New blog post on Home Assistant web page have some huge news that are relevant to SkyConnect:
In summary:
- They made a big update to [the SkyConnect documentation website, including tutorials on how to migrate from a different Zigbee stick → https://skyconnect.home-assistant.io/
- It is now possible to turn your Home Assistant SkyConnect into a OpenThread Border Router (OTBR). This can be done by enabling our experimental multiprotocol support in Settings → Hardware and by clicking Configure.
- They also updated their related Thread and Matter integration documentation → https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/thread and https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/matter
- They announcing SL Web Tools available as open source. It allows users to manage the firmware on Zigbee/Thread sticks using SiLabs chips directly from their browser, with no terminals or compilation necessary. This allows any creator to offer easy firmware updates to their users and make experimental updates available to test bug fixes quickly. To see it in action, SL Web Tools has been added to the Home Assistant SkyConnect documentation → https://skyconnect.home-assistant.io
- SL Web Tools is powered by another new open-source Python package “silabs-universal-flasher” → GitHub - NabuCasa/universal-silabs-flasher: Flashes Silicon Labs radios running EmberZNet or CPC multi-pan firmware
- They have open-sourced and released a project with an automated build system to help make it easier to create reproducible firmware builds for Zigbee and Thread based on SoCs from Silicon Labs - > GitHub - NabuCasa/silabs-firmware-builder: Silicon Labs firmware builder
Here is not the right place I think as to narrow and too specific an issue with a unique device. Suggest post a separate thread after making sure to follow best practices → Zigbee networks: how to guide for avoiding interference and optimize for getting better range + coverage