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What is a good starter setup for ZigBee? (self.homeassistant)

submitted 2 years ago by Rumblestiltskin to c/[email protected]

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I am looking for a setup that does not need to phone home to the vendors servers. Is the Philips Hue Bridge a good hub? Can you work with most of the Philips Hue stuff without phoning home?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you already have a Home Assistant server set up? If so, I'd suggest getting a USB Zigbee Dongle like this one.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Any reason for picking the Sonoff instead of the Conbee II? (genuinly curious)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Conbee2 is of a previous generation and cannot handle the number of zigbee devices that newer ones can. I had a Conbee2 and I vastly prefer the newer ones like the sonoff and the tubeszb controllers.