Hedda
June 22, 2022, 10:49am
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Request that forum moderator create a “Thread/OpenThread” subforum (similar to Zigbee and Z-Wave) under “Configuration” section to discuss Thread integration, OpenThread add-ons and Thread devices?
https://community.home-assistant.io/c/configuration/11
This is directly related to the new “OpenThread Border Router Add-on” that Home Assistant developer agners (Nabu Casa employee Stefan Agner) is developing
https://github.com/home-assistant/addons/tree/master/openthread_border_router
https://github.com/home-assistant/addons-development/tree/master/openthread_border_router
and it is also indirectly related to his other add-ons that are also in development for silabs-multiprotocol:
https://github.com/home-assistant/addons/tree/master/silabs-multiprotocol
FYI, I for example just started a new discussion thread in Home Assistant’s community forum to discuss OpenThread Border Router RPC firmware for CC2652/CC1352 based adapters:
Anyone here in Home Assistant’s community (or Zigbee2MQTT/ZHA communities) who is willing to build + release Thread Spinel RPC firmware for Texas Instruments CC2652/CC1352 based adapters?
The reason is Home Assistant developer agners (Nabu Casa employee Stefan Agner) is developing an “OpenThread Border Router Add-on” that shuld be compatible with all OTBR firmware in “RPC” mode.
https://github.com/home-assistant/addons-development/tree/master/openthread_border_router
See this discussion about…
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Hedda
July 10, 2022, 9:35am
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Can we please also get forum tags for “Thread/OpenThread” and “Matter/CHIP” to tag threads? Ex:
Zigbee Alliance has announced that the IoT (Internet-of-Things) technology consortium organization has been renamed to “Connectivity Standards Alliance” (or “CSA” for short) to make it clearer that is governing more IoT standards than just the Zigbee standard, (those standards include; Zigbee, Smart Energy, Green Power, JupiterMesh, Dotdot, and now also Matter).
The IoT-over-IP working group “Project Connected Home over IP” (a.k.a. “Project CHIP”, i.e. a new high-level IP based IoT network co…
I have edited this posting for some corrections and to provide additional informations .
A new communication protocol called Chip / Matter is on the way, comparable to mqtt, CoIoT or CoAP. The goal for this standard is, to achieve more compatibility in smarthomes. Therefore Matter has the ability to communicate via BT-lowenergy, Wifi, Ethernet, Thread and even DSL or docsis.
Like i mentioned before the intention for Matter was, that device from every manufacturer can communicate with each othe…
Anyone here in Home Assistant’s community (or Zigbee2MQTT/ZHA communities) who is willing to build + release Thread Spinel RPC firmware for Texas Instruments CC2652/CC1352 based adapters?
The reason is Home Assistant developer agners (Nabu Casa employee Stefan Agner) is developing an “OpenThread Border Router Add-on” that shuld be compatible with all OTBR firmware in “RPC” mode.
https://github.com/home-assistant/addons-development/tree/master/openthread_border_router
See this discussion about…
FYI, Nabu Casa’s Zack Barett has announced on Twitter that Home Assistant founders are working on an official Home Assistant SkyConnect USB Stick (ie. a physical radio adapter/dongle hardware).
Nabu Casa electronics engineer developer (and Home Assistant developer) agners is designing the hardware for this USB RF-radio hardware for direct-attachment via USB will be based on a Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 SoC and that is an IEEE 802.15.4 multi-protocol 2.4GHz radio MCU that is capable of concurrently …
A few notes about Matter and HA …
Matter does not require Thread, it is optional. Matter simply requires IP networking, preferably IPv6. I have a working Wifi IPv6 Matter setup on my desk that has been running for a year. Ethernet or wifi makes no difference. My server is Linux and my devices are ESP32-C3 based.
Thread is a transport layer similar to wifi. The Matter protocol is the same on all transport layers: Wifi, Thread and Ethernet. A border router is needed to bridge a Thread networ…
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Matter is a new smart home standard that is scheduled to launch in fall. Across the industry, companies like Hue, IKEA, Google and Apple are working together to try and solve connectivity, ease of setup and interoperability once and for all. Development is happening as part of the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) of which we (Nabu Casa ) are also a participating member.
We’ve been hard at work on Matter support for Home Assistant. The Home Assistant Yellow hub will come with …
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Hedda
February 23, 2023, 1:49pm
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Bumping now that there are official integrations for Thread and OpenThread Boarder Router + addons:
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/02/08/state-of-matter-and-thread/
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/thread/
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/otbr/
https://github.com/home-assistant/addons/tree/master/openthread_border_router
https://github.com/home-assistant/addons/tree/master/silabs-multiprotocol
Also, dresden-elektronik is developing an OpenThread RCP firmware for ConBee II and RaspBee II:
FYI, dresden-elektronik is developing an OpenThread RCP firmware for ConBee II and RaspBee II:
It will not make it support multi-protocol like Nabu Casa’s Silicon Lab s Multi-PAN RCP firmware images for Home Assistant SkyConnect (and Home Assistant Yellow built-in 802.15.4 radio), but it will at least allow you to repurpose your old ConBee II or RaspBee II by reflashing it into a dedicated OpenThread Border Router (OTBR).
This alternative ConBee II or RaspBee II firmware is still in very ea…