Abe (Athom) responded like below.
(I still don’t know for how long it will run w/o the need to reach Athom servers to check upon licenses):
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Yes, when you’ve configured Homey SHS first by adding a local account (see below);
But, as mentioned above here, I’m not very sure if it’s really unlimited to “at any time”.
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Yes, but only for the online accounts.
The local accounts however are, well, local. Out of reach by Athom, and out of reach by the Mobile app → Meaning:
No Dashboards, No Energy Tab and other stuff not integrated by the web app.
Yes, but only after preparation which needs internet:
- The mobile app is first needed to register and add the new SHS to your account via internet @ Athom Cloud. This is mandatory.
- After you have created a local user per https://my.homey.app, you can reach Homey SHS fully locally per
http://homeyshs.ip.address/
- Of course all internet dependent devices / services don’t work w/o available internet connection, including Homey Weather
- In case you (consider to) use a Homey Bridge as local radio bridge (like zigbee, z-wave): it can work fully locally as well,
BUT,
when you restart it (manually or f.i. due to power outages) it temporary needs internet in order to boot… → very odd, very inconvenient, bad choice - Physical Homey models need internet to determine the timezone and correct local time at boot! Unknown to me what Homey SHS uses to get the correct time at boot…
- Local LAN/WiFi devices continue to work with Homey. F.i. Shelly WiFi devices can be configured to work without Cloud dependency
- Tip: Local zigbee / Matter-over-Thread / Z-wave devices works headache-free with solutions like SMLight devices
