Smart Home Hub tips and tricks

Aeotec Edge Drivers
SmartThings now moving from groovy to Edge drivers have required new drivers to reach more customized parameter settings. Below are some invitation links to...
Thu, 11 Jan, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Complete Factory Reset steps for SmartThings Hubs
You'll need to ensure that you delete your hub from SmartThings first before you factory reset it. These must be done to have a fresh start with your hu...
Tue, 4 Jun, 2024 at 11:03 AM
How to change WiFi network in Smart Home Hub
This solution describes how to change the wifi network on an existing smart home hub in your SmartThings account. Note - If your WiFi change button may ...
Tue, 2 Jul, 2024 at 1:28 PM
How to create virtual devices in Smart Home Hub
There are two ways to create virtual edge drivers, (1) SmartThings-based virtual Switches, or (2) Edge-driver-based virtual switches. You only need to use t...
Wed, 14 Aug, 2024 at 10:20 PM
SmartThings Routines: How to Trigger Every 10 Minutes
Routines in SmartThings are designed to trigger when a device's status changes. To work around this and trigger routines over the same status, you can u...
Fri, 18 Oct, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Exclude and Include Z-Wave devices in SmartThings
Unpair/Factory reset sets below will work regardless if the device is a part of the SmartThings network or not. RECOMMENDATION - SmartThings does not pa...
Mon, 6 Nov, 2023 at 10:35 AM
SmartThings Life - Smart Lock Guest Access
With Smart Lock Guest Access, you can remotely program and manage codes for your connected smart door locks from your phone at any time! Smart Lock Guest A...
Thu, 8 Dec, 2022 at 11:56 AM
zEdge Virtual Switch use in other cloud services.
Sometimes you can't do something with base SmartThings with specific devices and you may need to gain some control outside of SmartThings to a device th...
Fri, 4 Aug, 2023 at 12:18 PM
Z-Wave Device Config driver for parameter configuration
Most Z-Wave devices have parameters for setting the device. However, in SmartThings often only the most important are displayed or none at all. If you know ...
Mon, 17 Jul, 2023 at 1:14 PM