Zigbee

[wojtas810 17]

Zigbee as in the previous version - it worked for one day and all devices were OUT

[mcik 1]

There was nothing about it in  change log (no fix)- so it still expected  

[Sankotronic 2,370]

On 4/19/2024 at 10:08 AM, m.roszak said:

There is some issues with the SDK which we are working thru with the Silabs responsible for it.

The simplest solution may be restoring the backup (not going back with the version, only configuration).

 

Just to remind you what @m.roszak wrote regarding this issue. Let us hope that Silabs will also do their part.

[wojtas810 17]

I still do it - but it slowly shows, as with hc2 - that the only thing that works for them in Fibaro is Marketing... which is a pity

[Sankotronic 2,370]

Hi @wojtas810 ,

 

Well I do not agree entirely with your statement:

11 hours ago, wojtas810 said:

I still do it - but it slowly shows, as with hc2 - that the only thing that works for them in Fibaro is Marketing... which is a pity

 

My HC2 is controlling our house since 2014. There was some hard times, but all in all it works acceptably. Maybe we are not looking for the hair in the egg (Croatian saying, can't remember English saying). I'm currently producing code for HC3. it is not all honey and milk, mostly because Fibaro is persistent in not providing better manuals for developers, but what ever I do it just works

 

Regarding ZigBee on HC3, yes it is for long time in beta. ZigBee is actually developed by another company and implementing it is not always as easy as it seems, specially because it is not so strict to the available protocols (if correctly put), and various producers can implement some of their own innovations. Probably that is why ZigbBee devices are cheaper than Z-wave. I actually believe that Fibaro was very brave to enter this niche in the first place. Do you have Philips HUE bridge? Did you ever try to connect to it anything else but the devices that are clearly compatible?

 

Anyway, If you decide to make your home automation cheap, then you should be more flexible when it fails. And don't come up with the price payed for HC3. Yes, it is not cheap and it may seem worthless until someone like me make some really useful and working QA's and scenes

 

There are plenty z-wave devices on the market, maybe a few bucks more expensive than those cheap ZigbBee *abuse*, but when they serve you for years with Fibaro box, they are really worth every penny spent.

 

[wojtas810 17]

On 6/7/2024 at 11:27 PM, Sankotronic said:

Hi @wojtas810 ,

 

Well I do not agree entirely with your statement:

 

My HC2 is controlling our house since 2014. There was some hard times, but all in all it works acceptably. Maybe we are not looking for the hair in the egg (Croatian saying, can't remember English saying). I'm currently producing code for HC3. it is not all honey and milk, mostly because Fibaro is persistent in not providing better manuals for developers, but what ever I do it just works

 

Regarding ZigBee on HC3, yes it is for long time in beta. ZigBee is actually developed by another company and implementing it is not always as easy as it seems, specially because it is not so strict to the available protocols (if correctly put), and various producers can implement some of their own innovations. Probably that is why ZigbBee devices are cheaper than Z-wave. I actually believe that Fibaro was very brave to enter this niche in the first place. Do you have Philips HUE bridge? Did you ever try to connect to it anything else but the devices that are clearly compatible?

 

Anyway, If you decide to make your home automation cheap, then you should be more flexible when it fails. And don't come up with the price payed for HC3. Yes, it is not cheap and it may seem worthless until someone like me make some really useful and working QA's and scenes

 

There are plenty z-wave devices on the market, maybe a few bucks more expensive than those cheap ZigbBee *abuse*, but when they serve you for years with Fibaro box, they are really worth every penny spent.

 

 

 

I realize - it also worked on an old house with HC2 and I have a personal opinion that if it weren't for you and a friend from France, probably Kirkof or something, it would have stayed where it was

Here I thought that the errors would be eliminated faster by those who had learned from the previous version, and it hurts my heart that they say something and it doesn't work...

 

[MJJ_ADE 2]

After upgrade to 5.160.42 all ZigBee devices lost connections afrter ~48h.

[MJJ_ADE 2]

...and after many reboots there is no connection to any ZigBee device

 

[wojtas810 17]

and it won't be - we are waiting for an update - maybe it will look at the pace after the holidays - because during the holidays I noticed that for many years Fibaroo has been focusing on marketing and exhibitions, not working on the system.... this is my opinion

[MJJ_ADE 2]

So... downgrade?

[wojtas810 17]

yes

[MAC71 10]

I have a number of Zigbee devices connected to HC3, some brands work better than others. Even devices within the same brand have issues, I have found Aqara to be the most inconsistent. @MJJ_ADE What brand(s) are you trying to use?

 

I'm hoping once the Silabs fix goes in we will have a full functioning Zigbee module.....🤞

[MJJ_ADE 2]

I have few brands of ZigBee devices: Sonoff, Aquara, "made in china" and so on. But after upgrade EVERY ONE of ZigBee dev was gone.

[MJJ_ADE 2]

After downgrade ZigBee devices "magicaly" are restored.