#Using ZBT-2 and ZWA-2 in parallel with HA Green Smart Hub?

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calm granite
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I want to start my HA journey (again; was there already a few ears ago but ended up on Razberry). Most probably I'll just use the official hardware. I did not find any information weather I can use ZWA-2 and ZBT-2 in parallel with the hub or if I need to decide for one.
I have many different things in place with different technologies (BLE, Z-Wave, WiFi, ...) from different vendors, so I want to be able to use as many as possible from then still but finally only one master system to orchestrate all.

Speaks there anything against just getting the hub and both antennas?

white tangle
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you can use both if you need some combination of ZWave, Zigbee, and Thread

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They're all mesh protocols, so ideally you'd focus on one to build and strenghten a single mesh, but there's no reason that you can't have 1, 2, or all 3 running concurrrently

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with different antennas connected to the green

shy yew
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best to power both from powered usb-hub and keep a distance between them because of possible interference

young swallow
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I was going to post a similar question, only difference is I just purchased the ZBT-2 and have an Aqara M3 hub....was thinking of using the ZBT-2 for Thread to start "futuring" my house, M3 hub for Zigbee/Aqara devices(since aqara is a b*tch in HASS without having HomeKit, and I hate apple crap). I just dont know if this is the best way I should go about using these hubs/antennas to the best of thier abilities.

regal jay
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the aqara m3 hub is also a thread border router, so running a separate thread network using a zbt-2 might not be necessary (although it might still good to have if you plan to remove the aqara zigbee stuff at some point, or run into performance issues).