r/SmartThings • • 8h ago

Help Z wave Switch Issue

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Hello,

After years of using ge/jasco dimmers and fan controls I have run into two issues recently. At first I noticed that a clicking noise is occurring inside one of the fan switches. I pulled the little plastic tab to disconnect it and couldn't get anything to work despite troubleshooting. I am thinking the switch is end of life based on the mechanical clicking sound, but the timing seems suspect after realizing another switch has an issue.

A few days later I noticed that our porch lights are turning off for a second and then coming on dim and going up in brightness, after a minute it repeats this cycle. For years I have used the smartthings smart lighting automation to turn them on (to 75%) and off based on sun status. I looked through the log and I am seeing tons of activity where they are changing the dimmer level on their own. I deleted the device and re added it, I also deleted my smart lighting automation and recreated it. Additionally I switched to the default driver as it looked like I was using "philh30". The issue persists and I am confused. Even if I turn the light in manually it does the same sequence turning off and then coming back on while increasing brightness.

Does anyone have any insight, it'd be much appreciated!


r/SmartThings • • 17h ago

Help Yale Home integration with SmartThings – devices showing up in multiple locations

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Hi everyone.

I’m trying to integrate my Yale Doorman smart locks with Samsung SmartThings, but I’ve run into an annoying issue with multiple locations.
I have two separate homes (our main residence and a vacation home), both set up as individual locations in SmartThings.

My Yale setup consists of:
Yale Doorman L3S (pre Matter)
Yale Doorman Classic with Access Module and Yale Connect Bridge
One Yale indoor camera
The devices are split between the two homes.

The problem:
When I linked my Yale Home account to SmartThings, both locks and the camera appeared in both SmartThings locations, rather than being assigned to their respective homes.
This creates some frustrating issues. For example, when someone opened the door at our vacation home, SmartThings sent us a security alert saying that the door at our main residence had been opened.

My question:
Is there a clean way to assign specific Yale devices to specific SmartThings locations while keeping everything under the same Yale Home account?
Ideally, I’d like to manage both homes through the same accounts, without duplicate devices, incorrect security notifications, or having to create separate Yale accounts.

Has anyone dealt with this before? Any workarounds or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance.


r/SmartThings • • 23h ago

Help Connecting two buildings that are on the same WiFi

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I was curious if anything has changed, or any new products have come out, that would let me connect a second building to my smartthing v2 hub that is on the same wifi as my hub. I'm specifically looking for ZigBee, as I already have wifi devices connecting in fine.

Hoping maybe a ZigBee over wifi repeater has been built or some way to put something together? Is the only way to buy a second hub and link it to my primary one?

*reason why I'm good with zigbee over wifi is because I have a bunch of zigbee plugin outlets that I move around for the holiday devices and it would be nice to not have to buy wifi outlets for the other building.

Thank you for any help.