Hello, Does an SHS with a lifetime license require an Internet connection or can it run for days / weeks / months without one? Let’s say I have a dedicated tablet for the app (no SIM card). Can it connect directly to my SHS through the LAN and a) configure b) control my devices without accessing t…

[image] UffeS: Does an SHS with a lifetime license require an Internet connection Yes and no, it can still execute your Flows even if you have no internet connection. However, for most functionality (like the web app at my.homey.app, API, integrations, webhooks, notifications) you need intern…

Tack! :slight_smile: [image] smarthomesven: No, the app needs internet for log in and to refresh its authentication token every 14 days with the Athom servers So if I understand correctly this means that even with a self-hosted server, user authentication is carried out by Athom’s servers? T…

[image] UffeS: So if I understand correctly this means that even with a self-hosted server, user authentication is carried out by Athom’s servers? Yes, account management happens on Athom’s side [image] UffeS: That seems slightly odd to me. Aren’t the users local to the (self-hosted) ser…

Sure, that makes sense. Thank you for your time. :slight_smile:

[image] UffeS: Does an SHS with a lifetime license require an Internet connection or can it run for days / weeks / months without one? 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): [image] Homey …

[image] Peter_Kawa: Tip: Local zigbee / Matter-over-Thread / Z-wave devices works headache-free with solutions like SMLight devices I don’t really understand this comment, Homey SHS can only connect Homey Bridge. External dongles are not supported [image] Peter_Kawa: very odd, very inc…

smlight communicates via mqtt to shs

[image] smarthomesven: I don’t really understand this comment, Homey SHS can only connect Homey Bridge. External dongles are not supported Maybe if you don’t understand something, I mean several other ways to add local protocols next to Homey Bridge, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t work?

But this is an external dongle, right? SHS doesn’t support USB dongles.

Simply run Zigbee2MQTT in another container and use the Zigbee2MQTT App for Homey to import devices, as easy as that

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Peter_Kawa September 20, 2026, 6:01pm 9

Yes indeed.
Users can also use the zigbee2mqtt community app to connect SMlight or other zigbee2mqtt devices to Homey SHS (because ALL use MQTT)

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