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That’s how it should work in theory, but in practice something causes the Homey apps to think Homey is offline when it’s not. My guess is that for some reason Homey either loses its connection to the cloud servers, or its local IP address (stored in the cloud so the apps can connect to it via A-B-C-D.homey.homeylocal.com) becomes outdated or lost.

Anyone having issues with Homey Link? Cant link my HP2023 to SHS or visa vera. Keep getting a blank screen Shame the app is needed. Why cant we just have multiple hubs in one home that all get controlled on one main homepage or dashboard. This is how SmartThings and Aqara work for me. 2 ST hubs, 3 Aqara. One “home” for all on their respective apps.

Yep. I have a TIMMERFLOTTE as well and the new KAJPLATS 1521lm light bulb. At our local IKEA they also had two of the Matter remotes, the movement sensor, the window sensor, and I think the water leak sensor. Still no smart plug or air quality sensor. I am a bit sad about the end of Zigbee at IKEA though. They were probably one of the largest Zigbee device manufacturers besides Signify and they were pretty good for the price. With them completely quitting Zigbee, the writing is probably on the wall longer-term. Sadly, Thread + Matter will be a regression in some ways. Some Thread Border Routers (like Apple’s) have mandatory NAT64, which means that Thread devices can phone home, allowing companies to gather analytics from your devices. And since the Thread Border Router does the NAT64, it’s hard to separate the traffic from legitimate traffic (e.g. if you use an Apple TV) because the traffic will come from the border router. Some devices already require it for some features, like Nuki locks and Tado X devices, mostly for remote use. And Apple or Google have inserted themselves into every pairing flow. Zigbee had the huge benefit that it had nothing to do with IP and was completely local.

[image] James_Butler: I just bought some yesterday in Groningen.. only the new air quality thing is not available Last time I was in Groningen (about a week ago), they also didn’t have the smart plug. Did that change? (Might be a good way to get some cheap extra Thread routers.)

[image] Patrick_Hunt: Oh no…. I’ve been exclusively using “setup via homey pro” does this mean I have two thread networks in my house? I first put every device in Apple Home, turn on pairing mode, and then add it to Homey Pro via “setup via homey pro” and I’ve noticed lately that a lot of matter devices are going offline in homey, but not Apple. You probably already have two. Neither Homey Pro nor Apple TV allow you to turn off their Thread Border Routers. The only way to get rid of them is to put them on a VLAN and not allowing mDNS broadcasts to cross VLANs (well, if you do that with the Apple TV, you probably need an mDNS proxy to filter, since you do want to pass Airplay-related broadcasts). They’ll still clutter up channels, but at least they are not discoverable as TBRs to the rest of the smart home ecosystem. To make it more fun, Homey Pro cannot join the Apple Home Thread network, due to using a single radio for Zigbee and Thread. At any rate, I think what happens in your case: You paired the device with Apple Home. It gets added Apple’s Thread network and registered with the Apple Matter fabric. Adding the device to the Apple TBR also exposes it as a mDNS-discoverable device on your local IPv6 network. Turning on pairing-mode in Apple Home uses multi-admin and generates a new pairing code. When you scan the pairing code in Homey, since it is already using the Apple TBR, I think (not 100% certain), Homey Pro will just connect to the device as it is exposed on the local network kinda like as if it were a Matter over WiFi device. So it will not use the TBR of the Homey Pro (the device would have to support multiple simultaneous channels, etc.). Why they go offline is a bit less clear. It could stem from general networking issues, networking issues on the Homey Pro, issues with mDNS broadcasts (Homey needs to discover the IPv6 address of the devices after all). Somewhat unrelated to this issue: if you use Homey Pro with Zigbee, it’s probably good to check it doesn’t use the same channel as Apple’s Thread network (25).

[image] danieldk: When you scan the pairing code in Homey, since it is already using the Apple TBR, I think (not 100% certain), Homey Pro will just connect to the device as it is exposed on the local network kinda like as if it were a Matter over WiFi device. So it will not use the TBR of the Homey Pro (the device would have to support multiple simultaneous channels, etc.). That’s also how I always understood how multi-admin works. Homey’s networking has never been very stable.

can’t say i have seen them.. so probably not

[image] How Ikea Is Mastering the Blend of Thread and Zigbee The new Matter products from Ikea support both Zigbee and Thread – and allow a seamless transition from one protocol to the other. Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

That’s great actually. I don’t like Matter/Thread since IMO it’s too new and has too much requirements to become a mainstream standard. But I do like ZigBee, I have been using ZigBee devices for many years and I never had any problems with it. It’s good to see that they’re still supporting the (in my opinion superior) ZigBee protocol.

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