You can follow my day-to-day project updates on social media. The Abode Security Hub comes with Zigbee, Z-Wave, abodeRF and an automation engine to rival anything out there. But as a smart home system with an alarm, the Abode system is stand-out - for now. Editor’s Pick Abode Smart Home Security System Designed for security first but packing a massive list of compatible smart home devices. For example, no code-free smart home system can handle a condition like "these three sensors have triggered, these two have not, it's after 6pm but before midnight, and Dad isn't home." These are the kinds of automations that might give Abode a substantial advantage, and we hope to see them move in that direction.īottom line is, as an alarm system, the Abode is price and feature competitive. Most smart home systems break down when it comes to factoring in multiple conditions. If Abode wants to continue with an advantage, I encourage them to continue to innovate and add features to their smart home app, focusing on ease of use and depth of capability. Well designed apps for IoT devices are being implemented everywhere. While I haven't found an appropriate alternative yet, I find myself seriously discouraged to continue investing in this platform.But, and this is my warning for Abode, the primary advantage of this product is software-based - a well-designed app. It's their show, they can keep running plain-text HTTP, plaintext Z-Wave, etc and keep dismissing security concerns forever. Here’s a breakdown of the similarities and differences between the two types of gateways: iota All-In-One Gateway: This is a smart-home hub that’s compatible with smart-home devices. They continue to downplay it, both in the forums in their broadcasts, and even go so far as to actively dismiss and silence people who bring real-life considerations up in the community. iota Kit Elite Package: This package comes with Abode’s All-In-One Gateway, 4 mini door/window sensors, 1 keypad, 1 key fob, and 1 motion sensor. and in the long term I'm seriously reconsidering whether I'm wasting time with Hubitat given their abysmal track record in regards to security. Neither of these is likely in the short term due to far too many other real-life priorities. I would either need to create an app to do that sync (can't do it from a driver) or perhaps create a HubConnect plugin.
#Abode iota vs abode gateway driver#
See Known Limitations at GitHub - jorhett/hubitat-abode: A Hubitat driver to interface with an Abode alarm systemĪ whole different set of code would need to be created to do that. Instead of relying on gatewayTimeline and using manually created virtual devices and RM logic to create synced contact sensors in Hubitat, can your driver be used to pull/sync the status of door and window sensors in realtime? Or better yet, could an app be used to identify all abode sensors, then prompt the user to select which sensors to bring over to Hubitat, and would then keep those selected sensors synced in Hubitat? So far, that seems to have fixed my issue, but I'm wondering if there is a better way. Smaller IF-THEN loop=smaller chance a second entry in the gatewayTimeline to foul it out. My temporary fix was to separate out each sensor, and have a RM rule run for each door.
#Abode iota vs abode gateway update#
I had one large-ish RM rule to run, any time there was a change in that timeline, to update all virtual devices accordingly (a big IF-ELSE-IF block).what I think I figured out was that, if multiple entries were made in the gatewayTimeline while that rule was running, the logic stopped, and my virtual devices never got updated properly. I created a bunch of virtual devices in Hubitat (one for each contact sensor in abode) in order to use them with automations (turn off HVAC, etc.) The way I was updating the virtual sensors was to watch for changes in the gatewayTimeline from your driver.
I think I may have found my issue, and I'm wondering if there is a better way.
can we have the realtime status of door/window sensors in abode populate in Hubitat, instead of relying on gatewayTimeline entries?
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