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# Local Processing Speed Multi-Device Compatibility Custom Automation Apps Hubitat Elevation Model C-7

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## Why This Product

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## Key Features

- • **Compact Design:** Sleek and unobtrusive, fits perfectly in any space.
- • **Seamless Speed:** Experience lightning-fast automations with local processing.
- • **Tailored Automation:** Customize your smart home with a plethora of built-in apps.
- • **Unmatched Reliability:** Enjoy peace of mind with automations that don’t depend on the cloud.
- • **Universal Compatibility:** Connect effortlessly with Zigbee, Z-Wave, Google Home, and more.

## Overview

The Hubitat Elevation Home Automation Hub (Model C-7) is a powerful, compact device that enables seamless local processing for fast and reliable home automation. Compatible with a wide range of devices including Zigbee, Z-Wave, and major voice assistants, it offers customizable automation options without relying on cloud servers, ensuring your smart home operates smoothly and securely.

## Description

Hubitat Elevation Home Automation Hub (Model C-7) Compatible with Alexa, HomeKit, Google Home, Zigbee, Z-Wave, Lutron - desertcart.com

Review: My Z-Wave switches finally work! - The Hubitat C-7 is the older version of the company’s smart Bridge. I needed a Z-Wave bridge, and this did not disappoint. I got this on sale and was looking for a “cheap” solution. This was not the cheapest potential solution, but it was by far the most complete solution at its price point. It’s small. It’s lightweight. It runs off the small micro-c usb (cable and plug + Ethernet cable included). I set mine next to my Router and have it direct wired to my network, so I cannot speak to the ease of WiFi set up. Scan the QR code with your phone and follow the instructions. Went really smooth. Once in, now it’s no longer a beginners game. This is a community supported “open source” device that will interface with Alexa (probably others from what I’ve read), but you need to be in the devices network address (if you ever had to log into the admin functions of a router, it’s like that), and then add your devices and enable cross connectivity to your Smart hubs and Smart apps. You can make run routines. You can access all the device features. For example, once my dimmer switch was found, Alexa can turn it on and off, as well as set the level. In the Hubitat account, I can make it flash, pulse, write a run routine program, integrate it to do things with other devices… pretty cool! Let’s face it. You want a lights on, lights off when you come home, and this lets that happen. The rest is fancy distractions. But if you are old like me and want to make your Gen Z kid who knows everything wonder why the new lights you installed are acting “sus”, those fancy distractions are there for you! Background: A couple years ago, I started buying items that would make my old house “upgraded” with smart home features, like LED lighting, dimmers, Smart TV’s… you get the idea. I bought a Ring doorbell, then a hardwired flood light, then went overboard with a whole lighting kit bundle with switches, bulbs, garage door opener, light bridge… what was I thinking! Well, the Ring light Bridge appears to be useless without a Ring security hub and I didn’t want that. Basically, everything with a Z-Wave logo and my garage door opener was useless. I gave up. Over time, I got the garage door opener to work on its own but not integrated with a single Smart interface. Then I started investigating why the switches didn’t work. Well, you need a hub. We had an Echo dot. Turns out, it only has “limited” connection features for WiFi and Bluetooth. I read the bigger and newer Echo 4 had Zigbee (mistook that for Z-wave… or a new name? Naive on my part) which is NOT Z-Wave. After confusing batch of misleading articles and incorrect A.I. generated responses, I found the Hubitat C-7. It was on sale. Online forums were hit or miss on its review, but consensus was I needed a Z-wave mesh network that would talk to Alexa and this was going to do that without a subscription. TL/DR: Z-wave, bridge, not for beginners, Alexa comparable, newer version available, pay subscription available, but not required.
Review: This is a very flexible and dependable Hub - I have owned a Hubitat C7 for over a year now, and I have been impressed with it. I moved from SmartThings when they shut down the Groovy IDE and the ability to use Webcore, as I had hundreds pistons with all of my automation logic in Webcore. I was able to move all my Webcore automation pistons over when switching to the Hubitat C7, as it runs Groovy code. There is a Rule Machine app to create automations in Hubitat as well, but Webcore is powerful and easy to use and I never played around with Rule Machine. People complain about the need for a subscription to administer the hub outside of their local network. I have never had a reason to subscribe to this, and it really is only needed if you have a hub in a remote location (like a rental property) that you need to administer remotely. In this case the administration subscription gives you access to do administration stuff, like rebooting, adding devices, adding drivers, adding apps, etc. I have never had a need to remotely administer my Hub that is in my house. I can control everything for free from Dashboards remotely as far as actually controlling my home and devices. The Dashboards are available from the internet, and there are links provided on the dashboard setup page to use them remotely. There is a learning curve to really customize the dashboards to make them look nice. If you edit the custom CSS, you can do a lot of things with dashboards like changing text and using custom icons, layering tiles, changing colors, etc. I can run everything in my house from my dashboards, either remotely or on my home network. Over the last six months, I have learned that the true power of this hub for me is the ability to write your own custom apps and drivers, or to find and use (and modify) apps and drivers that the community has written. This hub can become a casual programmers hobby, as if you know the basics of programming you can learn Groovy fairly quickly. I have now written custom apps and virtual drivers to reproduce all my automation logic I had in Webcore down to just a handful of custom apps and custom virtual device drivers to run everything. Most of my automations are based on motion and illuminance sensors with some schedules for changing modes. I have over 200 devices connected and automated, and my Hubitat is never really idle, but the hub has handled all the work like a champ. I have not seen any of the issues other people have reported about devices not staying connected, lock-ups, etc. I have to assume this is user error or a defective hub, but the platform itself is rock solid for me even with taxing it with everything I can throw at it to make it do more work. It handles code exceptions well when developing apps, I've thrown code into it that was not debugged and it reports the exceptions in logging and just continues on without issues, allowing me to find and fix the issues in my code. I highly recommend this for casual users as well, as the UI is not as bad as people make out, and most people should be able to figure it out pretty easily. There will be a learning curve like with any new product, but once you get how it works it if fairly intuitive. Dashboards have their own learning curve, but they are important as they allow you to control everything easily and remotely once they are set up.

## Features

- Speed: Automations are processed locally on the hub for fast, reliable home automation
- Compatibility: Compatible with most Zigbee, Z-Wave, LAN, Google Home, Alexa and Lutron devices (Lutron requires Lutron SmartBridge Pro). Please check for compatibility with your devices before purchasing.
- Customizable: Dozens of built-in automation apps for customizing your smart home
- Reliability: Automations do not rely on cloud servers or the internet

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B07D19VVTX |
| Batteries Included? | No |
| Batteries Required? | No |
| Best Sellers Rank | #573,262 in Tools & Home Improvement ( See Top 100 in Tools & Home Improvement ) #472 in Home Automation Hubs & Controllers |
| Color | Black |
| Customer Reviews | 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars (2,437) |
| Date First Available | May 11, 2018 |
| Included Components | Built-In Automation Apps, Custom Dashboards, Device Compatibility, Mobile App, Hubitat Safety Monitor app |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Package Quantity | 1 |
| Item Weight | 8.1 ounces |
| Item model number | HC5 |
| Manufacturer | Hubitat |
| Part Number | HC5 |
| Power Source | AC adapter |
| Product Dimensions | 2.95 x 2.95 x 0.67 inches |
| Special Features | WPS |
| Style | Open Box |
| Voltage | 120 Volts |

## Images

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![Hubitat Elevation Model C-7 - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61ITiHTOc+L.jpg)
![Hubitat Elevation Model C-7 - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61kti68wEIL.jpg)
![Hubitat Elevation Model C-7 - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/6112EL2UA+L.jpg)
![Hubitat Elevation Model C-7 - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Lelo4hfwL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Can this be setup by a novice with no working knowledge of the smart hub? I dont know much about IO but working to learn**
A: Having set up hubs before I would say no.  It is very difficult to get even simple rules to work.  For instance, you can set up a riles that if a light goes on that you want it shut off immediately but not after 10 minutes.  You can easily make it go back on after a delay if it goes off but not the reverse.  I seen no reason for wanting that but it is what it says.  Fir instance, Lutron Integration.  You have to go you your Lutron Bridge and export a list.  The find what ID number on it corresponds to what remote or switch the manually enter the ID number and description.  The instructions just tell you to export it but not where, etc.  It is really exporting nothing.  It make a text script which the hub cannot import.  You have to print it out and manually enter the information even though they are connected to each other via a local telnet which you must also enable vie the Lutron software.  If you did not follow all this the definitely do not get it because this is just the "easy" part.  Nothing is intuitive, you also have to use "UPDATE" buttons a lot and hitting the done button makes new rules not appear.  You have yo exit to the AppList instead.  Suddenly it was there.  The "done" button only works when modifying existing rules not to create new ones.  You have to create one the exit then you can go back and finish editing it.  You have to add tons of Apps most of which you have no clue about.  I had to add what was described as a developer App to use the mobile software.  Fortunately, after going back to the hub and adding the App.  Never do anything else when adding one.  Create one later.  Juts hit done or ot will not be added.  Then I went to the mobile app which ran.  I followed the prompts and it went into an endless loop trying to find the hub.  I then had to uninstall the mobile App, re-install it, try again using a LAN search option and I was finally connected.  The Apps list on the screen adjust to your phones width but not dashboards so you have to know how to use CSS to make dashboards work.  Does all this sound like how a novice begins to set up a hub.  With Wink 2 I just clicked on things, super easy.  Too bad it is now a subscription service.  They never made a local app.  Hubitat uses a localhost like with a router.  Did you get all this?

**Q: Does this work with Amazon Alexa?**
A: Both Alexa (Listed as Echo under Apps) and Google are built-in Apps.

**Q: Are there apps for ipad, iphone and apple watch?**
A: Note that the app has 3 functions; 1. Access to your dashboards, although you can just as well access them via a browser (Chrome is preferred), 2. Geolocation, so that you can run rules on the hub that take account of your location, and 3. Settings where you can set the hub's location and go-radius, select which hub the app should be linked to, etc.

The only real issues at this time are: there are still some users complaining about the resilience of the geolocation triggers with the app (but this is classically an issue with mobile phones and the intricacies of battery/power saving etc.). I've found it reliable if you disable all battery saving features on the phone. Secondly, the hub/app doesn't manage multiple hubs very well. You have to select which of your hubs to connect the app to for geolocation triggers. That's a bit stupid. It should manage all hub locations seemlessly.

**Q: How many devices will it handle? Is there a page with more detailed specs?**
A: There is no set limit on the number of devices that a Hubitat Elevation hub can handle.  Z-Wave is limited to 232 devices per Z-Wave network; Zigbee requires repeaters to handle more than 32 devices, but systems with more than this are common; Lutron systems have limits on the number of devices per Lutron system, but Hubitat can connect any number of Lutron systems.  You can find more information at hubitat.com and community.hubitat.com.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Z-Wave switches finally work!
*by L***N on December 22, 2024*

The Hubitat C-7 is the older version of the company’s smart Bridge. I needed a Z-Wave bridge, and this did not disappoint. I got this on sale and was looking for a “cheap” solution. This was not the cheapest potential solution, but it was by far the most complete solution at its price point. It’s small. It’s lightweight. It runs off the small micro-c usb (cable and plug + Ethernet cable included). I set mine next to my Router and have it direct wired to my network, so I cannot speak to the ease of WiFi set up. Scan the QR code with your phone and follow the instructions. Went really smooth. Once in, now it’s no longer a beginners game. This is a community supported “open source” device that will interface with Alexa (probably others from what I’ve read), but you need to be in the devices network address (if you ever had to log into the admin functions of a router, it’s like that), and then add your devices and enable cross connectivity to your Smart hubs and Smart apps. You can make run routines. You can access all the device features. For example, once my dimmer switch was found, Alexa can turn it on and off, as well as set the level. In the Hubitat account, I can make it flash, pulse, write a run routine program, integrate it to do things with other devices… pretty cool! Let’s face it. You want a lights on, lights off when you come home, and this lets that happen. The rest is fancy distractions. But if you are old like me and want to make your Gen Z kid who knows everything wonder why the new lights you installed are acting “sus”, those fancy distractions are there for you! Background: A couple years ago, I started buying items that would make my old house “upgraded” with smart home features, like LED lighting, dimmers, Smart TV’s… you get the idea. I bought a Ring doorbell, then a hardwired flood light, then went overboard with a whole lighting kit bundle with switches, bulbs, garage door opener, light bridge… what was I thinking! Well, the Ring light Bridge appears to be useless without a Ring security hub and I didn’t want that. Basically, everything with a Z-Wave logo and my garage door opener was useless. I gave up. Over time, I got the garage door opener to work on its own but not integrated with a single Smart interface. Then I started investigating why the switches didn’t work. Well, you need a hub. We had an Echo dot. Turns out, it only has “limited” connection features for WiFi and Bluetooth. I read the bigger and newer Echo 4 had Zigbee (mistook that for Z-wave… or a new name? Naive on my part) which is NOT Z-Wave. After confusing batch of misleading articles and incorrect A.I. generated responses, I found the Hubitat C-7. It was on sale. Online forums were hit or miss on its review, but consensus was I needed a Z-wave mesh network that would talk to Alexa and this was going to do that without a subscription. TL/DR: Z-wave, bridge, not for beginners, Alexa comparable, newer version available, pay subscription available, but not required.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is a very flexible and dependable Hub
*by C***S on January 3, 2024*

I have owned a Hubitat C7 for over a year now, and I have been impressed with it. I moved from SmartThings when they shut down the Groovy IDE and the ability to use Webcore, as I had hundreds pistons with all of my automation logic in Webcore. I was able to move all my Webcore automation pistons over when switching to the Hubitat C7, as it runs Groovy code. There is a Rule Machine app to create automations in Hubitat as well, but Webcore is powerful and easy to use and I never played around with Rule Machine. People complain about the need for a subscription to administer the hub outside of their local network. I have never had a reason to subscribe to this, and it really is only needed if you have a hub in a remote location (like a rental property) that you need to administer remotely. In this case the administration subscription gives you access to do administration stuff, like rebooting, adding devices, adding drivers, adding apps, etc. I have never had a need to remotely administer my Hub that is in my house. I can control everything for free from Dashboards remotely as far as actually controlling my home and devices. The Dashboards are available from the internet, and there are links provided on the dashboard setup page to use them remotely. There is a learning curve to really customize the dashboards to make them look nice. If you edit the custom CSS, you can do a lot of things with dashboards like changing text and using custom icons, layering tiles, changing colors, etc. I can run everything in my house from my dashboards, either remotely or on my home network. Over the last six months, I have learned that the true power of this hub for me is the ability to write your own custom apps and drivers, or to find and use (and modify) apps and drivers that the community has written. This hub can become a casual programmers hobby, as if you know the basics of programming you can learn Groovy fairly quickly. I have now written custom apps and virtual drivers to reproduce all my automation logic I had in Webcore down to just a handful of custom apps and custom virtual device drivers to run everything. Most of my automations are based on motion and illuminance sensors with some schedules for changing modes. I have over 200 devices connected and automated, and my Hubitat is never really idle, but the hub has handled all the work like a champ. I have not seen any of the issues other people have reported about devices not staying connected, lock-ups, etc. I have to assume this is user error or a defective hub, but the platform itself is rock solid for me even with taxing it with everything I can throw at it to make it do more work. It handles code exceptions well when developing apps, I've thrown code into it that was not debugged and it reports the exceptions in logging and just continues on without issues, allowing me to find and fix the issues in my code. I highly recommend this for casual users as well, as the UI is not as bad as people make out, and most people should be able to figure it out pretty easily. There will be a learning curve like with any new product, but once you get how it works it if fairly intuitive. Dashboards have their own learning curve, but they are important as they allow you to control everything easily and remotely once they are set up.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Strong Recommendation for the Hubitat Elevaton C-7
*by N***E on January 25, 2021*

I definitely recommend the Hubitat Elevation (HE). I like the idea that Hubitat runs the home automation locally (as opposed to the cloud based model of some other devices, with the potential for latency issues and downtime if one's internet is down). However, I have to admit that I was a little reluctant to order the Hubitat with some of the reviews indicating the "steep learning curve". Other than programming some timers in an old X-10 system, this is my first foray into home automation equipment. After shopping around and reading the reviews (professional and owners on various websites), I had it down to the Hubitat or Smart Things (ST). As of this writing, ST did not appear to be available anywhere except at ridiculous prices so the decision was made easier. I received my Hubitat Elevation C-7 around three weeks ago and have found that getting it up and running has been pretty straight forward, with help from the Hubitat community and a little investment of time (glad the reviews didn't scare me away). I started out reading the manual but quickly lost patience for that. What worked for me was doing a Google search with a description of what I needed. Everything I wanted to do was very well documented in the community forums (good thing that others came before me to find/create the solutions). So to date, I have installed 17 z-wave switches/dimmers (Leviton and Zooz), 2 locks (Yale), 3 motion sensors (Zooz) to trigger some of the lights, and relays (Zooz) to open/close my garage doors. All are now working with the HE. Within short order, I will be adding some more switches to control ceiling fans and ventilation fans. For the most part, I have found the applications included with the Hubitat (Groups and Scenes, Motion and Mode Lighting Apps, and Simple Automation Rules) to be sufficient for my needs (hands free lighting when entering a dark room or basement, vacation timers, unlocking doors and opening the garage doors without needing a key). I have not tried the Rule Machine yet but understand it is more powerful. Even though I had never heard of a Dashboard before getting the HE, I now have created dashboards for monitoring the sensors, security dashboard for controlling the locks and doors, lighting dashboards to control all the lights and fans and dashboards within dashboards. I also have the Hubitat application from the Apple app store up and running so I can control my system through the Dashboards remotely (and no monthly fees). In terms of my review rating, I knocked one star off (gave a overall rating of 4 stars) as I think there are some things that Hubitat could improve upon (for my use cases anyway). 1) I would have preferred to have built in wifi (this is something that made Smart Things more appealing) as ethernet only limited where I could locate the controller (I didn't want to spend more money on hardware to set up an AC line based ethernet solution); 2) Having had this functionality in my X-10 timer, I would also have liked the built in apps to have a feature for randomizing the vacation timer on/off times (give that lived in look). Yes, the Hubitat community has posted methods using rules to get this functionality but a pull down menu option in the built in app would be much easier to use; 3) Understanding that some controllers are moving away from built in batteries, I still think it would be a nice to have to ensure the controller could have an orderly shutdown in case of an extended power outage. Overall, I am very happy with the Hubitat Elevation C-7 and can only imagine the home automation solutions it will eventually be able to implement (solving needs that I don't yet know I have).

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