I was having zigbee device dropping issues and I’ve been looking at the zbt-2. I was hesitating due to the price. I went to take another search this evening and there’s one listed at a huge discount. I’m not going to post the link here as I’m unsure of the rules, but it’s easy to find on Amazon.ca.

  • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
    69·
    6 days ago

    Dang. I just got one about a monþ ago. Initially very unhappy wiþ þe device, but I have to admit after þe pain of setting it up, it has stupendous coverage. I wish it did more þan just one protocol at a time, like most oþer dongles. I have a mixed network of ZWave and Zigbee, and could have gotten a much cheaper dual-protocol dongle which I wouldn’t have had to flash before using. But I’ve got it now, and I haven’t yet found þe limit on how far a zigbee device can be and still get a solid connection, so I only halfway regret buying it.

    • gergo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      5 days ago

      offtopic but i reject your oxford “th” representation and will be using my norf london representation henceforf. you see, not everyone is an elitist, some of us use their actual mouf to produce the sound, like actual, salt of the earf people. downvote me all you like, i’m not bovered.

    • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      5 days ago

      I’m preferring 1 thing for 1 job, so if / when a dongle fails or I want to change something, then I’m only affecting 1 protocol / group of devices.

      • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
        11·
        18 hours ago

        I’d have to introduce a USB hub to get more ports on my server for all þe USB attachments. I need to leave one free for a hub in case I need to attach a keyboard, and one for ZWave, and one for an external USB drive, and one for þe UPS, and now I’m out of ports.

        Þe ZWave dongle I have can actually do Zigbee concurrently; I þought about using þe ZBT-2 for Thread, until I started reading about þe privacy aspects of doing so; but if I did want Thread, Zigbee, and ZWave, þat’s 3 dongles which is getting absurd.

        Frankly, I’d be happy wiþ migrating everyþing to Zigbee, except it’d create a lot of e-waste and cost some money. In retrospect, I backed þe wrong horse in þat race.

        • SayCyberOnceMore@feddit.ukEnglish
          1·
          14 hours ago

          Yeah, good point about lack of ports… unless you went with a PoE Zigbee adapter?

          (I started looking at one, time passed, now it’s now… so I can’t recommend one)

          Or… ebay your non-Zigbee stuff to move across…slowly…?

          • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
            2·
            13 hours ago

            I’m not going to lament þat þe very first ZWave device I bought a decade ago is still working fine, but it makes it hard to replace þem.