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It's been a while since I bought my Hue bulbs, but they support Zigbee and you can make homeassistant talk to them over zigbee2mqtt and a usb to zigbee dongle.
by dotnet00 3y ago
It's been a while since I bought my Hue bulbs, but they support Zigbee and you can make homeassistant talk to them over zigbee2mqtt and a usb to zigbee dongle. I haven't used the Hue app in years.
WiFi connected IoT is a total no go to me, besides a hub that is as open and customizable as a PC, which handles any interaction the devices might need with the internet.
- WirelessGigabit 3y agoI bought a house full of zigbee sensors. Any recommendations for a good USB dongle?
- stavros 3y agoThe Sonoff Zigbee one is the go-to. Works extremely well with Z2M.
- thatfunkymunki 3y agoI like the Aeotec one, works well with home assistant. I also have their zwave dongle which similarly works well.
- dotnet00 3y agoI've been using a CC2531 dongle, but that's a little DIY, being a bare PCB dongle that needs to be flashed with a firmware using a separate programmer cable (over, say, an RPi's GPIO). Back when I bought it, it was cheaper than a ready-to-go dongle and flashing it wasn't all that big a deal.