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EDIT: Why I think this is so important for Athom to consider…
One thing worth thinking about before deciding to use Homey SHS with Homey Bridge for Z Wave, Zigbee etc. devices is that if your Internet goes down, you’re fine as long as your Homey Bridge stays powered. If your Internet goes down and your Homey Bridge loses power even briefly then you’re stuck without access to any of your RF devices until the Internet is restored.
Wi-Fi with internet access is required
While Homey Bridge connects to Homey Pro directly on LAN, Homey Bridge needs Wi-Fi with internet access to connect to Homey Pro every time it powers on. Homey Bridge might pulsate red if your internet is offline until it can reconnect to Homey Pro.
Source: https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/7263667137052-Setting-up-Satellite-Mode-for-Homey-Pro
This kills the idea of Homey SHS as my primary solution at least for now.
So I’m thinking Homey SHS might be a better option as a ‘backup Homey’ in the event something goes wrong with my Homey Pro that I cannot quickly fix. Obviously this use case won’t be viable until Homey SHS supports restore from backup (ideally cloud so that I have an automated nightly backup). And even then, it’s not clear that there would be a quick route to migrate RF devices from a Homey Pro to a Homey SHS’s Satellite Bridge.
So this leaves the only remaining use cases for Homey SHS right now:
- Users who don’t care about truly local (not sure how much overlap there is between these people and those contemplating Homey SHS)
- Users who don’t have (m)any RF devices. Similar caveat to the above.
- Tinkering / dev system but not primary system (not sure how many people for whom this use case is worth the subscription fee)
In the cold light of day, Homey SHS is more limited than I first thought. And the addition of a restore from backup feature is even more critical IMHO. While you’re thinking about restore from backup, Athom, perhaps worth considering how RF devices could be migrated from Homey Pro to Homey Bridge operating as a Satellite for Homey SHS.
