· by dewbert.social ·13h ago · view on bsky.app ↗

Had been having reliability issues with my ZWave network so decided to upgrade from an old Aeotec adapter to the #HomeAssistant Connect ZWA-2. Was not quite prepared for how large this thing is.

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A small, white USB Z-Wave dongle branded Aeotec in the palm of my hand.

#homeassistant

3 comments — live from bluesky

Chris · 1 · 13h ago

Oh my goodness.

Chris · 0 · 13h ago

What problems, dewbert?

dewbert · 1 · 13h ago

Devices were constantly losing connection to the Z-Wave network, especially the alarm keypads and door sensors.

Chris · 1 · 13h ago

I have it the other way around. Zigbee flaky and Z-Wave solid.

dewbert · 1 · 13h ago

My Zigbee isn't great either, but the protocol seems to manage self-healing better.

dewbert · 1 · 13h ago

Yeahhhhh. On the plus side, no more range issues!

Jorge (he/him) · 1 · 13h ago

I don't think I remember you having a Tidbyt. Did you know there's an HA add-on that can run your applets locally? I use it to display my flights, now playing info from Sonos and Plex/Jellyfin and my Solar data You can pass HA variables so it can display anything github.com/savdagod/Tid...

dewbert · 0 · 13h ago

I've seen this and need to look into it!

Jorge (he/him) · 1 · 13h ago

I'm happy to send the applet files and automation yamls

Jorge (he/him) · 2 · 13h ago

Its massive 😂 I got one to use as a Thread radio so can't really say how good its RF performance is but it's gotta be a huge upgrade for your zwave network

dewbert · 0 · 13h ago

I could probably control Z-Wave devices on the next block!!

Jorge (he/him) · 1 · 13h ago

😂🤣😂 yup!!