Wink zwave and zigbee devices to hubitat steps?

As the title says. I have lutron casetta dimmers, pico and connected bulb remotes that I need to change to lutron smart bridge from wink hub. Then I have gocontrol garage opener and schlage connect. Smart things motion sensors, plug and window sensors all solely connected via wink.
I would be grateful for any tips on how to migrate all this from wink hub.

Well, first off, do you have a Lutron Caseta Smart Bridge Pro? If not, you are not going to be able to migrate your Caseta Dimmers or Picos.

Your connected bulb remotes would pair directly to the smart bulb you are trying to control. I have had ZERO luck getting mine to pair with a bulb and Hubitat the way I did with ST. But i know the remote would pair only as an "FYI" connection per se. You can't use the CBR as a controller for Hubitat.

Your smartthings devices should pair directly to HE as they are zigbee, so you shouldn't have a problem with them.

Your Go Control is Z wave and should pair with the native driver no problem also.

Is your Shlage the old Z-wave model or the new Zigbee? They now have both because of the partnership with Amazon. I believe the z-wave is supported, not sure one the new zigbee as it just hit the market a few weeks ago.

There are a few thread to read on here about the health of your mesh network and tips to avoid getting things off to a bad start. Basically, start with devices nearest your hub and move outward and don't move too many at once to give you mesh time to adjust itself.

Your title says Nest but you don't mention that in your post...I assume you're migrating a nest Thermostat as well? I don't have one but there are a bunch of posts on that as they are quite popular. Best of luck!!

Ty. I meant to say wink not nest. Like do I have to remove/excludr all of them from the wink before I can pair them with the hubitat?

Yes.

Any and every ZWave controller is able to initiate Exclude. Your Wink, your Hubitat.. neighbor's down the street, minimote, Aeon ZStick, etc. You may prefer Wink doing that, because you're familiar with the screens... but you can also use Hubitat to exclude. The difference is what happens on the Wink. If Wink does the exclude it will know to remove the device from Wink. If Hubitat or a ZStick does it, it won't tell Wink and Wink will still think the device is there.. but not responding.

Once Excluded OR Factory Reset, the device is ready to pair to any system. Start Discovery on Hubitat and do what the device needs to enter joining and Wait. They should be discovered in a range of seconds to minutes. It really depends on distance and interference. Remember, you have another ZWave mesh generating noise as far as Hubitat is concerned, your Wink.

Ty. So I think I'll use the hubitat stick to exclude. That way my devices won't be wiped from the wink in case I ever go back to it?

Now when I discover the devices on the hubitat will I still need to reset each device and won't that mean that even the wink won't recognize them anymore? Feeling dumb and wonder how I even got this far.

Yes

When you exclude them, they are "factory fresh" and will have to be joined again, either to Wink or to Hubitat. To go back though, if you follow the "don't let wink know" path.. you can (first exclude again from hubitat) and "Replace" the device. That will cause the Wink controller to reuse the Node address.

Does wink support Z-wave replace? I didn't know that. FYI, Hubitat does not. So, if you need to replace a zwave device with a new one, you have to re-assign that device to all it's automations again.

Lutron Connected Bulb Remotes are fetching a premium on ebay so you may want to buy some ~$16 picos and sell the connected bulb remotes. :slight_smile:

Because I can use pico remotes without a corresponding wall switch? I know currently with wink I cant

I do, I love them. I've got one wall switch and 12 Pico remotes controllering 22 hue bulbs, they can do things other than just lights. I also control my humidifier and the space heater in my office with Picos.

Yes, picos with HE and the pro hub are regular button devices. They are actually better than if you pair with a lutron device because they can act on Push, Hold and Release in HE. Lutron only allows Push and Release for their native integration. Basically it adss two extra button to the 3 button raise/lower pico (what the rest of the world calls the 5 button pico).

Oh my !! Looked on ebay just now and there was only one, but $125

Really?

I could buy a whole Lutron Pro and a basket of Pico's for that.

Yes.
The Hubitat integration is able to completely change the relationship of Lutron's products.

Let me first say, you can continue to use the Pico switch as you are... but that's boring :slight_smile:
The Pico's become just a fist full of buttons. They simply tell the Hubitat Hub that they've been pressed and that is an Event like any other.. Just as you can program a rule to turn on your christmas lights at an event called "sundown," you can have the event be any Pico button, or a dozen Pico buttons scattered around the house.

Hubitat has an App called Button Controller and the Community has produced an Advanced Button Controller. They do what it sounds like they do. They take button presses and perform actions as a result.

But wait, there's more...
Every Pico reports when it's pushed and when it's released. Hubitat interprets button pushes in three ways: push (or short push/tap); long push (or push and hold) and then in a combination called push/release.

Push is one button event. Long Push where you press a button for longer is a different button. Therefore, one 5 button Pico is actually 10 buttons.

But wait, there's more...
Push/release is a variant of push/hold. In Button controller you can choose push/release and have it tie into a dimmer.. ANY dimmer, not just Lutron's, to dim or fade. OR to raise/lower blinds.

Or anything else you can imagine. "It's just a button..."

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Sorry. I kind of forgot to include that part about needing a Lutron Smart Bridge Pro for Pico support in HE. But the Pico HE implementation is awesome.

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Looks like all 3 of us tripped over each other getting to that answer. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

But @csteele wins the prize for completeness and thoroughness. :+1:

Thanks everyone. I was bummed to realize that both my unused smart bridges were not pro. So the spending continues, I have one in the way. Should be a fun weekend. Stay tuned.

Energy Avenue has the cheapest one around. And free shipping for the rest of the year with the code FREESHIP18.

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Well since you so thouroughly understand this I have another question. I swapped out the connected bulb remotes for pick remotes to control to zigbee bulbs in 2 rooms I have. I was able to figure out with the simple lighting app how to use buttons 1 and 5 for turning the bulbs on and off but I am stuck at getting the 2 and 4 buttons to dim up and down when held. Any help is always appreciated

For button 4, chose Start Lowering

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I do not see those options.

Choose "Use Released"

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