Since WeMo devices appear to be few and far between now in Australia, I thought I’d try the apparently “ZigBee” compatible Swann Devices for smart home automation. I was pleasantly surprised that it was incredibly easy to set up – and no Swann Hub is required.
- Plug in the device, and start searching for it using your SmartThings app.
- It should appear as a “Thing” and essentially do nothing.
- Log into the online portal for SmartThings:
https://graph.api.smartthings.com/ - Set you set your home location to your relevant hub.
- Go to your list of devices:
My Devices - Select the “Thing” from the list.
- Edit the device and select the device type “ZigBee Switch Power”.
You can also take this moment to update the label to something more appropriate. - Update it, and all going to plan, it will work nicely.
I have only had one problem so far, and that is that the reported power consumption appears to be off by a factor of 10. With a bit of playing around, I’ve modified the standard device handler to remove an apparent division by 10 on the reported power usage.
https://github.com/philgituser/smartthings/blob/master/devicetypes/philgituser/swannone-smart-plug.src/swannone-smart-plug.groovy
Philip Nye 