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?

  • @jgkawellEnglish
    8•1 year ago

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

    • MorganCS (she / her)English
      3•1 year ago

      I’d also recommend Tubeszb Zigbee controllers. They are fantastically reliable, and there is a large group of users on the Home Assistant community forum. I’ve been running mine for well over a year. I’ve had one issue that I caused, and he replaced it next day. Since then 0 issues with over 50 zigbee devices in a very congested wireless area.

    • DarkInspirationEnglish
      1•1 year ago

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

      • MorganCS (she / her)English
        6•1 year 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.

        • deejay4amEnglish
          3•1 year ago

          +1 for the tubeszb PoE Zigbee radio! Flawless so far (once I figured out what I was doing that is lol; but that’s on me)

        • DarkInspirationEnglish
          3•1 year ago

          I see. Currently the Conbee II I have fits my needs, but its good to know that there’s an upgrade option when I need it.

          Thanks!

      • @jgkawellEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Honestly, just brand recognition for me. I have other Sonoff products that seem to work well. Never tried the Conbee II before.

        • DarkInspirationEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          Got it. I actually hadn’t heard of Sonoff until after I had bought a Conbee II.

          Thanks for the info, though