The title really says it all. If I had discovered Indigo at the start of my holiday vacation, I would likely be ready to pull the trigger on the Pro license right now. As it is, I don't have the spare time left to begin the process of changing my home brain out right now.
So I'll approach this carefully, starting with asking a lot of advice about the best way to make this happen. Perhaps there should be a SmartThings Switcher's Guide?
I'll talk about specifics of my setup and needs later, but for now:
- IS there a switcher's guide I just haven't found?
What problems have ST users found in switching?
What's the best process for excluding/including my Z-wave stuff? My Hue stuff?
And most importantly, what are the biggest gotchas I'm going to find? I'm aware my Zigbee stuff isn't compatible. Don't have much of it anyway.
I don't have an outdoor Lux sensor. Instead I've been relying on the Weather app in ST. Is there a way for Indigo to know how bright it is based on the local forecast?
Any IFTT.com integration? I don't have specific ideas here, I just know how powerful it can be.
I'm a professional Mac desktop support guy with some AppleScripting chops, super-basic HTML skills, absolutely no Python familiarity, and I in no way consider myself a programmer. I have a 2008-era Mini running 10.11.x I can dedicate to Indigo, I run whole house Airplay speakers with various last-gen AppleTV, Airport Expresses, and Airplay-compatible speakers. I have a Harmony Hub, which I understand isn't Indigo compatible. And I'm running Plex on another Mini. Also, we're burdened with relatively slow DSL service as our only internet option.
My wife and I both have iPhones and Apple watches. I also have a box full of 1998-era X10 stuff left over from a previous house where I used XTension for control. Not planning to make X10 a serious part of my set up, but might use it for unimportant things.
My current SmartThings setup is all about lights and a bit of AV setup. That's partly because I'm saddled with a highly proprietary Carrier Infinity Heat Pump, which no one seems to be able to talk to. Not especially interested in using the system for security, in part because we have dogs and live in the country.