install a plug - programming, setup, connectivity, monitoring, and integration are all from a keyboard and it matters not where you are (well. okay there are some caveats to that last statement for say, local hub test, but still even that could be simulated remotely...)

Thats not pairing. Thats post pairing configuration setup etc.

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I'm also looking to pay someone to help me set up a custom dashboard, add features etc. Did you ever find anyone willing to help?

Carl, I am guessing you got no help either ? As many folks who love exercising their imagination, etc., you would think someone might like to combine that love with some spending money :slight_smile:

That's right. I think most folks here either do feel expert enough to do consulting but have other things keeping them busy, or don't feel qualified and are lurkers like us. TBH it doesn't reflect well on Hubitat as a platform that the reseller/vendor market seems to be pretty much non-existent.

Its not that. U really need to learn yourself. Even if we build you a dashboard or write rules
With any size system there are constant tinkering and changes and i for one don't want to be on the hook for constant support .

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Why is that?

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Because if there is not a lot of economic activity happening on a platform, it is less likely to be sustained, supported, and maintained over the long term.

Its not that. U really need to learn yourself. Even if we build you a dashboard or write rules
With any size system there are constant tinkering and changes and i for one don't want to be on the hook for constant support .

Most people doing consulting would welcome the opportunity to earn more money by providing support for existing installations. This is a very common business model.

Can you give an example?

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Can you give an example?

Deployd is an example of an open-source backend-as-a-service platform that is now defunct due to lack of adoption/activity. There are many such projects. I'm reminded of something Tim O'Reilly said a while back: “Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy.”

I don’t think that’s an apt example. However, the bottom line is that this thread has veered way off its original purpose, and probably should be closed. @bobbyD ?

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