Can anyone explain the difference between these two other than price? I’m looking to connect some Hue bulbs I was given and some Z-Wave Scene-Controller Wall Switches
the CC2531 is only for zigbee devices. And I’m not entirely sure it can be used in the ZHA integration of HA.
the HUSBZB- has both a zwave and zigbee radio/controller so you can use both protocols - which is what you will need if you want to use HUE (zigbee) and zwave stuff.
and the HUSBZB-1 definitely can be used with ZHA. It’s what I use for my zigbee network.
Awesome. I’m guessing it works well for you since you are using it (yes obvious statement).
- I also have the Nortek Zwave/Zigbee dongle, however I have never gotten the Zigbee to work with any of my devices. Zwave works well. Did you ever have any Zigbee issues? I was able to integrate the unit without much issue, but when I go to add devices I never seem to find anything. Thanks in advance.
I use the HUBSBZB-1 for (al)most (all) of my zigbee stuff.
I don’t think I’ve had any issues for quite a while.
The only thing I couldn’t get to pair correctly was a aqara pushbutton that paired easily on zigbee2mqtt.
I have the HUSBZB-1 and it works well but there are somethings that don’t quite work right that work on other hardware such as the Lutron Aurora dimmer button. I’m debating moving to a dedicated zigbee radio. But the HUSBZB-1 is quite convenient since it has both zigbee and zwave in it. It has served me well for a long time.