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Google open-sourcing their proprietary standard classifies it as an industry standard? I think most home automation purists would provide a contrarian argument
by pxlpshr 9y ago
Google open-sourcing their proprietary standard classifies it as an industry standard?
I think most home automation purists would provide a contrarian argument that points to z-wave or zigbee. :)
- jotux 9y agoOpenThread is an open source implementation of Thread, which is an open standard based on 6LoWPAN with 802.15.4 for mesh networking.
- wil421 9y agoCome on man. I don’t even need to link the xkdc comic but I will. How do you force companies to play nice without regulation? https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
- bipson 9y agoNobody, you got that all wrong. 802.15.4 and 6LoWPAN are established, quite mature standards. HomeKit is the (proprietary) challenger, that adds nothing but an ecosystem for Apple to profit from
- wil421 9y agoWhat about Thread and OpenThread? Zwave? Edit: What about Zigbee? Google Home? WeMo? And new to me, Bluetooth Mesh.
- afishisafish 9y agoExactly, here I was thinking Zwave & Zigbee are the non-proprietary industry standard for wireless communication in home automation?
- bipson 9y agoZwave is proprietary. Zigbee is "not really" open. There is no open implementation AFAIK, the application library (cluster library) is standardized and everyone is allowed to develop and sell compatible devices, yet you won't be able to fetch the code and deploy on the platform of your choice, AFAIK. In this regard Zwave and Zigbee are quite similar. Almost all the mentioned standards are based on IEEE 802.15.4. The difference between 6LoWPAN and and the rest of the mentioned "standards": 6LoWPAN is IPv6 "adapted"/compatible. Thread is based/extends on 6LoWPAN, and adds several missing features or replaces some parts, because similar to conventional Internet devices, you need something more than IPv6 to get things going.