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  • Nabu Casa’s own documentation says the ZBT-2 does NOT support multi-protocols. The zbt-2 does work with Matter, but then won’t support Zigbee.

    https://www.home-assistant.io/connect/zbt-2

    “Connect ZBT-2 cannot do both Zigbee and Thread simultaneously. This technology is often called “multiprotocol” or “MultiPAN”. Though it is theoretically possible with the hardware within Connect ZBT-2, in our experience, this functionality doesn’t work well, and we don’t plan to implement it. We previously thoroughly tested multiprotocol with our Connect ZBT-1 adapter and found its operation to be inconsistent, often causing device stability issues. We do not believe multiprotocol is suitable for operation in the home, and strongly recommend dedicating a device to each protocol.”


  • He failed to stop at a red light and killed two while he was trying to evade the police.

    "The review board heard police spotted the Ford Escape “swerving in and out of lanes and repeatedly increasing/decreasing the rate of speed” before the deadly crash, said the March 19 decision.

    Al Jalmoud stopped for a red light at an intersection and failed to go when the light turned green, said the decision.

    “The police officers at this time got out of their unmarked (white minivan), in uniform, to check on the driver based on their concerns that he might be distracted or impaired. As the police officers stepped out of their vehicle Mr. Al Jalmoud took off in the Escape. He kept heading north and failed to stop for another red light, colliding with the Hyundai.

    The impact caused the Hyundai “to spin out of control,” said the decision.

    John Wignall was ejected out of the rear window of the Hyundai and into a building. He died at the scene just after 11 p.m. Paramedics took Ryan Valentim, the other Hyundai passenger, to hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

    The Hyundai’s driver, Hardick Patel, was taken to hospital with “very serious” injuries.

    Immediately after the crash, Al Jalmoud “took off on foot leaving the scene."

    Then, a “jury found Al Jalmoud “guilty of two counts of dangerous driving causing death and one count of dangerous driving causing bodily harm,” said the review board.” and he was sentenced to over 3 years prison.





  • My first ‘issue’ is I have everything in ZHA. I want to move to Zigbee2MQTT, but with 40 zigbee devices and associated automations it’s a pita. So I figured get the zbt-2 and migrate that way. ZHA doesn’t report LQI and RSSI, so measuring the mesh isn’t completely empirical. First issue was a window sensor I use for the mailbox. It was a 3rd reality sensor and it was losing network connectivity about once a week. It’s just outside the front door, and I have a 3rd reality zigbee outlet in the front entrance. The Sonoff coordinator is mounted on the wall at the bottom of the stairs, which go down from the front entrance. (difficult to visualize, I know).

    I then tried another window sensor on a closet door in the kitchen to trigger a light when the door was opened. Another zigbee outlet very close to the closet. Sensor (aqara in this case) can’t stay connected for 5 minutes.

    So, considering I want to migrate to zigbee2mqtt anyway, I figured this was an opportunity to experience that pain.