Hello all!
This is my first post and I’m very new here and with HA. I’ve been doing a lot of reading and experimenting with configurations, integrations, and have broken my HA twice and had to start over
However, I’m trying to do this right now. I started my smart home efforts with Abode, which turned out to be lacking in the full functionality that I want when it comes to automations. There were also a great deal of glitches and errors, I think due to the way their cloud-based automations work.
I’ve moved on to HA. I integrated my Abode system into HA, and have been able to figure out how to fully use the HA integration. The one thing I am missing is actually adding the Abode Bulbs as devices. HA has not added them as separate devices, but has almost every other device added (except the smoke alarm detector).
I would love to fully control the bulbs with HA. The way that I have to do it now is to set up automations within the abode system, followed by having HA call the abode:trigger_automation service in my HA automations. It’s a clunky and slow way of controlling the lights and is very limited and, at times, comically glitchy. My goal is to complete rid myself of Abode’s automations (and stop paying for their useless service) and only use the devices that I’ve already bought. Can anyone help?