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How To: Create the Ultimate Bedtime Scene | SmartThings
Overview In this article, we'll show you how a single button on a switch can prepare your entire house for bedtime. We'll show you how you can have your house lock all doors, turn off all lights, make sure your garage door is closed, and your ...
How To: Set Your Config Button as Your Favorites Button | SmartThings
Overview Many times you just want a quick way to reach a certain dim level or you'd like to activate your favorite scene (ie: turn off all lights between the hours of 10pm and 6am). In this tutorial, we'll show you how to turn your configuration ...
How To: Dinner is Ready Notification | SmartThings
Overview This knowledge base article will show you how to set a notification to let yourself or others know when dinner is ready. This is helpful for when everyone is around watching the Detroit Lions lose on Thanksgiving and you want to let your ...
How To: Get a Notification When There's Someone at Your Door | SmartThings
For specific holiday color codes and notifications, please see our chart here: Inovelli Notification Color Recommendation Chart (middle of the page) Overview In this example we'll combine a couple knowledge-base articles into one specific, "how-to" ...
How To: Use the 2-Channel Plug (Indoor & Outdoor) With The New SmartThings App | SmartThings
Introduction First, you need to make sure that the correct device handler is installed. Here are the steps to get the code from github and to put it into your account so that it can be used with your 2-channel device. Adding The Device Handler To ...
How To: Trigger a RGBW Bulb or Strip for Severe Weather | SmartThings
Please note that this is not meant to be a substitute for alerting you for severe weather warnings. As IFTTT and SmartThings are both cloud based, there may be a delay in your bulb alerting you. As always, if you suspect severe weather, please check ...
How To: Trigger a LED Bar Notification for Severe Weather | SmartThings
Please note that this is not meant to be a substitute for alerting you for severe weather warnings. As IFTTT and SmartThings are both cloud based, there may be a delay in receiving your notification. As always, if you suspect severe weather, please ...
How To: Simulate Being Home When on Vacation | SmartThings
Summary (TLDR) Imagine being on vacation and able to simulate being home. This is extremely helpful from a security standpoint and can give you the peace of mind that your house looks occupied while you're away. In this article, we'll work on setting ...
How To: Create a Scene From Your Smart Switch | SmartThings
Summary (TLDR) In this article, we'll show you how to create a scene from your smart switch. What this means is that you can double-tap, triple-tap, etc to create various scenes using other smart home products. An example would be: between the hours ...
How To: Setup Your Smart Switch in a Non-Neutral Setting | SmartThings
Summary (TLDR) If you find yourself in a situation where you do not have a neutral wire in your setup, have no fear, we got you. With the Inovelli Red or Black Series Dimmer, you can install your switch in a non-neutral setting in either single-pole ...
How To: Set a Morning Timer for Kids Using Smart Bulbs | SmartThings
Summary (TLDR) Imagine the scenario where you've hit that perfect REM sleep around 6am and all of a sudden your kid jumps in your bed waking you up. It's the weekend, c'mon! You love the fact your kid is there, but you also hate it because they just ...
How To: Set a Circadian Rhythm using Smart Bulbs | SmartThings
Summary (TLDR) Using smart bulbs you can set a circadian rhythm using your SmartThings Hub. Circadian Lighting is important as it follows the human circadian rhythm which is a 24hr internal clock. Long story short, there's a section in your brain ...
How To: Change the LED Bar Color | SmartThings
Summary (TLDR) This article will show you how to change the LED Bar colors on your Inovelli switches. Switches include: Red Series On/Off Switch (LZW30-SN) Red Series Dimmer Switch (LZW31-SN) Red Series Fan/Light Switch (LZW36) Black Series On/Off ...
How To: Set an Auto-Timer on Your Switch (Turn Off Bulbs) | SmartThings
Summary (TLDR) This article will show you how to set an auto-timer on your Inovelli switches to turn off the lights after a certain amount of time. Switches include: Red Series On/Off Switch (LZW30-SN) Red Series Dimmer Switch (LZW31-SN) Red Series ...
How To: Transition Hubs by Excluding and Including | SmartThings
Summary (TLDR) When you're changing hubs (ie: Wink to SmartThings) you'll need to make sure your products are successfully reset (or excluded) from the previous hub. If you're having issues pairing your device to SmartThings, you may need to exclude ...
How To: Create a Scene with RGBW Bulbs | SmartThings
Overview Our Red Series Switches come with the ability to create scenes directly from the switch. What this means is that you can tap on the switch and trigger a lighting scene such as turning on your smart bulbs to purple for movie night or tapping ...
How To: Automatically Turn a Smart Bulb On/Off with a Sensor | SmartThings
Overview There may be times where you want to have your lights turn on when you enter the room or turn off when you leave. This can be done by using a motion sensor and any smart bulb that can be connected to SmartThings. There are many ways this can ...
How To: Automatically Turn a Smart Switch On/Off with a Sensor | SmartThings
Overview There may be times where you want to have your lights turn on when you enter the room or turn off when you leave. This can be done by using a motion sensor and any smart switch that can be connected to SmartThings. There are many ways this ...
How To: Update Device Firmware (Z-Wave) - SmartThings Secondary Controller Method
Intro We will be working with two different apps to accomplish this. PC Controller 5.39+ for Windows and the SmartThings app for iOS or Android. You can sign up for an account and download the latest "PC Controller" from Silicon Labs: ...
How To: Create Separate Fan & Light Entities in Alexa or Google Home | SmartThings
Overview You may have noticed that when pairing your fan/light switch to Alexa or Google Home that the child devices (ie: Fan and Light Switches) do not import over. In other words, in your SmartThings app, there are three devices (Fan & Light ...
How To: Install a Device Handler (SmartThings)
Overview Sometimes a third party Device Handler (DTH) is required to "unlock" special features on a device when paired to SmartThings. When originally paired, a device will be auto-assigned to a SmartThings specific device type and normally these ...
How To: Set Notifications With MyQ Garage Door | SmartThings
Overview In this example, we'll set a notification to go off when your MyQ Garage Door Opener is Open past a certain time and have the notification automatically turn off if the door is closed. This looks complicated as you'll read through it, but we ...
How To: Set the Default Dim Level During Certain Times | SmartThings
Summary (TLDR) In this article, we'll talk about how to set our Gen 2 Red or Black Series Dimmer Switch to turn onto a default level during certain hours of the day. For example, if you don't want to blind yourself during your 2am bathroom run, you ...
How To: Find Your Device Info, Events & Logs | SmartThings
Summary (TLDR) Sometimes it's important to share device info and logs with customer service so that we can understand what's going on with your device and/or SmartThings. The device info will tell us how your device is paired to SmartThings and/or ...
How To: Control a Smart Bulb From a Smart Switch | SmartThings
Overview There are a couple reasons why you'd want to control a smart bulb from a smart switch (seems like overkill, we know... but hear us out). Maintain User Experience for Non-Techies: Most people are used to using a light switch to turn on ...
How To: Setup Notifications with Red Series Switches | SmartThings
Summary (TLDR) This article will walk you through how to setup custom notifications using your Red Series Switches. A notification is something that allows you to have a heads-up display on your light switch of a certain event taking place. For ...
How To: Use the Z-Wave Association Tool | SmartThings
Overview The Z-Wave Association Tool is a SmartApp that was created to allow our customers to easily create device-to-device “associations” with Inovelli devices and other compatible Z-Wave devices. The tool requires special code to be present in the ...