How to configure preferred Thread network

[wmaker (Tommy Long)]

@Adec

Unfortunately I’ve not worked out how to set the thread channel.

I did a write up on how I changed the thread channel. In that write-up (see below), I did not have any Thread devices, just the Multiprotocol AddOn OTBR. If you already have Thread devices attached to the AddOn’s Thread network, I’m not entirely sure it will work, but it does have the potential to work.

SkyConnect & Zigbee2Mqtt

For those using zigbee2mqtt over SiLab’s multiprotocol (both Thread and Zigbee), be aware that both zigbee2mqtt and Thread need to be using the same RF Channel. One can configure zigbee2mqtt for the channel it is to use, but what about the Thread stack?.. Maybe there are other ways to do it, but what I did was to create a pending dataset with the new channel number and submitted it to the Thread code. Using a Pending dataset is the recommended way to change a parameter(s) in a Thread network.…