• ikidd@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    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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      14 hours ago

      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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        11 hours ago

        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.

    • IanTwenty@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      Never had this with ZigBee, one hub lots of different devices. Had to switch hub to USB2 at beginning to reduce interference but after that smooth sailing.