ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukM to Smart Homes@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agoWhat's your smart home set-up?pinmessage-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your smart home set-up?pinᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukM to Smart Homes@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThere’s two Sonoff sticks on Amazon both look identical but they have different specs: ZBDongle-P: USB 3.0 Pre-flashed with Z-Stack 3.x.0 coordinator firmware Base on TI CC2652P + CP2102N ZBDongle-E: USB Pre-flashed with Zigbee coordinator firmware based on EZNet 6.10.3 out of box Base on EFR32MG21 + CH9102F The first seems the right one but they’re even.yhe same price!
minus-squareMex@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’ll have to take a look, these were not available when I was shopping. I have used the TI CC based chipset before. Looks like the -E varient is preferred now. https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha/
minus-squareᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThanks for that - they do include both E and P under discovery section it that does indeed seems to be their preference.
minus-squareᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoSo doing some homework I found this, which suggests: ZBDongle-P - Zigbee2MQTT and ZHA ZBDongle-E - Matter and ZHA, Zigbee2MQTT still experimental Apparently, the former is the Dongle Plus, while the latter is the Dongle Plus V2. So, despite the letters, the -E is the newer one. All of which means, the -E seems the best option for me.
There’s two Sonoff sticks on Amazon both look identical but they have different specs:
ZBDongle-P:
ZBDongle-E:
The first seems the right one but they’re even.yhe same price!
I’ll have to take a look, these were not available when I was shopping. I have used the TI CC based chipset before. Looks like the
-Evarient is preferred now. https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha/Thanks for that - they do include both E and P under discovery section it that does indeed seems to be their preference.
So doing some homework I found this, which suggests:
Apparently, the former is the Dongle Plus, while the latter is the Dongle Plus V2. So, despite the letters, the -E is the newer one.
All of which means, the -E seems the best option for me.