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@andy_warb @zigbee @homeassistant #HomeAssistant

My rules for setting up #zigbee & #Zwave meshes:

1. Put the dongle on an extension cable and place it at least 2m away from the rPi, especially if you have a plastic case
2. Start pairing with the closest mains-powered device and work your way outward
3. Only after all mains devices are in the mesh do you add battery ones. Add them where you're going to use them, not near the coordinator.

@andy_warb @zigbee @homeassistant

And if you're doing initial setup of a #ZigBee mesh, pick a channel, don't let it pick one automagically.

You want to make sure it doesn't overlap with your 2.4GHz wifi - see https://www.metageek.com/training/resources/zigbee-wifi-coexistence.html for details

@unixorn
@andy_warb @zigbee @homeassistant my Phillips hue hub seems to *insist* on being on the same channel as my AP

@schizanon @andy_warb @zigbee @homeassistant

It's much easier to change the WIFI channel than the #ZigBee one.

Hopefully I'm understanding it wrong, but changing the ZigBee channel requires you to reconfigure the radio dongle, then re-add every single zigbee device.

@unixorn
@andy_warb @zigbee @homeassistant yes, but Phillips Hue seems to follow the wifi for some reason.

@schizanon @andy_warb @zigbee @homeassistant

How many wifi networks can you see at your home? Maybe there are enough other SSIDs on the other channels that whatever your WIFI is using actually has less interference and the Hue is picking it because of that.

When I was living in townhouses and apartments I could usually see over a dozen SSIDs, so there were no clear channels, just less awful ones.