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jason0x43
Request: Option to manually add a child device
I'm not sure why you've recently removed the manual IP change option that I worked with you on last year, but with that removal I will need some way to add devices that are not on my ethernet LAN where my Hubitat sits. My WLAN is in a different subnet so the SSDP requests aren't getting forwarded. I'd like to be able to add a device manually since I can no longer just update the IP (drop a temporary AP in the main VLAN to get the child device registered and then move it to the main WLAN VLAN and update it's IP)
I wanted to also request a way to add devices that are not on the same subnet. I had to reset my network and and am having to do at @samstreak suggests and bring my hubitat onto a different lan temporarily so i can try and find my devices.
I've just completed my initial run at adding some capability of this to the app... It will need some more testing and such, but I think I'm pretty much there. Right now it is only for the Wemo Switch type devices because that's all I have to work with, but I suppose it could be modified to add a selector for the device type. Here's the link to the updated app. I also played initially with adding a 'sibling' device from an already-existing wemo device but that doesn't help someone that's just starting out, so why I ended up moving the functionality to the app.
Wemo Mini plugs
I don't have any of the Mini's so I don't know if this will work with them or not. I was able to get it to work with my Wemo 'Outdoor' plug which is one of the 'newer' devices, so it MAY also work with the mini's.
@samstreak, you are the man. I was able to manually add my WEMO dimmer switch and now I have complete control of all my WEMO switches.
glad to hear!... I don't know how much is supported as the code I made it for was just for a switch, but I suppose if you have the right driver installed for the other devices it is just a matter of switching the driver (and maybe adding the selection of driver into the new app portion instead of hard-coded for a switch because that's all I have)