Hi, I am obviously new here. Looking to get into HA and was initially considering Smarthings. Not a big fan of the cloud emphasis though. Would prefer local. Looked around and found HS. At this point I am leaning towards HS, but still doing my homework.
I have a underutilized dual Xenon server ruining 24/7 with Ubuntu and some KVM VMs including a Windows 10 VM. So putting HS3 on that would make some sense. Plus I think it would be an interesting project.
But anyways, my question is how does HS handle new z-wave (or zigbee) switches, plugs, or other new HA hardware? Smarthings appears to have their custom DTH that often appear to be required, but that the community seems to be able to get out fairly quickly.
It is not clear to me what HS has that is equivalent to that. HS has scripting and plug-ins. I believe that the plug-ins may be the closest thing to DTHs. But the HS plug-ins appear more complicated, and I am not sure it is feasible to have a plug-in for every new device.
I am not clear on the HS architecture vs Smartthings, so maybe HS handles new devices differently and does not need the equivalent of DTHs?
I am trying to get a sense of how future proof HS is and how quickly one can take advantage of new devices/hardware when they come out.
Thanks
I have a underutilized dual Xenon server ruining 24/7 with Ubuntu and some KVM VMs including a Windows 10 VM. So putting HS3 on that would make some sense. Plus I think it would be an interesting project.
But anyways, my question is how does HS handle new z-wave (or zigbee) switches, plugs, or other new HA hardware? Smarthings appears to have their custom DTH that often appear to be required, but that the community seems to be able to get out fairly quickly.
It is not clear to me what HS has that is equivalent to that. HS has scripting and plug-ins. I believe that the plug-ins may be the closest thing to DTHs. But the HS plug-ins appear more complicated, and I am not sure it is feasible to have a plug-in for every new device.
I am not clear on the HS architecture vs Smartthings, so maybe HS handles new devices differently and does not need the equivalent of DTHs?
I am trying to get a sense of how future proof HS is and how quickly one can take advantage of new devices/hardware when they come out.
Thanks
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