Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 Zigbee Thread Matter USB Stick for Home Assistant (SkyConnect)

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Product Description:

USB Zigbee 3.0 / Thread (Matter) Gateway

The Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 USB hub offers seamless Zigbee connectivity for your smart home. With a simple firmware update, you can also use the Thread protocol.

Firmware updates via the USB interface support over-the-wire (OTW) updates for both protocols, as well as the experimental multiprotocol. The Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 is compatible with Home Assistant Green and various PC, Linux, Raspberry Pi, and virtualization platforms that support USB. This allows you to easily integrate Zigbee sensors and devices into your Home Assistant system. The adapter uses the same Silicon Labs chip (Silabs EFR32MG21) as the Home Assistant Yellow. A USB extension cable is included to avoid potential interference from USB 3.0 ports. Expand your smart home with the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1. What is the difference between Home Assistant SkyConnect and Connect ZBT-1? Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 is the new name for Home Assistant SkyConnect. Although it's a new name and a new design, both devices share the same hardware, features, and support. This change was made to make room for a new line of Connect products, including an upcoming Z-Wave Connect product. Going forward, updates and features mentioned for Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 will also apply to devices sold under the SkyConnect name. Why a USB extension cable is included USB 3.0 ports (the ones with the blue interior) are known to cause significant interference and radio frequency disruption with 2.4 GHz wireless devices. This also affects Zigbee and Thread devices. Without the extension cable, the devices might not work at all, and if they do, the connection could be unstable, resulting in problems such as intermittent connection drops, unreachable devices, timeout errors, and other issues. Recommended Use Cases for Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 Nabu Casa currently recommends using the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 with the Zigbee firmware to control your Zigbee network. This solution offers a great user experience right from the start. As part of Nabu Casa's efforts to integrate Matter into Home Assistant, the focus is on improving the use of Thread, making it just as easy to integrate Thread-based Matter devices into Home Assistant without having to resort to a third-party Thread Border Router. The Thread firmware is already fully functional in the background, but some improvements are still needed for Thread devices to work seamlessly with Home Assistant. Once this experience is improved, Nabu Casa recommends using the Thread firmware to control your Thread network as an alternative to using Thread Border Routers from Apple or Google. What is the current status of multiprotocol support? Multiprotocol remains an experimental feature and is not recommended for use. When Nabu Casa launched this device, we announced our intention to release firmware that supports multiprotocol. This allows the device's Silicon Labs chip to connect to both Zigbee and Thread networks via a radio. This experimental firmware has been available since December 2022. Through extensive testing, Nabu Casa has found that while it works under certain circumstances, there are technical limitations that can result in a poor user experience. Therefore, Nabu Casa does not currently recommend using this firmware, and it will remain experimental for the foreseeable future. Instead, we are focusing on ensuring that the dedicated Zigbee and Thread firmwares for Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 provide the best user experience. If you currently have the multiprotocol firmware installed but are not actively using it to connect to Thread devices, Nabu Casa recommends disabling multiprotocol. For current users of the multiprotocol firmware who are satisfied with their experience, nothing will change. The experimental multiprotocol firmware will remain available but is not recommended for new users. hr {margin: 0; padding: 0;}

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Specifications:

Model No.: NC-ZBT-9710

Protocols: Zigbee 3.0; Thread (Matter) about firmware update

Transmitter/Receiver: Silicon Labs Multiprotocol EFR32MG21

Stack: EmberZNet Serial Protocol (EZSP)

Frequency: 2.4GHz

Antenna: PCB

TX performance: up to +20dBm

RX sensitivity: -104dBm (250kbps)

Over-the-wire (OTW) firmware updates

Power supply: 5V DC / up to 150mA

Bridge: USB to UART, Silicon Labs CP2102N USB-to-UART bridge

USB: v2.0 full speed (12Mbps)

Dimensions (LxWxH): approx. 38.5 x 18 x 4.5mm

Weight: 4g