I bought couple of Nanoleaf Matter over Thread globes so I could make the dive n to the world of Matter with Thread. I am totally confused either with how Matter is implemented in HA or the Matter architecture in general.
Following is my setup:
HA running on a dedicated host
Skyconnect dongle in dedicated matter mode
Thread border router & Matter server add-on running
Android Companion app with thread credentials synced
No other thread border router in the environment and HA network is the only and preferred network
Here is how everything has gone and where I am stuck:
Tried to add the bulb directly from HA (Add Device → Matter, etc) and I would get an error saying something went wrong, try again.
I then came across a post suggesting to add the bulbs to the Nanoleaf phone app (using bluetooth), and then attach it to the thread network within the app.
I was able to successfully do that. Following are some screenshots from the app:
Make sure you have the correct thread credentials on the Android.
On the Android Companion App open Settings → Companion App → Troubleshooting (I think that is what it is called in english, but it list logfiles and other tools to diagnostics as description of the item).
In this next window click the Sync Thread Login Credentials (Again it might not be named exactly that, but close to and there should not be that many options and it should be in the bottom)
It should say either something with “Added …” or “Already using the same credentials”.
The trick here is to run it again and make sure that it does not say “Added …” the second time.
If it does then you need to clear the Google Play Services Cache, which might clear a lot of other stuff, like login to services and credit card informations for Google Play and websites and so on, so make sure you know you informations before hand.
The way to clear the cache is Settings → Apps → See All Apps → Google Play Services → Storage and Cache → Manage Storage → Clear All Cache
Now repeat the syncing of the thread credentials above.
Sorry I should have mentioned in my original post, that I have also done
Clear Google Play services cache
Uninstall Companion App
Uninstall Google Home App
Clearing Google Play services did mean that I had to setup a lot of the stuff on my phone and watch again! Extremely painful but all in the name of troubleshooting.
When I sync thread credentials, this is the message I get regardless of how many times I do it.
Did you? I believe you bought the Homekit over Thread version (or they sent you the wrong model), which is not Matter over Thread and there’s no way to update it by the way.
That 1.6.49 firmware belongs to the Homekit version.
It’s easy to recognize Matter bulbs from Nanoleaf since it has a matter QR printed in the bulb and says “matter” next to it.
I cant believe it!