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What is a good starter setup for ZigBee? (lemmy.ca)
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I am looking for a setup that does not need to phone home to the vendors servers. Is the Philips Hue Bridge a good hub? Can you work with most of the Philips Hue stuff without phoning home?

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[–] DarkInspiration 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Any reason for picking the Sonoff instead of the Conbee II? (genuinly curious)

[–] MorganCS 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Conbee2 is of a previous generation and cannot handle the number of zigbee devices that newer ones can. I had a Conbee2 and I vastly prefer the newer ones like the sonoff and the tubeszb controllers.

[–] 4am 3 points 2 years ago

+1 for the tubeszb PoE Zigbee radio! Flawless so far (once I figured out what I was doing that is lol; but that’s on me)

[–] DarkInspiration 3 points 2 years ago

I see. Currently the Conbee II I have fits my needs, but its good to know that there's an upgrade option when I need it.

Thanks!

[–] jgkawell 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Honestly, just brand recognition for me. I have other Sonoff products that seem to work well. Never tried the Conbee II before.

[–] DarkInspiration 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Got it. I actually hadn't heard of Sonoff until after I had bought a Conbee II.

Thanks for the info, though

[–] jgkawell 1 points 2 years ago

No problem!