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Review on πŸ’‘ Matte Recessed LED Downlight for Commercial Use by Jay Blo

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You work with the SmartThings hub!

Good. The description says it only works with the wink hub. However, since they are Zigbee certified, it should work with any hub that supports Zigbee. I was able to add them to my Smartthings hub by following the instructions on the Smartthings forum. I will list them below. I think for what you get and the fact that you can swap out a light for $22 instead of $35 for a switch makes it a very good buy in certain situations. I use this as a light above the fridge. The switch stays on and is triggered by motion detection. Disclaimer, if you don't feel technically ready to follow the instructions below I would say these lights are not for you. They're not difficult, but I just wanted to lay them out. For instructions, see [.] Instructions: (Copied almost verbatim from the link above) 1. Once power is applied, there is a method that can be used to "pair" ceiling lights with the SmartThings Hub or to allow them to be recognized. Usually by pressing a switch or button on the device itself. (This is described in the instructions that come with the devices)2. What should then happen is that the hub will detect the ceiling lights and display them in the Smartthings app for Android or IOs. Since the hub doesn't know what exactly these ceiling lights are, since no SPECIAL device type has been written for these ceiling lights, they simply show up in the app as a generic device connected to the hub. This generic device is usually listed simply as "Thing" or "Unknown Device". It's like a placeholder, indicating that the hub found something that communicates with it, but doesn't know exactly what it is. 3. Once this happens, you can login to the Smartthings IDE based on the web page. Located here: https://graph.api.smartthings.com. If someone doesn't have an IDE account, you need to create one.4. You can then log in and click on a specific heading called "Devices". Under "Devices" it says "Unknown Device" or "Thing". You can edit this device and click the drop-down arrow that lists the many types of devices that have been designed and "blessed" by the SmartThings development staff. One of the device types being developed is mentioned in this thread and is a very similar device type that would be required for these devices to work with the SmartThings.5 hub. This device type is listed as OSRAM Lightify Tunable. If you select this device type and save changes in the IDE, the ceiling lights will not be recognized as Lightify Tunable bulbs in the SmartThings app, even though they are actually not Lightify Tunable. Lamps, but can use the same commands to control them. this. On/Off Dim/Bright and Color Temperature - Lower spectrum has warmer colored light and higher spectrum has whiter light.6. Now you're done, if you go to the Smart Things Center, you'll see that you now have options to change the color/temperature and brightness of the light. Now you are done and can enjoy your lights. If you find your light is a bit off when off, try putting tape on the metal studs holding the light in the recessed glass, there may be some voltage going through your ground wire.

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  • Recessed lights
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