Domoticz

Hi all!

I'm thinking about buying a Zigate device to control my Tradfri devices. I run Domoticz on a Synology NAS and already have the plugin working.
My NAS is not centrally located in my house though and I fear that a Zigate USB will give me signal problems. The obvious solution would be a Zigate Wifi device, since you can place it anywhere where you have good reception and can permanently power it.

I use a similar setup with my MySensors network. I've made a Wifi gateway and put it in a place with good reception. But even though it works very reliably, I do notice a small time delay in sending and receiving commands through this Wifi gateway in comparison with the former USB gateway. It's not much, but it's noticable.

Does a similar delay difference exist between the USB and WIFI versions of the Zigate?

I see right now an house where about 25 Devices and 10 Remote are managed via a Wifi Zigate and there is no issue.
All Zigate for now are based on the same firmware (which is very convenient).
With the new Wifi firmware there is no more communication issues as we had in the past

So for me there is no real differences between the USB and the WIFI model. Just be aware that if you purchase the Wifi one, you'll still be able to use it with USB as I think the Wifi is shipped with the USB module as well as this is the way to do firmware update on the Zigate module side.