How many Zigbee routers do you have | Home Assistant | Page 1

clear crescent Feb 8, 2023, 10:38 AM

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Only 1 on the main floor ~10m from one of the temperature sensors

knotty lion Feb 8, 2023, 10:38 AM

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That's ... quite far

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You can typically expect about 6 to 8 meters between devices

clear crescent Feb 8, 2023, 10:40 AM

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I see, so you'd suggest to add at least another router to the mix, right?

I'll give it a shot by putting the sensor closer to the router too

knotty lion Feb 8, 2023, 10:41 AM

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Yeah, a single router on an entire floor isn't going to cut it unless that floor is just one room that's not much more than 8 meters across

clear crescent Feb 8, 2023, 10:42 AM

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I see, thanks. Do the other routers need to be of the same brand/model?

knotty lion Feb 8, 2023, 10:44 AM

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No

clear crescent Feb 8, 2023, 10:48 AM

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Any model you'd recommend more than others?

knotty lion Feb 8, 2023, 10:51 AM

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Innr are good, but your choices do depend on your country

clear crescent Feb 8, 2023, 10:52 AM

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Interesting, do you mean availability per country? Or anything else?

knotty lion Feb 8, 2023, 10:52 AM

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Well, a plug that works in a UK socket won't work in an Australian socket

clear crescent Feb 8, 2023, 10:58 AM

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Ofc... Just wanted to make sure I didn't overlook something else :). Thanks

clear crescent Feb 9, 2023, 9:10 AM

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Hello. Last night I moved one of the sensor at 50cm to the Zigbee receiver and paired it again. After a few hours, it dropped again 🤔 ..

knotty lion Feb 9, 2023, 9:11 AM

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What is the make and model of the sensor?

clear crescent Feb 9, 2023, 9:17 AM

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SONOFF SNZB-02

knotty lion Feb 9, 2023, 9:27 AM

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Ah ... yes...

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Well, the bad news is that this is totally normal behaviour for the Sonoff sensors

clear crescent Feb 9, 2023, 9:29 AM

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😬

clear crescent Feb 9, 2023, 9:49 AM

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Any sensor you'd recommend? I guess the problem isn't really the bridge here

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Innr as well?

knotty lion Feb 9, 2023, 9:49 AM

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Short answer, I'm very happy with my Xiaomi devices - more so with the Zigbee 3.0 versions (E1/P1/T1), but all of them work fine for me. Linkind also do some nice motion and leak sensors, Frient/Develco do a nice multi-sensor (called the "mini") and 3reality do some good stuff too.

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I have no Innr sensors, I have many of their plugs - all work well

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https://github.com/DubhAd/Home-AssistantConfig/blob/live/hardware.md is all my current (and past) hardware and what I thought of it - including whether I'd buy again

clear crescent Feb 9, 2023, 9:50 AM

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Great, thanks. I didn't see the Xiaomi zigbee sensors so I'll look into this

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Ah that's awesome resource, thanks for putting this together

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Ah ok, xiaomi sensors seems to be branded as "Aqara"

knotty lion Feb 9, 2023, 10:01 AM

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and some are Mijia

clear crescent Feb 9, 2023, 10:32 AM

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OK I see. In your Github page you mention the Aqara as Zigbee v1.2, have you seen v3 releases?

knotty lion Feb 9, 2023, 10:33 AM

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I'm guessing you skipped right over:

My comment above
The whole section in my GitHub titled Zigbee 3.0

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https://github.com/DubhAd/Home-AssistantConfig/blob/live/hardware.md#zigbee-30

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Xiaomi devices - more so with the Zigbee 3.0 versions (E1/P1/T1),

clear crescent Feb 9, 2023, 10:36 AM

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Ah sorry yes, I was focused on the Aqara range

knotty lion Feb 9, 2023, 10:36 AM

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Xiaomi is the brand

clear crescent Feb 9, 2023, 10:38 AM

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Yes I got mislead by

Xiaomi Aqara temperature sensor Temperature and humidity
⏸️ These are pretty good, they report regularly enough to be useful and are reliable. Hopefully we'll get a Zigbee 3.0 version soon.

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https://www.xiaomi-store.com/en/aqara-temperature-and-humidity-sensor/ says it supports Zigbee 3.0, all good

knotty lion Feb 9, 2023, 10:41 AM

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You're looking for the E1/T1/P1 range

clear crescent Feb 9, 2023, 10:46 AM

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This one, I guess https://www.aqara.com/eu/temperature_humidity_sensor.html

I can't seem to find a corresponding model for temp/humidity sensors besides this one

knotty lion Feb 9, 2023, 10:49 AM

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That's not E1 or T1 or P1, so ... not Zigbee 3.0

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Look at the model number

clear crescent Feb 9, 2023, 10:55 AM

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As I mentioned, I cannot find temp sensors labelled within this range 🙂

knotty lion Feb 9, 2023, 10:55 AM

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Hopefully we'll get a Zigbee 3.0 version soon

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At the time I wrote that there wasn't a Zigbee 3.0 version

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Probably there still isn't, but even if there is as I said on that page getting the Zigbee 3.0 stuff outside of China is hard

clear crescent Feb 9, 2023, 10:56 AM

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OK, seems different than what the Aqara website says though

#How many Zigbee routers do you have