Comment on Which would be better?

• Lumisal@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Is the Sky Connect I linked not good compared to those other ones? It supposedly connects with ZigBee, Matter, and Thread

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  • zorflieg@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Looks a little pricey but probably would work fine. I bought my first zstack based Texas for $25. Worked fine for a couple of years till I realized it had a limit on how many devices it could handle. so I upgraded it to the next model up for another $25. That’s when I found out if you change methods you have to re adopt everything. But if I kept it on the same method (zstack Texas zha) all I did was swap the dongle and everything kept rolling just with a higher limit of devices.

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    • Lumisal@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, I found a much cheaper alternative that ships from Europe for only 35€.

      I’m getting conflicting information on Home Connect about the Sky Connect (now named some weird letter/number combo) that says it supports both matter/thread and ZigBee, but also actually it’s experimental so not really and it works for some but not others, but also support for matter/thread is coming in November…

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      • zorflieg@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The Ikea stuff works fine. When it comes to smart plugs, The IKEA switches make a louder solenoid “chonk” sound when they turn on. Xiaomi plugs are quieter and the smallest I’ve seen. Means you are more likely to fit something next to it. They are a little bit more expensive but I think worth it.

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      • B0rax@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Matter itself is just the protocol, not the wireless standard. There are lots of matter over WiFi devices, for those you don’t need this additional adapter, as they will connect to your WiFi router.

        Thread is a wireless standard which is almost like zigbee, that is why there are some adapters that support both.

        But thread border routers are also a thing in lots of devices. For example if you have an Apple TV, this can be used as a gateway with home assistant without additional hardware.

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