To make lights On &amp; OFF through SmartThings, is it necessary to have smart lights or any lights bulbs can be controlled with SmartThings??
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If you get one of the smart outlet controllers, then it will work with pretty much any light or other electrical appliance. In that case, it just turns the whole outlet on or off.
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I think that is no problem. I used with motion sensor it works perfectly. this is just extension that is not effect to switch nor light bulb functional.
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I have SmartThings, and I have multiple switches. This being one of them. It works fine, will be detected as a Standard Z-Wave Switch through SmartThings. I would suggest if you have LED lighting to use standard on-off switches instead of dimmers. Honestly dimmers, other than for effect will not save you money with LED.
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Hello. No this bulb only comes with the bulb in the package. You would need to have some way of triggering the on/off thru an Insteon controller. Hope that helps...
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I can't get it to work with my motion sensor switch.I installed 3 of them on my ceiling fixture and my motion sensor switch can turn the bulbs on but cannot turn them off.
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No you cannot. We bought parts at Radio Shack and made our own switch allowing us to control on/off for each light.
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It depends on what you want to do with it. If you're going to program it to automatically come on, etc., You'll need a controller like an isy99. If you want it to controll a light plugged into this receptacle from a switch then you need an insteon switch or remote.
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Each 'thing' has its own id and communicates to smartthings hub, hub is wired to your router, so in essence you want to have tight security for router. Only bad thing with the system is if you lose internet connection or power to your home, system does you no good. I love system so far.. Just a lil troubling when adding aftermarket things, like cameras and door locks.. Don't know if I answered your question.. Check out the website smatthings and contact them. They have a chat set up and are very helpful
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I have a floor lamp with a 3-way bulb plugged into one of the outlets but I have it on the setting I prefer to use with the remote. You can't change it with the remote. If you want less or more light you have to physically do it.
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The Philips Hue system specifically requires Philips Hue bulbs. You cannot use Philips Hue with any other bulb.
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Yes, you can control two bulbs at once. They both need to be in blue tooth range (about 30ft).
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Yes, the lights go off completely, unless you select the "dim/full" option. I didn't go out to look at how this was done when I set it up, but that's how I set it up at installation. So, I don't use the dimming feature, just on/off. And, the on/off is enabled only at dusk. They go off on a timed setting, also selectable.
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As far as I can tell it has to be the gateway. I have not seen any way to control it other than with the gateway. If you don't have the gateway a light switch will work with it. The default state for the bulb is on, so if the gateway stops working just turn the bulb socket off and on, and the bulb will turn itself back on without need of the gateway.
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Yes I currently use a LED bulb on my set up. It works perfectly. I also used a CFL for a while but switched to LED for efficiency.
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Both SmartThings and Wink plus Hue too. SmartThings supports the Ecobee3 but Wink does not yet. I'm not sure about Hue.
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One should be able to use LED lighting as long as the bulbs are DIMMABLE. Most LED bulbs are not. Dimmable LED's are usually more expensive . It should say right on the packaging whether they are or not . If you use non Dimmable LED's the lights will just turn on or off.
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No and that is my issue with this switch now. It worked great with incandescent bulbs but when I switched the three (porch area) out to LED, it controls them but also randomly turns each of the three in the circuit on and off like some odd Halloween light show -- only happens when it is supposed to be off and nothing picking up from the remote sensor. I even tried mixing back one incandescent bulb in an attempt to trick the circuit but it did not work any better.It looks like it is pulsing power out here and there which the LEDs are sensitive enough and require so little current that it momentarily lights them up.Time to look for another product that supports the new lighting standard. No and that is my issue with this switch now. It worked great with incandescent bulbs but when I switched the three (porch area) out to LED, it controls them but also randomly turns each of the three in the circuit on and off like some odd Halloween light show -- only happens when it is supposed to be off and nothing picking up from the remote sensor. I even tried mixing back one incandescent bulb in an attempt to trick the circuit but it did not work any better.It looks like it is pulsing power out here and there which the LEDs are sensitive enough and require so little current that... » Read More No and that is my issue with this switch now. It worked great with incandescent bulbs but when I switched the three (porch area) out to LED, it controls them but also randomly turns each of the three in the circuit on and off like some odd Halloween light show -- only happens when it is supposed to be off and nothing picking up from the remote sensor. I even tried mixing back one incandescent bulb in an attempt to trick the circuit but it did not work any better.It looks like it is pulsing power out here and there which the LEDs are sensitive enough and require so little current that it momentarily lights them up.Time to look for another product that supports the new lighting standard. « Show Less