#So far I haven t been able to get my two
heavy gorge
I naively expected to get one hub to rule them all when getting SkyConnect, admittedly without much research about this part (but happy to contribute a little to Nabu Casa's business and projects)
strong cave
Yes, if they're within range of the coordinator
(though the Sonoff sensors are junk)
heavy gorge
interesting, so with the aqara it's right next to it
I just got an aqara hub anyway but wanted to avoid it 😦
My SkyConnect is connected to a USB port (with the cable) that's mapped to the virtual machine where home assistant is
I don't think it makes any difference from one that's not virtualised, and SkyConnect is recognised with no issues at all, but when pairing (Aqara right next to the SkyConnect USB dongle) nothing is shown and I can't see logs or anything, tumbleweeds
heavy gorge
Hey @strong cave sorry I missed your msg, the Aqara is about a meter away but I can keep trying if it should work and yes the USB is on the extension cable
strong cave
As long as the device is in the final destination
heavy gorge
Well, it won't but I read Zigbee should work up to 100m in the end it'll be 20m apart (if it works)
strong cave
Well, point to point range is about 6 to 8 meters
heavy gorge
But I was defeated so I bought a 30EUR USB gateway from Aqara (the usb one)
strong cave
The odds of it working at 100 meters are ... zero
heavy gorge
Ah acknowledged
strong cave
The odds of it working at 20 meters are ... not good unless that's 20 meters of open air
heavy gorge
It's a glass in between
strong cave
That may work
heavy gorge
In any case, first i need to pair, then worry about range
heavy gorge
Oh ok
strong cave
Because otherwise... you're just setting yourself up for pain and failure
heavy gorge
So, the Sonoff I paired it with an Echo 4 and it worked for 24h... maybe related to range...
It feels it's so much hit and miss but I'm still excited about the SkyConnect so I'll give it a shot tonight trying different distances
strong cave
Buying some (Zigbee) routers will help
heavy gorge
Ok, it works!
Thanks to this conversation I had more hope so not only you reset it but then you keep pushing the button a few times and after less than a minute SkyConnect picked it up
So I wonder now if I should return the Aqara hub or keep it to extend the network (it was 30EUR)
Like, could it extend SkyConnect's Zigbee network?
strong cave
Return it
heavy gorge
Ok
And now the Sonoff works, doing the same (reset and push the button a few times)
But it's so much slower and the range so much shorter
Aqara wins by a lot, it's instant, pretty incredible
strong cave
Sonoff's sensors are ... shite
heavy gorge
Yeah, but you know it's still useful, the Aqara by itself wouldn't reach the SkyConnect through a metal door, and now with the sonoff between the SkyConnect and the Aqara sensor the Aqara one works perfectly, so it seems the traffic passes through the Sonoff perfectly
strong cave
Their routers are mostly ok
heavy gorge
And the sensor comes with a temperature sensor too, kind of random
Tuyas are good then?
strong cave
"Good"
heavy gorge
ok
heavy gorge
Acknowledged