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Setup guide: hub, lock, calendar, test code.

About five minutes per property. Not sure your hardware fits? Run the compatibility check first.

1. Connect your hub

SmartThings

  1. After creating your account, choose SmartThings.
  2. Sign in with the Samsung account that owns the hub and approve access for the location with your locks.
  3. You're returned to Lock Orchestrator with your locks listed.

Hubitat Elevation

  1. On the hub: Apps → Add Built-In App → Maker API.
  2. Tick the locks (and any thermostats, switches or dimmers to automate). Save.
  3. Copy a cloud endpoint link. The part before /devices is the Maker API URL, e.g. https://cloud.hubitat.com/api/HUB_ID/apps/APP_ID. The access_token= value is the token.
  4. In Lock Orchestrator choose Hubitat and paste both.

Use the cloud URL, not http://192.168.x.x/.... Why.

You can connect several hubs, SmartThings and Hubitat together, to one account.

2. Pick your locks

Choose which discovered locks Lock Orchestrator should manage; billing counts the locks you add. Before going further, make sure each one accepts 4-digit codes.

3. Add a property and its calendar

Create a property per rental, choose its time zone, pick its locks and paste the iCal export link. Where to find the link (menu names change from time to time; look for "calendar sync", "export" or "iCal"):

PlatformWhere the export link lives
AirbnbListing → Calendar → availability / calendar sync settings → Export calendar. Copy the link ending in .ics.
VRBOHost dashboard → the listing's Calendar → Import/Export → export link.
Booking.comExtranet → Rates & Availability → Sync calendars → export link.
PMS / channel managerUsually per listing under calendar, channels or iCal export.
Anything elseAny public .ics link. Links to private or local network addresses are refused.

If the same rental is listed on several platforms, use the calendar of whichever one holds all bookings (your PMS or channel manager, typically). The feed is read every 15 minutes; use Sync on the Properties page to pull upcoming stays in right away.

4. Verify a test code

  1. On the property, find the next upcoming reservation and choose Activate.
  2. The badge shows working while the lock is asked to store the code, then active once the lock confirms it. This normally takes under a minute; the limit is 5.
  3. Try the PIN at the door.
  4. Choose Deactivate to remove it. It'll be written again automatically before the real check-in.

If it shows error, read the per-lock message. The usual causes are covered in troubleshooting. Retries continue on their own.

After setup

  • Turn on email notifications in Settings to hear about programmed, removed and failed codes.
  • Set battery alert thresholds for your locks from the Locks page.
  • On Hubitat, add check-in and checkout automations for thermostats, switches and dimmers from the property's Automation page.

Try every lock free for 7 days.

Every lock and every feature, with no limits and no card. Connect a hub, pick your locks, paste a calendar link, and activate your next booking early to see its code verified on the door. About five minutes per property.

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