Wink hub 2

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Anyone has Wink hub 2 and using with HA?
Any idea will it work with HA?
I read few places that it is available at Home Deport B&M.

https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/comments/59cwhb/just_picked_up_my_wink_hub_2_home_depot/

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Wink hubs are supported and as it is accessed through the cloud the version should matter.

There is a slight delay as noted in the documentation. I really like the wink hub as it has a lot of radios for a great price but the delay makes me hesitant. There are efforts to provide direct access.

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Be aware that if you’re moving from v1 to a v2 hub, you’ll need to call Wink support and request that an update be pushed to your v1 hub in order to upgrade smoothly.

The new firmware is not yet rolled out to all hubs and Home Depots that are stocking the v2 hub on shelves are doing so prematurely. Without this firmware update, the upgrade process will NOT go well for you. :wink:

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Thanks for the update.

@rpitera, do you have Wink Hub 2? Works all good with HA? Yes, technically it should work but what is your experience?

Thanks

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Thanks for the heads up, I am in beta group for Wink, so my Wink hub 1 and app are so far little ahead of the released build, but I will verify before upgrade/migrate.

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I haven’t purchased one yet and am not sure whether I will right away.

I don’t see any major advantages for my situation; my response speed is quite good over WiFi now and I still haven’t seen enough reviews from people who actually have owned v1 and moved to v2 to compel me to upgrade.

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I picked a Wink 2 up tonight from Home Depot as they were loading it off the truck. Got it setup with 8 GE Link bulbs and 3 Lutron remotes and integrated into HA without any issues. This is my first hub, so no upgrading. I haven’t played with it much, but all bulbs show up and are responsive to HA. Using the Wink app, the bulbs are very responsive and turn on/off in under 1 second. Using the Lutron remotes, there is a 1-2 second delay. There’s about a 1-2 second delay when using HA as well.

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Thanks for sharing your experience

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Follow-up; linked the Wink hub to my Dots. Takes ~2-3 seconds for lights to respond.

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Saw a post in r/homeautomation (Reddit) where a couple of users mentioned that their Schlage Connect locks did not come over in the upgrade and had to be recreated as well as any shortcuts/robots associated with them. Also mentioned a more troubling issue with Leaksmarts and sensors where some sensor were not seen and others were added but not actually working correctly.

Think I’m going to hold off for a bit.

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iantrich can you provide any more details? I just picked up the Wink 2 Hub but am very new to Home Assistant. How did you get a hold of the API? Thanks in advance.

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I just used the Wink component in HA which I believe relays things through Wink’s cloud service, hence the delay. The Wink 2 is able to make better use of local connections, so hopefully we can get something worked out to avoid having to make a call to Wink’s cloud services to do something on our local network through the hub.

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I noticed the Wink Relay thing-a-ma-jig. Thanks will have to investigate that. If you are able to show code that’d be a big help. Appreciate it.

I have two Cree bulbs hooked up but am still using the Wink App. Would like to get it to be controlled through HA and use my Raspberry Pi server.

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There’s not much code to get Wink setup after you get your access token from the component page link in my last post. Your bulbs will then show up as lights and you can group them, add them to automations and what not.

wink:
  access_token: YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
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Wow couldn’t believe how simple that was. Just entered the access_token like you said and bam, showed up. Noticed the delay but I can work on that. Thank you.

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