Hello,
I have 1 Homey Pro on one floor and I added a Homey Bridge on the second.
Now I see the bridge in homey app but I can’t see anything else.
My question is, how do I know if a device is connected to the bridge or it’s connected directly to the pro?
Thanks
Devices aren’t really “connected” to Homey Bridge.
For Zigbee/Z-Wave, the Bridge acts as a router/repeater, just like any other router in the network. On the “old” Homey Pro, you can view the Zigbee routing table here; for the new Homey Pro (2023) there’s no such thing (but with both protocols you can’t force a device to route through a particular router).
For IR/RF, you can configure an IR/RF device to use the Bridge as its antenna, as explained here.
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Probably I didn’t express myself right. I wanted to know if I can see the Zigbee routing table or I just add the Bridge to my network and nobody knows igf it works or not
Thanks Robert.
Please read replies carefully, and follow supplied links
Only for Pro 23 it’s just a device overview
I know about tools.developer.homey.app but on the Zigbee page I can see the NodeID. I can’t see which device is connected to which.
Sadly this info isn’t made available anymore for Pro 23, please request for adding it again @ homey.app/support
But you should be able to view the bridge in the listing.
Next, you sort of have to trust the bridge is actually actively used as hop
Zigbee controls itself.
Or move to Zigbee2mqtt and be amazed.
You can add these devices to Homey per zigbee2mqtt app.
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I already have a Home Assistant that I use to add the “unsupported devices” to Homey. I don’t want to complicate things even more
I’ve a HAmey as well.
I’m very glad I moved my Zigbee stuff to z2m.
Not because it wasn’t working well @ Pro 2019, but out of curiosity.
It’s Zigbee heaven
With the HA community app, it’s very simple to add the z2m devices to Homey.
I also noticed ‘Zigbee device’ > z2m > wifi Homey is not slowing things down, it’s 1 second quicker compared to Zigbee paired with Homey.
HA community app devices react unexpectedly fast indeed.
I don’t have that many devices anyway. They are just scattered around the house. I try to automate only things that actually add a benefit.
LE: I might move all IKEA devices to HA because I don’t like that Homey doesn’t show the battery level.
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