General question about the wink-mqtt implementation

[megalithic]

Hi there @danielolson13,

I'm wondering if this Wink/HA MQTT bridge suffers from the same issue the SmartThings/HA MQTT bridge does; and that is, it still has to route commands back to Wink/ST's servers (e.g. "cloud"). Anyway, do you have any insight into that specifically?

EDIT: reason I'm asking, I'd love to find a hub that supports zigbee and zwave (plus), that DOESN'T require "cloud" routing to execute commands and more importantly, works with MQTT just fine in Home Assistant.

Thanks tons for putting this project together and for taking the time to read and (hopefully) answer my question. :)

[danielolson13]

This project does not need messages to traverse to the cloud and back to turn on/off a device. The steps to root a Wink hub are moderately difficult. You may find an off the shelf solution like a VeraPlus hub, http://getvera.com. If I didn't already own a Wink Hub I would go the Vera route. Good luck.