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Another plug for Hubitat: https://hubitat.com/ https://hubitat.com/ Does Zwave and Zigbee with Matter on the way at some point. HomeKit integration is in beta

by xattt 3y ago

Another plug for Hubitat: https://hubitat.com/ https://hubitat.com/ Does Zwave and Zigbee with Matter on the way at some point. HomeKit integration is in beta right now. My fear is that Philips will do something stupid by pushing a firmware to the bulbs to lock folks into only using their hubs. Or maybe change colour reporting to some annoying method that won’t allow for accurate colour on a non-Hue hub. The enshittification continues.

pcdoodle 3y ago
Priced decent. Where do you pair new stuff? In their interface or homekit?
- xattt 3y ago
  Pairing is in Web UI. Has built-in drivers for most use cases with a bunch of other devices supported by their very welcoming community.
- stevenhuang 3y ago
  Idk the hardware specs are pretty anemic for $150. OK I guess if you don't have any other device laying around. Zigbee USB adapters are $15 on Amazon
  - brainbag 3y ago
    Do you have a link or a brand/model? I'm just recently shopping for smart home equipment and the Hubitat seems quite full-featured and I'd like to compare.
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    - stevenhuang 3y ago
      It's perfectly suitable and it looks like one of the better out-of-the box solutions out there that respect user privacy. If I don't have any SBCs and just want something that works without fiddling, I'd likely go for Hubitat too. That said if you're up for fiddling, something like https://www.amazon.ca/Waveshare-VisionFive2-Processor-Integrated-4GB/dp/B0BRN9RP1N/ https://www.amazon.ca/Waveshare-VisionFive2-Processor-Integr... will provide much more oopmh (and it's RISC-V) with 4GB ram and m2 slot, at $100 CAD, with mainline kernel support (so any USB devices will just work). Grab a zigbee USB + SBC like that, and you'd be able to run much more on your hub that just a gateway for your devices.
  - justapassenger 3y ago
    You don’t pay for HW specs. You pay for the whole package, with software and their continues updates. And they take compatibility seriously. I’m a refugee from home assistant from 5 years ago, when each major update would break part of my automations because they deprecated some API. No such thing with Hubitat.
_ea1k 3y ago
I've used an older version of their hub and it was great.
sitharus 3y ago
Oh thanks for that, it looks very handy! I use ZWave and Home Assistant's support is functional but flakey since they moved to zwave-js. Plus I have better things to do that maintain my automation server.
- raman325 3y ago
  can you share what you mean by flakey? I maintain the integration so I am curious :)
_JamesA_ 3y ago
With the most recent 2.3.6 release of Hubitat HomeKit support is no longer in beta. https://community.hubitat.com/t/release-2-3-6-available/124742 https://community.hubitat.com/t/release-2-3-6-available/1247...

by xattt 3y ago

pcdoodle 3y ago

Priced decent. Where do you pair new stuff? In their interface or homekit?

xattt 3y ago
Pairing is in Web UI. Has built-in drivers for most use cases with a bunch of other devices supported by their very welcoming community.
stevenhuang 3y ago
Idk the hardware specs are pretty anemic for $150. OK I guess if you don't have any other device laying around. Zigbee USB adapters are $15 on Amazon
- brainbag 3y ago
  Do you have a link or a brand/model? I'm just recently shopping for smart home equipment and the Hubitat seems quite full-featured and I'd like to compare.
  - deleted 3y ago
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  - stevenhuang 3y ago
    It's perfectly suitable and it looks like one of the better out-of-the box solutions out there that respect user privacy. If I don't have any SBCs and just want something that works without fiddling, I'd likely go for Hubitat too. That said if you're up for fiddling, something like https://www.amazon.ca/Waveshare-VisionFive2-Processor-Integrated-4GB/dp/B0BRN9RP1N/ https://www.amazon.ca/Waveshare-VisionFive2-Processor-Integr... will provide much more oopmh (and it's RISC-V) with 4GB ram and m2 slot, at $100 CAD, with mainline kernel support (so any USB devices will just work). Grab a zigbee USB + SBC like that, and you'd be able to run much more on your hub that just a gateway for your devices.
- justapassenger 3y ago
  You don’t pay for HW specs. You pay for the whole package, with software and their continues updates. And they take compatibility seriously. I’m a refugee from home assistant from 5 years ago, when each major update would break part of my automations because they deprecated some API. No such thing with Hubitat.

_ea1k 3y ago

I've used an older version of their hub and it was great.

sitharus 3y ago

Oh thanks for that, it looks very handy! I use ZWave and Home Assistant's support is functional but flakey since they moved to zwave-js. Plus I have better things to do that maintain my automation server.

raman325 3y ago
can you share what you mean by flakey? I maintain the integration so I am curious :)

_JamesA_ 3y ago

With the most recent 2.3.6 release of Hubitat HomeKit support is no longer in beta. https://community.hubitat.com/t/release-2-3-6-available/124742 https://community.hubitat.com/t/release-2-3-6-available/1247...