I am fairly new with HA and bought myself a HA Green and ZBT-2. I was running Zigbee on the ZBT-2 had only Zigbee devices (with some hue lights and hub) up until yesterday when my wife bought some matter over thread devices. I have no thread border router and need to get one, or convert my zbt to thread and buy a different Zigbee dongle. Which solution do you guys recommend?
#Recommendation for my setup
white ravine
floral lake
I am fairly new with HA and bought myself a HA Green and ZBT-2. I was running Zi...
you could get a 2nd ZBT-2 and use one for zigbee and one for thread.
just ensure that you have a bit of spacing between them. so the antennas don't interfere with each other. it doesn't have to be a huge distance just not right on top of each other. 25cm is the recommended minimum.
subtle ibex
or an smlight slzb-06, which can also drive zigbee or thread and can be powered with PoE.
white ravine
you could get a 2nd ZBT-2 and use one for zigbee and one for thread.
This was an idea I had but unsure wether it would be the optimal solution. For sure it will save me some time as it won’t require any changes on the Zigbee side of things
white ravine
or an smlight slzb-06, which can also drive zigbee or thread and can be powered ...
I only read zigbee for this dongle actually. However, if I would go for Zigbee2Mqtt instead of ZHA this might be the winner, and then reuse the zbt-2 for thread
white ravine
What would be the reason to choose z2m over zha? And is it worth the hassle of pairing all devices again?
subtle ibex
z2m will support more devices, zha lacks a bit behind. If no need to be on bleeding edge, stay at zha..
floral lake
What would be the reason to choose z2m over zha? And is it worth the hassle of p...
I just use zha persnally. if your stuff works with zha there is no need to change.
white ravine
Sounds like I should stay at ZHA then and maybe even buy myself another ZBT-2
Right now I have the HA and current zbt-2 on my desk in the office. Further on I want to move them into a cabinet. Will 2x ZBT-2 be an issue, placing them inside a cabinet?
odd pecan
you don't want them right beside each-other, and if possible you should keep them outside of cabinets, since they can significantly cut the signal.
especially don't put them in a metal cabinet.
floral lake
Right now I have the HA and current zbt-2 on my desk in the office. Further on I...
recommended minimum spacing of 25cm between them.
and as said by @odd pecan, depending on the cabnet. being inside is not ideal.
odd pecan
part of the idea of the ZWA-2/ZBT-2 is that they hopefully look nice enough that you live with them being out somewhere that they're visible :)