I had read some old posts somewhere that people had in the past used HBFC and then used Pico remotes to control. The fan controls that I've seen mentioned most don't seem to be made anymore. I would love to just install wall switches but I don't think I have the required neutral wire.
I'm thinking of buying this from Lowe's. Would this work? https://www.lowes.com/pd/Harbor-Breeze-3-Speed-Off-white-Handheld-Universal-Ceiling-Fan-Remote-Control/1000061713
I looked at the specs and it does not state what protocol the controller uses. It does state that it is not bluetooth compatible. It probably uses some proprietary protocol. This will work to control the fan but I don’t think it is compatible with Hubitat.
you could use the Inovelli Z-Wave fan/light switch or the Wink Hampton Bay Zigbee controller. You'd have to try ebay or letgo, mercari or craigslist or FB marketplace to locate used ones, as both are currently OOS
Or get an RF controller and use bond hub to integrate to HE
You might want to shut off the breaker, pull out the switch, and evaluate what you have before trying to find a solution.
In my house, they had the separate fan and light wires, yet they hooked both to a dumb light switch so both were controlled together. All I had to do was hook the fan to hot, and leave the light wire on a (now) smart switch. If I wanted to, I could upgrade to a double-gang box and use two switches, or even use a Zooz Zen30 combo switch in the existing box.
All 3 bedrooms and the living room were this way. Not sure what genius decided to not leave the fan on the hot wire, and the light on a light switch...
These use RF. I linked them to a Bond Hub https://bondhome.io/. A community driver can then control the Bond hub in HE.
The Harbor Breeze controller is a pain to install. It goes in the canopy at the ceiling.
I think this is exactly the info I need. Besides the pain installing the receiver in the canopy how do you like it?
Once it's setup, it works well.
That one I linked at Lowe's, that one works?
If I were to shop around, what would I be looking for to be compatible with Hubitat/Bond/Lutron Caseta?
Oh boy, I think I'm an idiot.
If I can pick your brain a second since you have this set up successfully...
So basically here is my setup. Four bedrooms. Dining room. Living room x 2. All with matching ceiling fans. Three bulbs per fan. For several years I've been using Sengled smart bulbs paired with SmartThings. I would have preferred to use dumb bulbs with a smart switch but of course, the smart switch would shut off the dumb fan too...
So now I have been trying to transition over to Hubitat since I first learned about it earlier this month. I have been intrigued by this Bond/ceiling fan setup but while I've been thinking about it I've been trying to get everything setup on my new Hubitat and ran into this issue I posted about: New to Hubitat, can't even get all my lights to work right
What was my solution? I went out and bought a whole set of Hue lights for the entire house. As you can imagine that was pretty expensive! I got them all set up last night through the Hue app and they work pretty well. I hadn't integrated into Hubitat yet.
But this morning in the shower I said out loud to nobody in particular (since my wife was still sleeping) "I'm an idiot". This Bond/ceiling fan integration would solve my light problem, right? My assumption is that in essence, somewhere between the RF control and the Bond hub and Hubitat, each ceiling fan will show up in Hubitat as a fan and a light switch? So I wouldn't need fancy expensive Hue lights everywhere, I could just use dumb lights. Am I on to something here?
Yes, as long as the canopy module has constant power this will work. However with Bond you do not get feedback on state. State is assumed based on last command sent, as the Bond (RF in general) protocol does not support state feedback like zigbee or z-wave does.
Thanks for the reply. I'm definitely going to check this out. I don't know I have many other options short of running new wires.
I just ripped those janky wireless units out of the fans and hooked them up to regular 120v 3-speed slider switches.
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