We’re making new frients this week, and so they’re bringing an in depth line of Zigbee gadgets to our Works With House Assistant program
Our latest frient
Based mostly in Denmark, the frient model was developed by Onics, (previously Develco Merchandise), and so they have years of expertise with Zigbee gadgets. Frient is bringing its confirmed know-how to the Works With House Assistant program, in addition to their Danish design that simply blends into virtually any house.
Current Works With companions have introduced Z-Wave, Matter, and even Bluetooth gadgets to House Assistant, however it’s been a few years 😅 since Zigbee-specific gadgets have joined this system. Zigbee is among the hottest open protocols that’s used with House Assistant, with a whole lot of hundreds of customers making use of it as we speak. It’s a confirmed know-how that connects on to House Assistant, no cloud or Wi-Fi connection required. Zigbee is a mesh protocol, the place some gadgets act as repeaters, strengthening the community as extra are added. It was constructed from the bottom as much as energy the sensible house, and has been optimized to offer gadgets actually lengthy (typically multi-year) battery life.
“Becoming a member of the Works With House Assistant program is a proud milestone for frient. It displays our robust dedication to open, user-centric sensible house experiences and ensures that our merchandise seamlessly combine with one of the crucial trusted platforms available in the market. For House Assistant customers, it means extra selection and adaptability — and for frient, it strengthens our place as a key participant within the linked sensible house area.”
– Martin Langballe, Worldwide Enterprise Improvement Supervisor at frient
All you want to get began with Zigbee in House Assistant is a Zigbee adapter or ‘stick’, such because the House Assistant Join ZBT-1 (wow, we launched this in 2022, I’m wondering after we’re lastly going to construct a successor? 😉). By plugging the adapter right into a USB port in your House Assistant system, it ought to then uncover the gadget and add the ZHA integration. After that’s arrange, you can begin including gadgets to your Zigbee community. We’ve even added in a cool new visualization in an effort to see how your Zigbee gadgets work together with one another.
ZHA is constructed with the help of the Open House Basis, and it even has a full-time developer (@puddly
Units
When your power firm gained’t present your uncooked utilization information, there’s all the time one other means 😉
In case you didn’t know, Works With House Assistant differs from different certification packages as merchandise are rigorously examined in-house to make sure they work seamlessly out of the field with House Assistant. Any firm becoming a member of additionally commits to offering long-term help and firmware updates whereas being a constructive drive within the House Assistant neighborhood. Works With House Assistant is operated by the Open House Basis
Our staff has labored extensively with frient to make sure that the next objects work seamlessly with House Assistant.
This can be a huge portion of frient’s product line, and offers power monitoring, gadget management, security, and safety sensors. The frient IO Module is the primary licensed Zigbee module that can be utilized to show low-voltage dumb gadgets like electrical blinds or storage doorways into gadgets that may be managed by House Assistant.
There are some nice gadgets right here for constructing a extra sustainable sensible house. The Electrical energy Meter Interface 2 LED lets you get the information off your power meter and file it into House Assistant. One other win for sustainability is their use of AA and AAA batteries wherever sensible, which means you need to use rechargeables as an alternative of continually shopping for and recycling coin cells.
I additionally selfishly like to see some nice UK-specific gadgets being introduced into this system with the frient Good Siren having each UK and EU variations.
Finest frients endlessly
It’s nice to see Zigbee get some high-quality licensed Works With House Assistant gadgets after a multi-year wait. Frient has put a great deal of work into this launch and are huge followers of our work and the neighborhood. There are extra thrilling Zigbee developments to come back, so keep tuned!
FAQs
Q: If I’ve a tool that isn’t listed beneath “Works With House Assistant” does this imply it’s not supported?
A: No! It simply implies that it hasn’t gone via a testing schedule with our staff or doesn’t match the necessities of this system. It’d operate completely effectively however be added to the testing schedule later down the highway, or it’d work beneath a special connectivity sort that we don’t at the moment take a look at beneath this system.
Q: Okay, so what’s the purpose of the Works With program?
A: It highlights the gadgets we all know work effectively with House Assistant and the manufacturers that make a long-term dedication to maintaining help for these gadgets going. The certification settlement specifies that the gadgets will need to have full performance inside House Assistant, function domestically with out the necessity for cloud, and can proceed to take action long-term.
Q: How have been these gadgets examined?
A: All gadgets on this listing have been examined utilizing a normal HA Inexperienced Hub with the ZBT-1 and with the ZHA integration. We haven’t examined these gadgets with Zigbee2MQTT, so we might suggest checking their gadget compatibility documentation
Q: Will you be including extra frient gadgets to this system?
A: Why not! We’re thrilled to foster an in depth relationship with the staff at frient to work collectively on any upcoming releases or add in additional merchandise that aren’t but listed right here.
