Hedda
October 21, 2022, 7:56am
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ronyn77:
I would like to buy some motion sensors, to put them in different places in my house, so when they detect someone, to turn the smart light on and after the motion sensor become clear after 30 seconds to turn the smart light off (eg. On the corridors). I found on amazon a Sonoff SNZB-03 sendor which works with zigbee and another less known brand which is Si smart which is written to require the zigbee hub.
My first question is if I really need to buy additionally a zigbee hub in order to integrate these motion sensor to HA, or the HA will act as zigbee hub, so it will manage them directly? The second questions is: regardless of whether or not they need the zigbee hub to be integrated to HA, the smart bulb I own are not zigbee, they were integrated with tuya. Could I set in HA these motion sensors to work with my smart bulbs in the manner described before?
If I need to buy a zigbee hub, what could you suggest?
You can manage Zigbee devices directly using native ZHA (Zigbee Home Automation) integration if you buy compatible Zigbee Coordinator USB adapter, recommend CC2652P based. Suggest read these:
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha#knowing-which-devices-are-supported
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha#zha-exception-and-deviation-handling
https://community.home-assistant.io/t/iteads-sonoff-zigbee-3-0-usb-dongle-plus-model-zbdongle-p-based-on-texas-instruments-cc2652p-20dbm-radio-mcu-now-sold-for-19-99/340705
UPDATED! The announced TI CC2652P based “Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus” from ITead, later renamed to “ZBDongle-P”, has been released and looks to be great value for a premium hardware package sold for a low price. It is based on Texas Instruments CC2652P radio chip and this “ZBDongle-P” variant is to be sold side-by-side as an alternative to their new “ZBDongle-E” variant that is instead based on Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 radio SoC chip, and while both practically have the same specifications o…