I’m very much interested in home-assistant. I installed it on my RPI2, successfully compiled Open-Zwave and it looks like HA is talking to the UZB Z-wave stick. Great… until I realized the bulbs I want to control (Cree) are Zigbee!
Does anyone know if there’s an equivalent Zigbee USB controller? I did see this: home-assistant.io/components/zigbee/ but I’m not sure what module it’s referring to. (at one point it looked like Sparkfun had an Xbee/USB module, but it appears to be discontinued)
As an aside, I have a rooted Wink hub. With no desire to connect it to the cloud, I suppose we are waiting to see if they enable a true local API.
Lastly, I’d considered Z-Wave bulbs, but from what I’ve found they are 2x the price of Zigbee bulbs. (and Z-wave modules to plug the lamps in would also be rather expensive)
I’ve read that people are using that usb stick on their Pi for zigbee and then managing zigbee devices with deCONZ.
My issue is, I can’t tell if deCONZ requires an Xwindowing system. Everything I’ve read makes it sound like it does. But I can’t get any confirmation from anyone.
I don’t want any windowing system running on my Pi at all, so it’d be a deal breaker.
I’ve tried setting up the mqtt bridge for Smartthings, but just can’t seem to get the bridge to talk to mqtt. ST talks to bridge, mqtt talks to HA. But no love in the middle.
deCONZ DOES require an Xwindowing system. I am still searching for the easiest/most cost effective way to control cheaper Zigbee bulbs, and everyday the solution best look like “pony up the cash for Z-Wave or WIFI bulbs.”
@pretzel, can you confirm if the rooted wink hub still has a delay in command execution and/or does it still phone home to “the cloud”? I’m trying to ditch my smartthings hub, as there is a significant delay in action executions. I want to keep my zigbee devices too, instead of having to repurchase them all as zwave and just use the typical zwave usb adapter most folks use.
No perceptible delay. Oh it sure tries to phone home, but I’ve blocked that bugger from getting any Internet access! That means the official Wink app won’t work. So I when I add new bulbs I’ll have to allow it back on the Internet to associate the new one, and then turn access back off.
I looked at that Zigbee stick too… and didn’t order for the same reasons. Would rather have someone else prove it works. But as long as the Wink stays rooted and working, it seems to be the best bet!
A did a quick check today - only about $5 more than a Cree Connected on Amazon when you take shipping into account. They work great and have a nice soft light which is what I liked about the Crees - very happy with these.
