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You can’t put it like that with zigbee;

Zigbee can be a pain in the ass. It’s “sort of a standard" manufacturers can bend to their own likings (Aqara and Tuya tend to do that for example).

Wifi 2.4GHz signals can ruin your zigbee mesh.

Some brands/devices don’t mix @ Homey, like Aqara & Ikea lights. Note this problem is non-existent @ zigbee2mqtt

When you’re lucky, it just works. When not:

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You can reset zigbee only, no need to reset Homey. But, you’ll have to pair all zigbee devices again. Flows can be repaired with this cool script by Martijn

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Unfortunately Homey zigbee is quite a black box compared to the aforementioned zigbee2mqtt alternative.

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