For anybody trying to integrate Petsafe Smart Feeder with Hubitat, I can share success.
- I was wholly unable to get the HE apps/drivers in this thread to work. And I tried. And tried again.
- Instead I set up a brand new instance of Home Assistant, which was way easier than I expected. I took the easier-but-more-$$$ path by buying turnkey hardware, instead of going the raspberry pi route or docker, et al. I bought the Home Assistant Yellow from SEED here.
- Once HA was up and running, I installed something called HACS. Best as I can figure, HACS is to HA as HPM is to HE. IOW, HACS is the way to install community apps and devices.
- With HACS setup, it was easy to install the Petsafe Smart Feeder on HA. Just followed online directions.
- I then used HADB to link the Petsafe Smart Feeder on HA back to Hubitat, bidirectionally.
- Finally, I used Rule Machine and other Hubitat goodies to automate the feeder the way we wanted.
And it's all working great. If anyone else wants help, I'm happy to give it. So many folks around here have helped me, I'd love to give some back!
