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Philips Hue Lights + Home Assistant - Issues with ConBee II in c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum
[–] lazaroblanc@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In the ZHA integration configuration it is possible to change the Zigbee channel. Tap the pencil icon next to the channel (NOT “Migrate Radio”). There is a warning about channel migration being experimental but if all you have is Hue bulbs I wouldn’t worry too much (my bulbs are Tradfris, and they were fine at least). I had to do this initially to get reliable coverage, and everything has been solid since.

The channel change seemed to make switching lights on/off faster but not more reliable. One or two bulbs still don't respond (ironically even one that's closest to the ConBee)

Philips Hue Lights + Home Assistant - Issues with ConBee II in c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum
[–] lazaroblanc@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I've tried using the ConBee II on a USB extension cord and it wasn't much better.

+ I don't like having another cable thrown around the living room. I thought the whole point of Zigbee was that the devices create a mesh and so coverage wouldn't be much of an issue, no? (maybe I'm mistaken?)

I'll try the switching the channel to see if that improves things and report back.

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Philips Hue Lights + Home Assistant - Issues with ConBee II (alien.top)
 

Hi everyone,

I have some Hue lights in my Home I want to control using Home Assistant.
I'm just tired of having to use my phone all the time to set the lights. It takes a good couple of seconds everytime I open the app, enable bluetooth and have all the lights connected.

I'm running Home Assistant in a Container using Docker with a ConBee II passed through as a USB device.

Whenever I try to change the color or intensity of the lights, the values jump around or don't get set at all. I also see multiple error messages in the Home Assistant logs.

I've heard this may be an issue with the ConBee II and interference. Is there anything I can do to fix this or is there maybe a better Zigbee Bridge/Gateway I can use that doesn't have those problems?

Is the OEM Philips Hue Bridge any good?

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