Samsung updates SmartThings to easily connect with third-party smart home devices | Infinium-tech

Earlier this year, Thread Group unveiled version 1.4 of the low-power smart home protocol. One of the major corrections was an easy cross-ecosystem interoperability-which means that thread-based smart home devices from different brands can do unilateral work rather than require their own control app instead of each brand.

Samsung’s smartthings are one of the first smart home ecosystems to add support for this network integration. It is supported on selected smartthings hubs (including Aeotec Smart Home Hub and Aeotec Smart Home Hub 2) and will soon be added to more hubs.

Aeotec Smart Home Hub 2

First, some terminology. A final device is something that you can control on thread network, such as a smart light bulb. A router additionally prepares messages to help creating a Aries network that has an extended range and reliability. Finally, a border router is a bridge between thread network and Wi-Fi or Ethernet network.

Smartthings Hubs are border routers and you can combine them with other thread-based devices in one of the two methods. You begin to manage the thread network to manage Smartthings Hub Interfaces, Settings, Thread Network, then unite the thread network.

From here, you can select the share Smartathings Network, which will give you a QR code and a bar passcode (OTP). By using QR or OTP code, you can add a third-party border router to your Smartthings Thread Network.

If you already have a thread network built with third-party equipment and you just bought a smartthings hub, you choose another option-join one other network. Use the QR or OTP code to the third-party app to connect the smartthings hub to the current network.

Thread network integration using Smartings App

You can read more about thread network integration using Smartthings Hub Here And more about threads Here,

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