Zigbee hub reddit I looked some up on Amazon and I don`t really want to spend 50€ (I live in Germany and the cheapest hub I could find was the Phillips Hue Bridge) or more extra as the bulb was only 15€. ;) That Zigbee is bigger is really to thank to Philips. All is running nice, but I started wondering about using Philips Hue bulps and remotes on Philips Hue Bridge instead, and just pull in all devices and Entities into Homeassistant. 0 platform makes it compatible with just about every zigbee device that falls into the supported categories (light, switch, plug, sensor, etc). Plus Hubitat doesn't have a $5 month charge for Google/Alexa/Outside access. Because of those light bulbs anywhere, I never had any issues even outside or in 3rd floor. Switchbot has devices and a hub. If you connect all your ZigBee devices to Eero and with that, Alexa, your hooked in amazons ecosystem. 0 certified device, pairing it to HA may or may not work regardless. I'm not intending to install a full HA setup. 4ghz ZigBee network) The best bit of the sonoff bridge is as it’s WiFi you can put it anywhere and not be near your server. I'm new in the echo ecosystem and i was wondering how many echo i need as hub and "extender" for Zigbee's tecnology gizmos. It’s a zigbee coordinator that connects via Ethernet. Works with Z2MQTT and ZHA. The issue here is that I only have wi-fi devices, that I had since the start. There are unofficial routes, using things like Home Assistant, but if you delve into those areas, you’ll most likely end up using some other Zigbee hub device anyway. This article indicates that the 4th generation Amazon Echo is an excellent automation hub as it controls Zigbee devices. Basically an antenna that will allow it to communicate via said protocol. (in my case specifically the Samsung smart plug which according to Samsung support should work with any standard 2. Everything I have is zigbee. I want a ZigBee Hub and I'm thinking about getting an Amazon echo 4th gen. The cheapest is a buy a zigbee stick. In addition, it has two external Antennas, has both Wi-Fi and Ethernet, and Both the zigbee and Z-Wave radios on the Nortek are fairly outdated and you'd be better off buying seperate adapters for ZigBee and Z-Wave that support the newer stacks. This was significant cheaper than almost any other unit I could find. Currently I own 6 Amazon echoes, multiple harmony hubs, Sengled lights and Yale smart locks. The Tuya ZigBee hub will (I suspect) talk to any ZigBee device, but only the Tuya app. And also linking them to Google Assistant / Amazon Alexa. Does anyone have a guide or review of the Eero 6 pro zigbee hub? My Conbee ii stick is plug into my 24x7 running laptop, while I have 3-pack Eero 6 pro around the house, I will assume the zigbee network coverage to be better. Zigbee has. Can I not use any ZigBee hub/bridge with any product? I'd go with a hub/bridge that works with HA then I'd be able to connect any device to that hub/bridge. This is super helpful. They’ll be introducing Matter bulbs (this month I believe) so they’ll work with Alexa, Google & SmartThings (if you’re using one of these platforms). Can someone point me to a good reference for the capability of the AppleTV HomeKit hub? Originally I thought I’d wait for the Thread/Matter devices but that’s not looking too good lately. Jul 25, 2024 · The sales figures of Zigbee vs Z-Wave are far more of favor of Zigbee. I would’ve gotten the Nortek zigbee/zwave dongle, but I didn’t know it existed until after I had bought the Zooz one. So is it possible to tell Google to turn on a light that is connected via Zigbee to an Amazon Echo? If not, what hubs do other recommend? The hub for all your updates on My Nintendo. Any ideas will be appreciated. Discussion about Smart Life / Tuya Smart Home automation apps and devices. For ZigBee or Zwave, your hub will need a coordinator. But besides that, you have to think about what you want to do in the future. Since Eero 6 pro has zigbee hub built-in I am thinking of use that instead of Conbee ii stick. Supports way more zigbee devices and supports all the same hue features as the hue hub itself. This way you can control switchbots via the App with WiFi and the hub sends the commands via bluetooth to the I know ZigBee is ZigBee and isn't necessarily a proprietary protocol. I was potentially looking at a hub for the wifi devices like Google Home. I just discovered this fiasco today when trying to pair a Sengled Smart Zigbee Bulb. I started here, and later added a Nortek HUSBZB-1 stick, but still use the Echo Plus for a handful of my zigbee devices. From their I would use it to communicate with my HA install over the internet. Thanks! I'm only now starting with my first zigbee devices and a DSM 7. I use SONOFF Zigbee 3. If you go this route I would recommend trying some of Hubitat's automations, things break FAR less than Home Assistant. It’s a rock solid integration and if ha went down for whatever reason you still have control through hue app. Matter&Thread are still in very early adoption, I would not plan a deployment around em at this point. It is free with Hubitat. Couldn’t agree more. Aug 6, 2024 · Hubitat released a new smart home hub: the Hubitat Elevation Model C-8 ($149) features Z-Wave Plus 800 and Zigbee 3. Any suggestions on a hub to allow for Zwave devices? The Eero Pro 6 has a built-in ZigBee hub, can I use it as my ZigBee hub inside Home Assistant instead of using the Sonoff ZigBee USB stick? The problem is that the ZigBee USB stick is too far away from the humidity sensor so it loses signal. Aside from RF issue, I am dealing with zigbee devices randomly dropping off every 1-2 month. For ZigBee in particular you will experience improved range and performance in addition to not having the limitation of approximately 25 directly routed devices. And yet, not one officially supported sensor. I was thinking a ZigBee hub that also has internet connection and MQTT. I have a bunch of Yolink sensors (water, temp, vibration, outdoor proximity sensor for gate) but am uneasy with the fact that there's no local API access, only cloud. zigbee2mqtt, ZHA, or deCONZ). I want to replace my xiaomi zigbee hub because I want to buy not only xiaomi products, and I want a hub that I could connect any brand of zigbee accessories. My main platform is google home, but it would be nice if it would work with apple homekit. The ‘A100 Pro’ isn’t capable of this even with a hub. You can get both Tuya WiFi and Tuya ZigBee devices. After a bit research I found, Zemismart zigbee hub + HomeKit Amazon Echo General Multi-Mode Wireless zigbee hub Use a USB Zigbee stick on a Raspberry Pi with Home Assistant. Some of the Zigbee accessories (connected to gateway) is usable in Tuya while others show unsupported. You'll have to do some assembly and learn something about router configuration and firewalls if you want cloud integrations like Alexa without a monthly fee. Hubitat has a community driver for it. ). Actually you can do the vice versa too, as well as just use the Hubitat hub as your Home Assistant ZigBee/Z-wave coordinator. Reply reply The hub for all your updates on My Nintendo. It is very easy to work with and its Zigbee 3. I want one hub that can support nearly all ZigBee devices. RaspBerry Pi 4 with Conbee Zigbee USB dongle. Thinking about installing homeassistant down the road. I already got the z-wave stick from Zooz and was thinking of buying the home assistant sky-connect. Tuya is an internet of things platform. Lightbulbs acting as routers are a little temperamental as routers. (and the zemismart hub, now is cheaper than a raspeberry pi. And rather than buy another hub, like an Aqara, I think it's time I rolled my own. Right now I have a list of Sonoff Dongle (have to order online), Sonoff ZB Bridge, Xiaomi Smart Home Hub and Needis Zigbee Hub. But I found some devices are not supported on Wired gateway but support wireless gateway and vice versa. However, the Aqara sensors that I have keep going offline. I am annoyed at Zigbee in general (wifi interferance / device/brand compatibility). It works. They're great devices and the range is amazing but I'm not sure I want to invest in more devices until I'm sure their new hub actually has local API access While based on Zigbee, Aqara is also native to HomeKit and costs significantly less than Lutron, while remaining highly reliable and responsive. It was along ago. 2000 sf home. Lastly zooz came out with one very recently and also hubitat which is the hardest to configure but not that hard. My server is in the basement and my hub is plugged into a usb socket in an upstairs cupboard. I’m new to smart home and I’m looking for buy a Zigbee hub. PS: Before making a post asking for your device gcam, try to first web-search for: "your device gCam" or in your manufacturer/device subreddit/XDA website, where the specific question has probably already been discussed in depth. Oct 7, 2023 · Just another +1 for Yolink, have been using their outdoor motion detector on a "short" 200ft driveway with the hub in my garage. These apps are generally optimised for the manufacturers products which causes issues. Also I had some issues with Matter devices that partially broke the Thread network. It has no backup from big companies. Lets me be divorced from interacting with any outside servers. Here you can discuss device compatibility, settings etc. There are a few exceptions with older Mi/Mijia branded sensors, although they’re increasing hard to find these days. And using the ZigBee hub with Matter involves a complete reset and redoing all rules in the HUE hub from scratch. All is welcome. I moved from the hue hub (pre hass) to conbee II and it is miles better. The best option, in my opinion and my own setup, is invest in a Hubitat Elevation C-7 hub. This has been fine with Sonoff sensors. I take courage and whit Alex as speaker and hub I have a mess. I don't really have a good understanding of what kind of performance is needed for such a device. Zigbee devices, like most radio devices, will attach to only 1 hub, in this case it is either the echo, or HA. Whether a specific device is compatible is more a question of software vs hardware. My thought process looks like this: Run on my unraid server in a container, means buying only a zigbee dongal. Mostly zigbee bulbs but if you want hue for the quality than it wouldn’t matter. The ''All New'' 5th generation Echo Dot has no Zigbee hub integrated, unlike the 4th generation. Your question is equally applicable to the smart things hub and all the other hubs. Very low latency and reliable and very straight forward setup. Not too sure on the smartthings hub in regards to Matter. I've managed to get the hub (Moes mhub-w-q) working with Tuya, but not with eWelink. Sonoff Zigbee Bridge flashed with Tasmota. Hi everyone, first time posting and have yet to get into HA. BUT most hubs will need you to use some kind of app to pair devices and control them. Be sure to use a 1m USB2. The conbee started failing about 2 years in so I moved to something the Sonoff USB zigbee stick and was fairly impressed with the upgrade. Which is weird because the main thing zigbee fans crow about are cheap, long lasting sensors. I have learned that SmartThings Hub is no longer a stand alone product, and most Alexa Echo devices now support Zigbee. For a list of compatible devices you’ll want to check with the software developer/group (I. 0 USB Dongle directly plugged on Raspberry Pi with Home Assistant OS and it works near to plug-n-play with Zigbee Home Automation . Such devices as Wi-Fi plugs/sockets, switches, light-bulbs etc that do not require a hub that work with Smart Life/Tuya. I plan to run home assistant on my server in docker and I’ve read that the Samsung smartthings hub is compatible. Edit: I just read your post and since you just want lights and plugs, Ikea Tradfri hub and devices might work but someone has to confirm about Google home. I planned on using an Aqara hub but the lights and hub aren't compatible natively. Depending on the hypervisor you are running, USB passthrough will do the job. Now having problems whit routines. Anybody using the newish zemismart hub? According to the HomeDevices app, some aeotec/smartthings devices have now been confirmed to be compatible with this hub and show up in homekit using it. But I have an Eero Pro 6 right next to the humidity sensor. The new hub from ZemiSmart is officially certified for HomeKit, and uses Zigbee 3. Was looking at a Zigbee Schlage Door lock but don't currently have any Zigbee hub/connectivity . If two devices "support Alexa" by connecting to their own hub, that still means you need multiple hubs for all supported devices. Even if you try the HA free route with duckdns, etc, you avoid that headache as well. You can redeem these points for digital content, discounts, and physical rewards. With that in mind I would pair the zigbee hub to home assistant directly, using an integration like ZHA or zigbee2mqtt. The way Tuya ZigBee works is you have a zigbee bridge (or hub) which connects to the Tuya platform, which then allows ZigBee devices to be connected to Tuya. In my home setup I use a SmartThings Hub for my Zwave and Zigbee devices and WAY too many Alexa devices for my commands. I want to link up some pirs, sensors and whatnot. Same with their doorbell. It works a treat, I was able to add several things right away and they work reasonably well (the app loves to complain about being offline after opening it after being idle for a while, but whatever). Plus Hubitat is brand agnostic and works with many ZigBee, z-wave, and wifi brands, not to mention local control no cloud needed. Both ZigBee and zwave will continue to work for years to come. 0 In the end I went specifically for ZBDongle E version of the sonoff zigbee stick for future proofing. That said, once you get everything setup in HA you can use the Naba Casa service ($5/month) to let Alexa see all your devices that are setup in HA. That’s kind of the beauty of Zigbee. 0 extension cable to reduce the wifi interference caused by the USB3. Ah, homekit is essential to my home set up so I got their hub, AFAIK its the only homekit/zigbee hub. Looking into wi-fi motion detectors, there are so few and are really expensive, so, I'm thinking about improving and having a Zigbee option. You may need to reconnect your devices to the hub again. Its not like Amazon doesn't have hundreds of listing for zigbee sensors. Most of them didn't have HomeKit support or ZigBee. To furter explanation i live in multifloored house and nowadays i set up an Echo 4th gen to control 1 dimmer and 1 switch (both using zigbee) in a bedroom and bathroom each; in the future i'll install other similar switches in the bedroom&bathroom near the first one, and This is a a dedicated, unofficial subreddit for Google camera ports - GCam. Also lets me set up automations and use my voice to control the blind. You can mitigate the issue by setting the correct channels for both wifi and zigbee. Aqara is picky. Smarthings ceo has specifically stated they will not support the Matter bridge functionality (which is the part that bridges non-matter devices linked to the smartthings hub into other Matter ecosystems) but will support the Matter controller functionality (allow their hub to control devices in other smart-home ecosystems exposed by I currently have a Zigbee USB stick that I tie into HA ( HUSBZB-1). 0 to communicate with its sub-devices, just like Aqara or Philips Hue, for example. In the market most consumers want a working ecosystem that works with their smartphone. can I/how can I add ZigBee devices to my ZigBee network, using the Hue Bridge as a gateway, that aren't found by the search feature but should support the standard ZigBee protocol. It's not really intended for High Availability in the traditional sense. So I'm new to Zigbee and Z-Wave, and bought a used SmartThings Gen2 hub, thinking it was a cheap way to get a decent hub. However I see some people complaining about app compatibility saying apps like smartlife don't recognise echo as a hub and so zigbee device functionality is reduced. Does the SONOFF Zigbee Bridge Pro Hub connect/work with Smart Life? I have quite a few smart plugs and smart bulbs being controlled by Smart Life. ZigBee is a universal standard between devices, doesn't mean you can add their hub to SmartLife. 0 ports. Hey everyone! I’m looking for help choosing a zigbee and z-wave usb stick for my hub. The Athom comes pre-flashed and looks perfect. While a tuya zigbee hub is cloud based, the devices are local and don't even use wifi so they don't bog down your router. Almost all IKEA Tradfri bulbs support ZigBee v3 after updated them if they weren’t already. Both zigbee or zwave can be integrated into home assistant by either 1) having home assistant control a secondary hub like a vera for zwave or xioami for zigbee, or 2) directly via a zwave/zigbee hardware usb stick plugged right into the home assistant box (raspberry pi, nuc, vm, etc. Evening clever people. See attached picture. I have 5 sensors and only 1 (the closest to the hub) stays connected. Any one able to connect the Tuya multi mode Zigbee BT hub to home assistant? Ineed home assistant the hub shows up using Tuya integration but it is labeled as unsupported. The hub connects and via bluetooth to the devices and can "talk" with them. After a bit of research I just got my first zigbee stick It came down to a decision between the conbee ii and the sonoff zigbee 3. I'm looking to make few devices smart at my parents house using only ZigBee devices. Not considered with lag as it's mostly going to be used for I'm curious if there's a Zigbee hub out there that is compatible with multiple brands or am I going to have to a do a Home Assistant and Zigbee dongle setup? I have two generic Zigbee lights and want to set them up with Xaiomi/Aqara switches and the Google Assistant. I use SmartThings for my hub and have a bunch integrated into it. Z-Wave is in my opinion better than Zigbee. Which also match the Amazon zigbee developer docs. Is there a better integration of the hub I can use to have better functionality? I also have a Pi3 running Home Assistant if that matters. Response times dropped significantly going from almost 1s delay at times down to tenths of a second. Any zigbee device is capable of pairing with any zigbee hub and vice versa. If you live in an apartment, I wouldn’t even bother with zigbee. If you don’t use an Aqara hub with either the ‘A100 Pro’ or ‘A100 Zigbee’, you can’t use the lock in Aqara automations. USB-type but cheap. Bulbs, switches, plugs, door, window sensors, blind rollers. Some times Alex clone a gadget and use other brand as aqara. Is there a way to set up a Zigbee hub to connect directly with a smartphone (Pixel 6 or Galaxy S9) without a wifi router? And if i could get some recommendation for a easy to use Zigbee hub and a smart plug that is Zigbee compatible that can handle energy monitoring and has a bit of automation (timer to cycle on & off ). I've used the nortek 5 series combo stick for zigbee and Zwave, and the zooz 7 series stick with upgraded firmware. You can connect to it with the App via WiFi. Zigbee hub I am a raw beginner at home automation and I have a system running on a raspberry pi 4 and want to add zigbee devices to it. I want to connect my smart downlights to the ZigBee hub through the Smart Life android app and would like to set up some automation features. 0. If you already knew about this then this thread is not for you. If you want to use products from various manufacturers, you should use a hub designed to be Silvercrest LIDL Hub (But it needs opening up and flashing) (£10) Ewelink / Smartwise / Eachen GW03 (£20) but always being sent from China Does anyone know of any other alternative, easily accessible, cheap LAN zigbee hubs for Z2MQTT? I just bought a smart light bulb at Aldi, only to discover I need a Zigbee Hub to control it. I use to have zigbee trvs on all the rads. Members Online Smart Life app was compatible with any Zigbee hub since zigbee a universal standard. But why it do that? My goald is totally smart home. Nanoleaf doesn’t use a hub (do need TV or HP if that’s what you mean), they use Thread which won’t overload your Wifi. This router won't have an internet connection, just a local network. I would start with the hue integration because if you are buying hue bulbs in bulk you will be getting the free hub anyway. Zigbee is touted as being sone kind of magic “everything with everything”, but it isn’t true, whatever Zigbee device you use you’ll have to have a compatible hub. However, Aqara is rather notorious for not completely following Zigbee standards, so likely unless it's a Zigbee 3. Using very cheap Silverlight zigbee plugs (from Aldi supermarket in UK) connected to a hue zigbee hub with Home Assistant for Homekit support. I currently have a Sonoff Zigbee gateway flashed with Tasmota that works very well, but it connects over WiFi and I really want an Ethernet connected device. I was looking into a zwave/zigbee hub and was considering the husbzb-1 or maybe the smart things hub since it will probably go on sale soon anyway… /r/ZigBee - a place to talk about all things ZigBee, be it new/old devices, new controllers, pieces of software, development of the ZCL, etc. The 4th Gen Echo (with built in Zibgee hub) will work just fine, its a Zigbee hub and there is a sea of compatible devices to pair to the hub. I don't have a Zigbee hub right now, but wouldn't mind getting one and integrating with Homebridge if that's what I decide to do. Zigbee sticks with HA, still have a lot of headaches. I got their cube it didn't work with zha at all. But it's really just meant to increase the range and number of devices or to have the load on one device and the automation happen on another hub. Just wondering if anyone could mention any luck they've had (or issues!) connecting non-Tuya zigbee devices to this hub. simple wifi devices can be added to the hub (via tuya) and appear on homekit as well? I know it's a zigbee hub and any review speaks (obviusly) about "zigbee devices", but i'm curious before buyin' it, because most of my ecosystem (mostly bulbs & cams) is made of normale wifi devices. I already have a 2nd gen Hue bridge which I extend a bit with homebridge-hue. (Or force you to spend an extra $300 on ubiquiti access points) Tuya zigbee devices are kinda iffy on being in spec but they sell so many that most zigbee hubs add special code to support their particular kind of jankiness. My question is about the type of hub that I need. It has a Zigbee and Z-wave Plus radios built-in along with hundreds of verified drivers for smart devices. But the Sonoff button does not work (this is documented on the internet). My zigbee devices are mostly end points so do not repeat though 10’ from a hub can drop off randomly. I use ZHA, had a really bad experience with deconz back when I tried it Aqara devices are not all zigbee compatible despite the fact they are zigbee. What is the cheapest way to connect the bulb into my smart home? Of all the products I have used, my Leviton ZWave is rock solid. Even then there are different implementations of ZigBee that are not necessarily compatible. I use sonoff as I understand they are the best at ZigBee. Cheap ZigBee Power Switch Cheap ZigBee leak sensors Cheap ZigBee move sensors (to monitor animals outside and for mailbox) Netatmo thermostat Yeelight ceiling light Eufy video doorbell iRobot Life 360 (for trigger geolocation base events) Petoneer smart feeder Some but not many. Plan on getting a cheap zigbee/homekit button to put on my nightstand. But this would give you local control over the devices, even without an internet connection. USB stick vs a network hub is generally recommended however the choice may differ between the two as they have different recommended / supported hardware. The Sonoff is much cheaper! I’m planning on setting up home assistant (finally) and I’m curious if I should use a hub or a usb dongle for z-wave/zigbee support. Reply reply ilexus-6603 Zigbee: Zigbee is a bit more complicated, your two main choices are the native ZHA integration or zigbee2MQTT. So is it possible to tell Google to turn on a light that is connected via Zigbee to an Amazon Echo? If not, what hubs do other recommend? About to pull the trigger on some Smartwings roller shades. And it works almost perfect. Battery life is ridiculous, automations are nearly instant (alerts to our devices when someone pulls in, lights come on at night, etc). The router is an always powered device, such as a smart plug (Innr or sonoff) or one of the zigbee zr1 relays from sonoff. If anyone can give me a good hub I would very appreciate it. The easiest to use for zigbee/zwave is Hubitat and integrate with HA. I have about 50 devices in my house, mostly dimmers and switches, but a couple of plugs, the thermostat (on a c wire) a water shutoff valve, and 4 outdoor battery motion sensors. HI everyone, I'm helping a friend with his first Homeassistant setup. When you leave your home and turn of your Lights, the command goes over the air to your Hub. Even if you want to use HomePods. Server and Sonoff zigbee USB adapter is at the basement and I have a bunch of IKEA zigbee light bulbs. If the Aqara device you are wanting to use is a Zigbee device, you should theoretically only need a Zigbee dongle to connect to Home Assistant. Spent a week dicking around with firmware updates and trying both ZHA and Zigbee2mqtt. If there are suggestions for Zwave or Zigbee or anything else that work well with AppleTV, I’d love to hear about those. Built-in zigbee hub, local control when internet is down, and media-player integration in HA makes devices from Alexa available to HA. If you want to do that, you need the Tuya/SmartLife ZigBee hub. I’m looking to slowly move the whole house to smart bulbs with multiple scenes depending on time of day & motion. Earn points by playing apps on your smart devices or buying digital games for your Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, or Nintendo Switch systems. With the Eero 6 pro being a Zigbee Hub, I wonder if I can move these sensors that constantly get out of contact when connected to the Aqara Hub to the Eero Pro 6, will they still be exposed to HomeKit? I have Zigbee purely because I had the IKEA blinds and got fed up with the IKEA hub (would hang and fall off HA randomly) and I also wanted cheaper aqara zigbee devices. . They also solve the multi-hub Zigbee issue through a mesh system of their own, using the light switches themselves as signal repeaters, but only as long as you can use their neutral wire-based switches. Aqaras door sensor from alli works flawlessly no issues. Before start researching I thought that for Home Assistant talk to a zigbee device could just pass thru the hub, HA -> HUB -> Sensor But looks like all I find is: HA -> Internet (account login or API Key) -> Hub -> Sensor I do have internet, but I don't want to rely on it to interact with zigbee or add/discover new devices. What's the best/cheaper way to do this ? All my current devices are Tuya (I haven''t had a change to play with Home assistant yet") The absolute cheapest solution is $70-ish dollars: a raspberry pi + a zwave/zigbee combo dongle + open source software (homeAssistant, OpenHab, etc). Everything works instantly. I have one in my bedroom and it works great. ) Currently, all our switches/thermostats use Wi-Fi, so no need for a hub. They have several motor options, including native HomeKit (bluetooth, chip indicates possible future thread support) and Zigbee ($30 cheaper per shade). There are only 58 devices and they are In-wall switches, Plugs/outlets, Lights, Locks. Sep 17, 2024 · Biggest issue with zigbee would be RF interference from wifi and neighbour. 1 on which I'm planning to run HomeAssistant in docker. The Hue emulation feature in HA easily makes lights, and plugs visible to Amazon. I find out ZigBee protocol whit Samsung hub. In general, yes. The Smart Hub also need to support at least ZigBee v3. I get the reports as Product Manager. Zigbee is a mesh system, if you have an issue with range then you need to put a zigbee router between conbee and the device you have an issue with. All the HomeKit and Alexa and Google Home do are send instructions to the hub that get forwarded to the appropriate device. Technically Hubitat allows multiple Hubitat hubs (Zigbee and Zwave) to be bonded together. e. I want to have a WiFi router that is plugged in on my tv cabinet which also has a ZigBee Hub connected to it. I have some Aqara sensors that are more at the far edge of the house that constantly lose connection. It's solid, current, and very well supported by Zigbee2MQTT. I try to avoid WiFi and Bluetooth accessories in favour of Zigbee when possible. Thinking of buying this motion sensor but it says in the title: "SONOFF ZigBee bridge required". A device is recognized by something that can talk to it, usually called a hub. USB Hub: anything that uses the CC2652 chipset. Their doorlock will only do matter and won't connect to any hub except their own hub. They all act as a repeaters (power is always on) and I control them using motion sensors. Further, without a hub, you can’t access the A100 Zigbee remotely for the purposes of adding, removing or editing users. What I'm wondering if there's such a device that acts as a Zigbee hub, that's powered by PoE and can report back on devices via Ethernet? If not, what's the closest thing I could get to such a device (keeping in mind that something like an Amazon dot would be overkill, as it doesn't need speakers, just a Zigbee receiver). Works great with HA so far! Best hub for me is the Samsung/Aeotec Smartthings hub. numx yccg dbzxvq qqexns lreopr mzmjkv pgvpraf eqgt rgaeat zanmd