Hey folks,
First off, excuse my ignorance here. Zigbee is a totally foreign concept for me. Everything I've used thus far has been z-wave or insteon.
I am in the process of completely gutting and automating my new house. See the main thread here. If you have advice on any of the other questions feel free to chime in.
So now for Zigbee. I am looking at a thermostat to go with the Ecovent smart vents. The Zen Thermostat is both zigbee and wifi. The ecovent people say that's the best solution because the smart vent/hvac system will still function properly even if the wifi goes down. Does anyone have experience with this thermostat and is there any chance of control through HS that doesn't require IFTTT?
The other thing I am looking at is smart appliances. The two options I see available are Samsung or GE. I really really like the Samsung offerings. They seem to work with "Smartthings" which I believe is also a zigbee hub. The GE products seem to have a much broader range of compatibility. Has anyone used one of the samsung or ge products? Any thoughts on integrating them with HS that isn't the IFTTT hack?
I would be willing to by a smarthings hub or zigbee USB stick or whatever to facilitate the process, just need to know what does and does not work.
Blackbeard
First off, excuse my ignorance here. Zigbee is a totally foreign concept for me. Everything I've used thus far has been z-wave or insteon.
I am in the process of completely gutting and automating my new house. See the main thread here. If you have advice on any of the other questions feel free to chime in.
So now for Zigbee. I am looking at a thermostat to go with the Ecovent smart vents. The Zen Thermostat is both zigbee and wifi. The ecovent people say that's the best solution because the smart vent/hvac system will still function properly even if the wifi goes down. Does anyone have experience with this thermostat and is there any chance of control through HS that doesn't require IFTTT?
The other thing I am looking at is smart appliances. The two options I see available are Samsung or GE. I really really like the Samsung offerings. They seem to work with "Smartthings" which I believe is also a zigbee hub. The GE products seem to have a much broader range of compatibility. Has anyone used one of the samsung or ge products? Any thoughts on integrating them with HS that isn't the IFTTT hack?
I would be willing to by a smarthings hub or zigbee USB stick or whatever to facilitate the process, just need to know what does and does not work.
Blackbeard
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