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Yeah, sounds like it might be a Nuki quirk (“Works with Home Assistant” :roll_eyes:). I was planning a trip to the local IKEA somewhere in the upcoming days (Zigbee devices are getting cleared out) and pick up some of their new Thread devices. EDIT: meh, just read that the new Thread devices will become available from Jan 1st.

Does the connection between the Homey Self-Hosted Server and the Homey Bridge occur locally, given that the Homey Bridge was originally a cloud-based solution?

No everyone called Homey Cloud “Homey Bridge”, don’task me why. So the Homey Cloud is the only cloud-based solution. The actual bridge is just a device, connectable per local wifi to Homey Cloud, to Homey Pro or to Homey SHS.

One thing worth thinking about before deciding to use Homey SHS with Homey Bridge for Z Wave, Zigbee etc. devices is that if your Internet goes down, you’re fine as long as your Homey Bridge stays powered. If your Internet goes down and your Homey Bridge loses power even briefly then you’re stuck without access to any of your RF devices until the Internet is restored. Wi-Fi with internet access is required While Homey Bridge connects to Homey Pro directly on LAN, Homey Bridge needs Wi-Fi with internet access to connect to Homey Pro every time it powers on. Homey Bridge might pulsate red if your internet is offline until it can reconnect to Homey Pro. Source: https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/7263667137052-Setting-up-Satellite-Mode-for-Homey-Pro This kills the idea of Homey SHS as my primary solution at least for now. So I’m thinking Homey SHS might be a better option as a ‘backup Homey’ in the event something goes wrong with my Homey Pro that I cannot quickly fix. Obviously this use case won’t be viable until Homey SHS supports restore from backup (ideally cloud so that I have an automated nightly backup). And even then, it’s not clear that there would be a quick route to migrate RF devices from a Homey Pro to a Homey SHS’s Satellite Bridge. So this leaves the only remaining use cases for Homey SHS right now: Users who don’t care about truly local (not sure how much overlap there is between these people and those contemplating Homey SHS) Users who don’t have (m)any RF devices. Similar caveat to the above. Tinkering / dev system but not primary system (not sure how many people for whom this use case is worth the subscription fee) In the cold light of day, Homey SHS is more limited than I first thought. And the addition of a restore from backup feature is even more critical IMHO. While you’re thinking about restore from backup, Athom, perhaps worth considering how RF devices could be migrated from Homey Pro to Homey Bridge operating as a Satellite for Homey SHS.

[image] Jonathan_Draper: If your Internet goes down and your Homey Bridge loses power even briefly then you’re stuck without access to any of your RF devices until the Internet is restored. :man_facepalming:t3:

I just bought some yesterday in Groningen.. only the new air quality thing is not available don’t buy the scrol wheel button.. it’s bad [image] Ikea Bilresa scroll wheel on Matter Devices Connecting the New Ikea button directly to HA and Homey give different results, which is super weird being it a Matter device. (I dont have the Ikea Hub) In HA i can only set the button press (9 total) and in Homey I can only set up the movement of the scroll wheel (up or down). The scroll wheel is pretty unusable as it is very slippery, no idea if it is actually moving or not. The button press in HA is also not consistent, sometimes it works, sometimes not. The idea is great but its poorly ex…

I think that’s because Homey uses the homeylocal.com domain to reach your Homey via HTTPS (for me it’s 192-168-107-193.homey.homeylocal.com) and it needs DNS for that

[image] James_Butler: don’t buy the scrol wheel button.. it’s bad Yeah I read your review, I will be skipping that (too bad because it sounded quite nice!).

“TLS Everywhere” on a local network is just asking for problems. Not just because of this, but also having to turn off DNS rebinding protection in your router to make it work. I think it’s one of the main reasons why there are so many issues with “Homey Offline” errors.

[image] robertklep: I think it’s one of the main reasons why there are so many issues with “Homey Offline” errors But AFAIK the Homey app falls back to a cloud/relay connection when local access fails, right? When I block the “/ping” URL in DevTools, the web app automatically uses the cloud/relay connection. So then you shouldn’t have those Offline errors

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I just bought some yesterday in Groningen.. only the new air quality thing is not available

don’t buy the scrol wheel button.. it’s bad

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