SMLIGHT SLZB-06M

… Hyper-V (Windows Server). Main issue with Hyper-V is that it does not support pass-thru of arbitrary USB devices to VMs. My solution to this has been to run Zigbee2MQTT on the host OS and that has been fine, but I have intentions of migrating to the SMLIGHT SLZB-06M so that it's completely independent of the hardware running HAOS.

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… reliable" for everyone. Here's what works well for me after a lot of testing, upgrades and replacements: - Network Equipment - UniFi - Coordinators - SMLIGHT SLZB-06M PoE (Zigbee), Zooz 800LR (Z-Wave), Sonoff dongle Plus-E (Thread), Bond (RF) - Switches - Lutron Caséta & Inovelli - Plugs - Thirdreality (Zigbee) & Sonoff S31 - Outlets - Leviton (Z-Wave) duplex wall outlets - Lighting - Philips Hue (Zigbee), Innr (Zigbee), Govee (LAN & Matter), WiZ (LAN) - Security - Ring Keypads (Zigbee), Aqara door/window sensors (Zigbee), & Apollo MTR-1 sensors (mmWave) - Climate Control - Emerson Sensi …

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I’d recommend the SLZB-06M over a usb dongle. It’s got Ethernet and WiFi. Can be POE powered. It means I can more centrally locate my zigbee transceiver. The web gui walks you through how to setup zigbee2mqtt in HA. Cost is a bit higher though at $30 USD.

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Slzb-06m I got one recently and am running it over Poe and it works great with ZigBee2MQTT

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SLZB-06M seems to be this subreddit's most recommended these days, but don't forget about TubesZB! https://tubeszb.com/ Often sold out and more expensive, however, so I understand why they are recommended less often.

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I have the same setup and got the slzb-06M, game changer. I like using the Synology because of the redundancy.

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I have a SLZB-06M and it has been absolutely rock solid. Brilliant bit of kit, highly recommended 🍻

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I have about 140 Hue lights that I migrated from 3 connected bridges to 3 separate SLZB-06M coordinators. Z2M updates light states more or less instantly. The Hue integration is local-push but the bridge often takes several seconds to report state updates to HA. Until I ran up against this limitation, I was content just using the bridge through the Hue integration. Hue has an off-spec Zigbee event streaming API that makes the Entertainment/Hue Sync features possible. Bifrost has made some progress in reverse-engineering this, but there's basically no way to faithfully recreate this …

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I strongly suggest to go the SMLIGHT SLZB-06 (preferably M version) way. The fact that it's a network device, so you don't need to do USB device mapping is great. And it's rock-solid. One friendly suggestion - running HA in docker is not exactly the most pleasing experience. You cannot use addons (at least not easily), you cannot use updates, lots of things do not work as they would in VM or bare metal (e.g. logs, disk usage analysis, ...). The experience for me was significantly better when I moved from docker to VM. There was some initial pain (EFI), but once set up, it is a pleasure and …

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Honestly, I had so many issues with USB-based Zigbee coordinators that I switched to a network-based one (SMLIGHT SLZB-06M). It's now rock solid, literally not a single issue since I installed it. Plus, I can deploy it in the center of my house rather than it being limited to where my server is located

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I have been using an SMLight SLZB-06M for zigbee for some time now and added a SLZB-06Mg24U for Matter recently (They have some devices that can do both at the same time with two Antena just in case). I have a mix of Ikea, Philips, Sonoff and other zigbee and matter devices, works very well. Strong Antena and I have very fast responses on my devices. Setup is also pretty solid.

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I'd recommend using a PoE based Zigbee coordinator like the SMLIGHT SLZB-06M instead. Works best in a VM or Docker setup if you host on Unraid. HA works best on systems you won't be interacting with directly. For the garage door sensor, do you just want to know if it's open or not? A tilt-sensor would be a perfect option there. Motion sensors wise... any PIR will work fine on Zigbee. If you need presence detection, then I'd recommend FutureProofHomes or Apollo for those. Real time presence detection and zone controls takes a lot of bandwidth that can crush a Zigbee mesh. Those two use ESPHome …

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