Th3 Core

>multiple

I saw your post.

Here's a related post:

Ordering second HE for another location: Should use different email address?

https://community.hubitat.com/t/ordering-second-he-for-another-location-should-use-different-email-address/6627

Got a range as I said.  Hoping some of it will work.  Some cheap, some premium.... I have to say it seems a vague area. Hoping the Ikea stuff works, its zigbee I think.

Ah, great find, thank you . You are a star.
found this:
https://community.smartthings.com/t/converting-dumb-rocker-switch-to-smart-zigbee-switch-for-7/116384

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJAjfH7Ycfc&feature=youtu.be

Quite a fun hack. That chap is clearly using a cloud service though, due to the delay.

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You're going to be naming devices as you set them up.  Avoid special characters % $ : , . # < > / \ { } [ ] @ ` ' "

https://community.hubitat.com/t/device-name-vs-device-label-in-drivers/5735/6

Yesterday, I finished swapping out 2 tp-link in-wall switches with jasco zigbees. This leaves 2 Broadlink IR mini blasters, then I'm off the (Chinese) cloud.  ^{I'll add that I only allow the Chinee heathens to rifle through my guest network for 10 minutes x 5 days/week by programmatically killing power other times.}

This is not counting Alexa^{Amz already knows me in the biblical sense of the word)}, push notifications, or the Ecobee thermostats. I'm eyeing the Ecobees as Hubitat now has a native app for porting them to local control, but the WAF is so high on them that it would be a near-certain suicide mission.

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>eyeing the Ecobees

I've found that the Ecobee Integration app just taps into the Ecobee cloud in order to use the tstat sensors and/or give commands via the hub.  For now, if it's not going local-only, I see little need to merge the two systems. 

My house talks to me now, hhh.

>setup

I ordered 2 Google Minis; one upstairs, one down.  I set up a new, separate G account for them before I installed them.  I did not provide a phone number on that account.  After setup, I flipped the mic switch to 'off,' so they are only speakers --no voice control/listening.

On HE apps, I added the built-in Chromecast app.  I then searched for devices and linked the 2 minis.

Once linked, they show up as a message output option on the Rule Machine.  You just type the message you want voiced, tick the checkbox to designate the speaker.

Mostly, I added it for 21st Century fun, though I do see it useful for notifications or warnings that might otherwise go missed.  Right now, mostly just for testing, when the outside driveway light pedestals go off or on, HE announces it.  Same for when I pause the vacuuming shedules for the Roombas.  Debbie sees more serious use for intruder alerts, etc., but I'm not as advanced as she is.

BTW, Louise isn't keen on it --finds it sort of a creepy nuisance.  ....ESPECIALLY if I use a male voice.

Best review yet.  Sorta written to show the somewhat daunting technical task of getting a grip on the system, but I think that's a valid way to present it to the just-load-an-app crowd.

Should You Use Hubitat to Automate Your Smarthome?
https://www.howtogeek.com/407582/should-you-use-hubitat-to-automate-your-smarthome/