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by Tijdreiziger 1220 days ago
This looks great. It looks like the existing VINDRIKTNING sensor, but with more sensors and compatible with their existing smarthome hub (which implies Zigbee connectivity, I think).

The only question is whether the fan will be as obnoxious as the one in the VINDRIKTNING. It’s audible and constantly spins up and down, so it’s extremely distracting. I often just unplug it for that reason, which is unfortunate.
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wkat4242 1220 days ago
There's a mod for that, connect the fan to constant power (3.3V instead of 5V if you want it quieter too)
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wkat4242 1219 days ago
It's a bit annoying that this doesn't work with the tradfri hub by the way, only the much more expensive dirigera one. Both are zigbee so they both have the technical capability.
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euroderf 1219 days ago
So it should talk Zigbee to a Conbee 2 (or other Zigbee hub) and be able to hook into a Matter network ? ... he asked hopefully.
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wkat4242 1219 days ago
Probably yes, but it depends of course on whether the Zigbee stack supports it. There's several zigbee stacks for HA and they each support their own subset of hardware.

This is in fact what Matter/Thread is supposed to solve with more standardisation.

Check this excellent site for an overview of which device is compatible with this stack (and see what a mess it is!!)

https://zigbee.blakadder.com/

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