“I have a number of ZWave switches which I use to control security lights.Using the Fibaro HC3L It's easy to set up simple scenes to turn the switches on and off at different times of day - so many minutes after sunset, or at specific times. And by using profiles - Home, Away, Vacation etc. - it's easy to activate or deactivate a group of scenes. One problem with the HC3L out of the box is that its location is set to Poland and Polish time, and this confuses the timing of the scenes. To be able to change this you need to install the latest update, then you can save other locations.”
What controller are you using (optional)?
Open Source Software
“I bought this, like many others, to upgrade the firmware on Fibaro products. I did this by including it as a secondary controller so that I didn't have to exclude, include, exclude and re-include and re-configure devices. It worked ok after a few attempts on my FGS-223s but I couldn't get it to work on my FGMS-001 which has a 2 stage firmware update process (it turns out that it sent the 'half-done' notification straight to the primary controller so that the HC3L never saw it, so I had to go through the exclude, include, exclude and re-include and re-configure process anyway).”
“I bought this simply to be able to update the firmware of my Fibaro motion sensors - of which I have 9 connected to my SmartThings hub. After doing this I decided to have a "play" with the HC3. Result - I'm now moving everything over to the HC3. It is so much more powerful and, once past the initial learning curve, found the interface much easier to use than ST. The only negative is that HC3lite has limited capacity which I may reach and need to buy another hub (as a slave).”
“I bought this simply to be able to update the firmware of my Fibaro motion sensors - of which I have 9 connected to my SmartThings hub. After doing this I decided to have a "play" with the HC3. Result - I'm now moving everything over to the HC3. It is so much more powerful and, once past the initial learning curve, found the interface much easier to use than ST. The only negative is that HC3lite has limited capacity which I may reach and need to buy another hub (as a slave).”
“Like its stronger sibling, the HC3, the HC3L has much potential as an overall controller, but, because of the frustrating lack of information as to how to configure various devices (particularly those not from the Fibaro stable) it takes hours rather than minutes to set up an operating system. Support from Fibaro is laboured: their technicians have designed the hub and many of the devices used: why can they not issue comprehensive instructions which give guidance to how a device might be applied. If such information were available, the HC3 family would be perfect”
“Like its stronger sibling, the HC3, the HC3L has much potential as an overall controller, but, because of the frustrating lack of information as to how to configure various devices (particularly those not from the Fibaro stable) it takes hours rather than minutes to set up an operating system. Support from Fibaro is laboured: their technicians have designed the hub and many of the devices used: why can they not issue comprehensive instructions which give guidance to how a device might be applied. If such information were available, the HC3 family would be perfect”
“1) Aeotec Z-Stick Gen5 incompatibility with Z-Wave 700 series devices (Neo Coolcam door sensors). 2) Hubitat C7 inaccurate recognition of Z-Wave devices. 3) Need to integrate two Z-wave networks and Shelly devices in one Home Assistant instance; though I used Z-Wave range extender to overcome HC3L short range specs. I highly recommend it.”
