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Home Automation work with other technologies?

ArtVanDelay — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 01:35:57 GMT

In addition to EcoHaus, I have a few other technologies as part of my HA stack - Nest, Wemo, Alexa, b-hyve, etc. Does the EcoHaus HA system work with these other technologies or do I need to consolidate onto Haven?

Re: Home Automation work with other technologies?

KristineL — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 17:41:28 GMT

Hi Art, According to the documentation, the Ecohaus system will handle anything that complies with the GRNCONNECT standards, so if your other devices support this, then they'll work with your Ecohaus system. I did hear that GRNCONNECT is being rev'd to version 2, so I don't know what this means for compatibility. In the past, you had to get a firmware upgrade from Ecohaus to update the standards. If you're on a Gen 2 system, you should be OK since the firmware will update automatically. But if you're on Gen 1 system, you might need to contact Ecohaus Support team.

Good luck!

-- Jsp

Re: Home Automation work with other technologies?

ArtVanDelay — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 17:46:46 GMT

Thanks Jsp. That's cool, but I'm afraid I might be out of luck since I'm on a Gen 1 and in fact had jailbroken my system and installed some beta code so what to do if I don't support the GRNCONNECT v2 and can't update firmware without a big mess on my hands. Would love some advice there.

*ArtVanDelay*

Re: Home Automation work with other technologies?

KathyS — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 20:26:15 GMT

Hello Art,

You jailbroke your system!? Hahah!

OK, so I think you'll be ok. I did a firmware update using the Ecohaus automation system, but you need to check with the Support Team to trigger it for your since you're on Gen 1. Everything worked out fine with my system.

Give it a try!

- KS

Re: Home Automation work with other technologies?

Ecohaus — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 21:20:45 GMT

We'll handle the upgrade now.