Hubitat Elevation C-7 Manual

Registration and setup
Thank you for purchasing Hubitat Elevation®. Before you can begin creating home automation that local, reliable, fast and private, you'll
need to complete a few simple setup and registration steps.
Getting to know Hubitat Elevation®
Connect your hub
Reserve an IP address
Register Your Hub
Troubleshooting Registration
Your kit includes the following:
The Hubitat Elevation hub with integrated Zigbee and Z-Wave radios to communicate with your devices
User manual
Micro USB cable
5v power adapter
Ethernet cable
Contents
Getting to know Hubitat Elevation®
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Let's get started by finding a location that is suitable for the best experience possible.
Your new Hubitat Elevation® hub uses Zigbee and Z-Wave technology to communicate with supported smart home devices. These
radio signals can be blocked or weakened by building materials and large metal objects.
For optimal performance, choose a location as close to the center of your home as possible, and free
from metal obstructions.
Note: The wireless radios in your Hubitat Elevation® hub use Zigbee and Z-Wave mesh technology to relay the signal between
devices. To further improve the performance, signal repeaters are strongly recommended. You should avoid using Zigbee
lightbulbs to repeat signals, since their performance for that task is poor among anything but another lightbulb, and will result in an
unstable Zigbee radio mesh for your other Zigbee devices.
See the How to Build a Solid Zigbee Mesh and How to Build a Solid Z-Wave Mesh documents for further details.
1. Insert the included Ethernet cable into your Hubitat Elevation®
Connect your hub
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2. The other end of the Ethernet cable plugs into an available LAN port on your personal router or modem/router combination device
provided by your Internet Service Provider.
3. If there are no available Ethernet ports on your router, attach a network switch to your router and plug the other end of the included
Ethernet cable into the network switch.
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4. Insert the included micro USB cable into your Hubitat Elevation® hub and connect the other end to the cable to the included power
adapter.
5. Plug in your hub to begin the boot process.
Note: The light on your hub will glow Blue during boot up, and remain that way until the hub is registered. Once your hub has
been registered, the light will glow Blue during the boot process, but will turn Green when it is ready for operation.
Reserve an IP address
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Setting up a static IP address on the Hubitat Elevation® hub is not possible, therefor it is important that you reserve an IP address for
your hub in the DHCP reservation settings of your router. See your router manufacturer instructions to learn how.
Reserving an IP address in your router will ensure you are always able to access your hub from the same IP address, and
other connected devices on your network will be able to always find your hub.
1. Visit portal.hubitat.com* from your web browser and select the Register link to create a new user account.
Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge browser (prior to the Chromium version) are not supported. Google Chrome is
recommended for the best experience, but Firefox may also be used.
1. Enter an active email address and create a new password for use with your Hubitat Elevation® Portal account and press the Register
button.
2. An email containing a one-time confirmation code will be sent to the email address you used for your Hubitat Elevation® Portal
account. Check your SPAM folder if you do not receive the email or select the Resend Code link to try again.
3. Enter the one-time confirmation code that was sent to the email address you used for your Hubitat Elevation® Portal account and
press the Confirm Code button.
Register Your Hub
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4. Press the Find Hubs button to automatically search for your Hubitat Elevation® hub on your local network. * Your computer must be
on the same Local Area Network as your hub in order to register and access the Web Interface.
5. You new Hubitat Elevation® hub should appear Hub List of the registration portal.
6. After selecting your hub from the list in the Hubitat Elevation® Portal, your browser should automatically direct you to the Get Started
page.
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7. Next you will be taken to the Terms of Service Page. You must check the box for the Continue button to appear.
8. Step through the tutorial to familiarize yourself with your new Hubitat Elevation® user interface.
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9. Give your hub a name by location, or a custom name of your choosing and enter your postal code. Entering your correct postal code
will allow lights to activate at the correct sunrise and sunset times for your city or town. Select Save and Exit to Main Menu.
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10. You will now be redirected to the Hubitat Elevation®Main Menu of your Web Interface. Be sure to note the IP address in your
browser address bar. This is a fast way to access the Web Interface of your hub. For an even faster and more convenient
connection to Hubitat Elevation®, we recommend bookmarking the hub address in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have completed the initial setup of your new Hubitat Elevation® hub. You can now begin adding devices and apps,
set-up modes and build rules with the included apps. See Discovering your Devices to learn how to add wireless Zigbee and Z-Wave
radio devices to your hub.
Use a different device to register (we recommend using a computer for the initial setup).
Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge browser (prior to the Chromium version) are not supported. Google Chrome is
recommended for the best experience, but Firefox may also be used.
Make sure your device is connected to the the same network segment (i.e. the same IP subnet)..
Reboot your ISP modem/router, or your stand-alone router.
Power cycle your hub by unplugging the power cord for 30 seconds before plugging it back in.
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Troubleshooting Registration
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