Which Zigbee USB to buy

[HvdW]

Hi,
I'm planning to step away from 433 mHz and dive into the world of Zigbee.

Which Zigbee USB device should I buy, which one not and why.
I did the simple search on Aliexpress.
Is CC2531 OK?
Is CC2531 backdated and should I search for next-gen? Which?
Is it recommended to use an antenna?

[twoenter]

I think it depends on wich plugin you want to use.

If you buy cc2531 you can use zigbee2mqtt
If you buy deconz you use that plugin
If you buy zigate you use the zigate plugin. If you want a detailed guide for getting started you can read my tutorial (see signature) or see pipiches zigateplugin wiki

[kiddigital]

See

https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/information/ ... pters.html

For info on adapters...

[Thorgal789]

Or here for the same question than you, on the 3 more used zigbee project viewtopic.php?f=68&t=27995

[waltervl]

See also the wiki on zigbee and the options you have:
https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Zigbee#Zi ... n_Domoticz

[heggink]

So far, my zzh stick is working pretty good. Easy to update (if needed) and quite stable. Also pretty affordable and shipped pretty fast. Supposedly one of the adapters supporting a larger network.

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[Alain]

I have this one on the way to use with zigbee2mqtt.

https://slae.sh/projects/cc2652/

I was tired of the interference with the RFXCOM and 433MHz temperature sensors too. If my neighbours have bad batteries in their weather stations, my sensors aren't reliable.

It seems the domestic market for good and reliable wireless sensors is not really there. It's pretty much in the hobby stage and you have to make do with what's available and all the crap that comes along with it. Pretty much nothing is easily integrate-able. I bought an Aqara Hub because Domoticz has native support for it, the sensors are readily available and they work on the Zigbee protocol. They did however forget that Xiaomi has changed the software so you can no longer get a token. Native support is pretty useless for it now.

I'm hoping to be able to "sniff" the Xiaomi sensors with the USB stick and use them that way.