#Z-Wave dingle necessary for HA Green?

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lucid glade
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Im a super noob and trying to move my z-wave devices over to my new HA Green and am confused. The HA Green documentation says it is a z-wave hub but then I see many people talking about using z-wave dongles. Can I use my HA Green as a standalone z-wave hub, or do I need to get a USB dongle? Could I just keep my SmartThings hub and use that as a z-wave bridge?

spring axle
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You need a USB controller

lucid glade
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Dang, thanks for that info. So guessing I will also need to pickup a zigbee and threads dongle as well? Wish they made that more obvious in the listing

spring axle
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You can add Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 to control Zigbee and Thread* devices, set up Home Assistant Cloud for voice assistants, and integrate third-party USB accessories to support other smart standards, such as Z-Wave or Bluetooth.
Sort of does say that.

lucid glade
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Ah must have missed that in my excitement. Going to be a tough road ahead for me to learn this but i’m ready for the challenge. Wish me luck 😂 😭

spring axle
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Anyways, a USB controller will be easy to add. You won't be able migrate directly from Smartthings Z-Wave though.

lucid glade
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Thanks, so wow it doesn’t come with any receivers? So I need to get a BT, wifi, z-wave, zigbee, and thread dongle to get the major protocols up and running. So wild that I watched probably 5 noob HA setup instructional videos and none of them even mentioned the need for a dongle.

spring axle
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Yeah. That's the point of the Green I think. A basic starter system you can expand however you want.

lucid glade
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Word thx guess ill have to wait another week for dongles to get in to get started.

dusty fulcrum
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I only have (local) WiFi stuff and Zigbee

tired nymph
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Hey, just figured I would throw in my 2 cent on this one. I tried thoroughly looking into this answer as well and the part @spring axle quoted does say you can integrate other standards but it is a bit ambiguous when a vast majority of the other comments make it seem like z-wave is included. That single line is the only reason i thought that it might possibly NOT be built in. I would think it would be more clearly stated like in the case of the Zigbee Connect. I think it is just the fact that they so clearly spell out that you need to add a zigbee controller that it just makes it seem like zwave is included.