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IKEA moves to Thread (and away from Zigbee) (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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[–] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It makes sense. Hopefully it's more reliable than my Zigbee devices. I constantly have to power cycle devices made by a variety of manufacturers to get them to register again. And I've tried more than a few zigbee hubs. Can't say I'm a fan.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Check interference with wifi signals wifi on channel 1 and zigbee on channel 25 gives you the most separation. As long as a neighbor doesn't blast on wifi channel 11.

    There is also software compatibility, I found hue to be the most stable for routers. Osram was terrible, recent firmware made it okay.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm in literally the middle of nowhere, the next nearest house is 4 miles away and I'm not even connected to the grid. If there's a wifi signal detectable, it'll be mine. So I've shifted frequencies around trying to get it to stabilize, with little luck. I've primarily been using Sonoff, Aqara, Ikea and SMLight, and hubs from each of them.

    Honestly, I've been migrating to zwave since I don't seem to have issue with anything I use on that protocol.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Aqara (specially older devices) are known for being temperamental and not playing well with other hubs/devices. If you have each manufacturer on its own hub, make sure they are using separate channels. If everything else fails, 2.4GHz is also used for Bluetooth, microwaves and other, maybe your location has noise on that band,

    Z-Wave is using lower bands (800-900mhz depending on location) and certifying the devices better for software compatibility. It's a fine solution as if it works for you, any limitations are basically theoretical (like the 200 devices).

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I'm using zigbee2mqtt, I've noticed that leaving things alone for a while helps with network stability.

    I don't use third party hubs, everything is connected to the z2m coordinator.

    I've ditched pretty much all Aqara devices as they have problems getting their messages relayed, the best alternative was creating a separate network just for them, I did that for a while but then I decided to just replace them.

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