I’ve been looking into Hubitat as a replacement for ST and so far I’m impressed. Got a couple of questions though - can anyone help?
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Is Hubitat really that much more responsive regarding turning lights on? I have Hue motion sensors and Hue bulbs being controlled in ST and WebCoRE. My internet speed is 300mb so speed is fine. As an example, in the attached picture, when someone walks at a normal pace from where the photo is taken they generally get to the door on the right (about 3m) before the lights come on. Same for most of my Hue lights regardless how complex my pistons are. Will Hubitat be more instant lighting?
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I have virtual “switches” setup for each room as an automation device. If the switch is on, the piston in WebCoRE can run, eg if the downstairs hall automation switch is on, when there’s motion turn the light on for set time then turn off. This is good for during certain events such as a party where I don’t want the standard automation to take over the light control (during parties I have all Hue bulbs flashing away to music) - automation switch then gets turned off. Also the other times I turn off automation switch is when I want a light to remain on and not go off - WebCoRE piston turns off lights when there’s no motion Detected in the Hue sensors so switching to off for the room automation stops the light off command. Does Hubitat have similar functionality to add your own virtual switch?
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Does Hubitat integrate with Apple Home natively or even via HomeBridge? I have found presence detection for ST presence to be poor. I’ve tried Life360 and WebCoRE own presence detection but I’ve never had 100% success. My setup now is a virtual presence device in ST and HomeBridge installed on a PC on 24/7. Automation rule in Apple Home then flips the ST virtual presence device to say present when my wife or me come home. We both have iPhones and this is the only way I’ve had 100% success for presence.
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Is there Arlo camera integration?
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Can motion detection from multiple motion sensors turn on lights in one rule? I have a long upstairs Hall and 2 motion sensors - if any of the sensors detect motion the lights will come on. I saw the promo video and it looks like only 1 motion sensor can be used for turning lights on.
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Does Hubitat have a concept of “rooms”? Ie to determine if a room is occupied but there is no motion to keep lights turned on instead of switch off after X minutes.
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In the app, is there such things as Routines buttons? I have a routine called “Lounge Side Lights”. When I press the button (or ask Alexa to run the routine) the lounge LIFX light turns off, 2 small lamps turn on with ST power adapters and the room automation switch turns off so the main lounge lifx light doesn’t turn on with motion.
Thanks everyone