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Just found the ZBT-2 on Amazon at a 48% discount (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 days ago by CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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I was having zigbee device dropping issues and I've been looking at the zbt-2. I was hesitating due to the price. I went to take another search this evening and there's one listed at a huge discount. I'm not going to post the link here as I'm unsure of the rules, but it's easy to find on Amazon.ca.

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Zigbee has an analyzer where you can see how the connections are being made and you can actually remove the sensor from your network and then force it to reconnect to the network using a specific repeater. I've noticed by default that everything seems to want to connect to my ZBT1, but if I want to connect something specifically through my smart plug repeater, I have to open the home assistant app and then tap on the plug and then tap add via this device in a three dot menu..

[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I'm certainly no expert, but are you talking about features available in Zigbee2MQTT? I can't find anything like this using ZHA.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Nope, zha. Tap on Settings, then tap Zigbee, then tap Devices, and then tap a repeater. Next to the button that says Reconfigure, is a 3.Vertical menu. And if you tap on that 3.Vertical menu, there's an option that says Add Devices via this device.

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[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thanks kind stranger! Was not aware of this.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, it's pretty well hidden. I wasn't aware of it for the longest time either, and just happened to stumble across it myself.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

This right here.