Well I totally borked my ZigBee network, and it looks like I’ll need to factory reset and re-pair everything. I ignored the warning, and attempted a channel change. Lost everything and can’t get any device to connect.
So since I need to do this, what is everyone’s preference of ZHA vs Z2M? I was on ZHA, but am I missing anything on the other side?
Moved from ZHA to Z2M. Much easier to handle as I already ran an MQTT container, and re-connecting devices to Z2M doesn’t mess with the HA devices.
I’m on Z2M, mostly because it supports more devices I’d like to use. If ZHA supports everything you have or might want to get in the future, I don’t see a reason to switch.
I use ZHA. As I have a Pi, I prefer the less addons the better, and there are ZHA devices for everything. It simply narrows down the spectrum, but overtime it’s coming closer and closer to Z2M in terms of device support and features… So…
There is also Matter and Thread on the horizon, so I wouldn’t bother complicating things further.
I started with ZHA, but moved to Z2M because there was an automation blueprint I needed that was only coded for z2m.
Gotta say, I’m a much bigger fan of the z2m interface. There’s nothing wrong with ZHA but unless something major changes, I don’t see the need to ever switch back.
ZHA here. I picked it since it’s a bit easier to set up with less bits. It works for me, so I didn’t see a reason to change it. I have done channel changes a couple of times with no issue - maybe I just got lucky!
Never had any issues with Zigbee2Mqtt. Works fantastically
I’m loving my zigbee2mqtt setup. Took a couple tries to get the mosquitto broker working right but worth it in the long run.
Zigbee2MQTT is what I’m using. Everything I watched said it was the best, but ZHA is getting better.
I was using Z2M and found it had some weird, unresolvable device control quirks with a dimmer I’m using. Switched to ZHA and have had no problems at all.
