Smartthings failed -> moving to Hubitat

[user2446]

welp, my smartthings v2 has failed and no longer powers on. time to upgrade to a Hubitat. am I going to have any additional difficulties migrating to a Hubitat seeing as how I can no longer access the smartthings hub?

Thanks,

[bravenel]

You wouldn't need the ST hub for anything. You do need to exclude each Z-Wave device, and you can do that with Hubitat hub.

[user2446]

great! thanks for the quick response

[rlithgow1]

Before you start switching, take a gander at this thread. It may help make your transition smoother...

Are you new to home automation or Hubitat or coming from a different platform such as SmartThings, Vera, or Wink? This may help!

Just throwing this out there. It may or may not be a help and I'm sure many others will contribute to this thread. Here are a few things to start you off. Z-wave Devices: 1: You do not need Wink/ST/Vera etc. to exclude your existing z-wave devices. Hubitat can do the exclusion for you. (Make sure you turn off your old hub first!) In most cases this is sufficient before pairing. Sometimes though you may need to factory reset the device. Non Plus z-wave devices may have to be included/excluded …