Hi Marco.
MarcoGT wrote:I am thinking to buy a second hub or maybe switch to Hubitat (I would have a second Z-Wave controller too)
The Hue hub and the Hubitat provide very different features. The Hue hub is very limited compared to the Hubitat Elevation C7. In fact, I recently set up and tried out a Hubitat Elevation C7, using it with the Hue hub and a number of Z-Wave devices. It's a solid Z-Wave controller and more reliable compared to the old Aeotec Z-Stick I've been using with Indigo. It has a built-in ZigBee interface as well, but I didn't pair any ZigBee items with it directly, so I can't speak to it's ZigBee functions. It isn't limited to ZigBee 3.0 products like the Hue hub is though. It also has a bit more powerful processor for automations than the aging design of the Hue hub (even the 2nd gen Hue hub), so the Hubitat can handle more complex automations and more devices than the hue hub. The Hubitat isn't as flexible as Indigo, though, so if you have a wide variety of integrations (basically, anything that uses a serial or non-HTTP API), the Hubitat won't work well. But it's still much more flexible than the Hue hub. Just keep in mind that even though Hue bulbs use ZigBee for communication, they only work with the Hue hub, so if you have Philips or Signify branded lights, they will only work with the Hue hub (AFAIK anyway). Hue sensors, like the motion sensors and the various buttons and switches, however, can work with other ZigBee controllers.
Hi Karl.
kw123 wrote:Nathan,
I am ready to hand out / over the plugin.
I have added
1. some device types
2. added in config and device edit and actions a field to set the hub number 0...9
3. added some pint to log menu items like print overview of all lights, groups, sensors, print dict for specific device, to show the whole definition of new devices
...
3. added the hub number to the address field like (ID 5) to (ID 1-5)
4. and did some minor code changes .. small bugs / inconsistencies eg int(..., None) to int( ...,-1) as int(None) does not work
how do you want to proceed?
send you my version, post it, on GitHub ...
I still need to add a list of changes to code and supported devices I added.
It should convert the old format with a fixed hub number automatically, but I have only tested that once
Karl
Great! Thanks for doing all that!
I don't actually use GitHub very often, but maybe you could push your changes up to the GitHub repository. I can then pull it and (try to) merge it with the minor changes I've made (just added new device support). I think we'll need to ask folks here who have more than 1 Hue hub to test. I don't have multiple hubs to test with. We can coordinate more through private messages as well, so we're not flooding others on this thread with communications.