I think this is the bulb I bought. I want to redo the lighting in my house and I was considering putting these tiny bulbs in the ceiling. It’s pretty bright though, so I was worried it would be annoying to look up at. You are using it now, does that seem accurate?
Does Zigbee have the same issues that other smart bulbs do with loss of Internet connection, and voltage drops/brown outs/black outs?
They all turn on the full brightness
4 AM my voltage drops from 120 to 110 - literally not even noticable and every light in my home turns on. Happened with Hue more than a few times and I got rid of every single bulb. I ain’t got sleep to lose.
No. They aren’t controlled via Internet (they can be, but it’s not vital). You have Zigbee switches that control them through radio. Or you control them with your Zigbee controller which is hooked up to your network, but works locally so even if your Internet is down it works on LAN.
voltage drops/brown outs/black outs … They all turn on the full brightness for “safety”
Depends on the brand. Some do this. Most do out of the box but you can go into the settings of your Zigbee controller and disable that. I’d read reviews first.
Also Phillips Hue is actually a Zigbee bulb, which can be used with non-Hue Zigbee controllers. If I’m reading right this setting can be configured. community.hueessentials.com/t/…/720
Well zigbee has nothing to do with internet, the bulb just communicates locally to your hub. You can then connect that to your own local Homeassistant for example. What the bulb does with viltage drops is on the manufacturer I guess
Rooster326@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Imagine having a bulb that doesn’t require an account
WFloyd@lemmy.world [bot] 3 weeks ago
Zigbee or Thread does this. Example (now that I use this one): us.aqara.com/products/led-bulb-t2-gu10
Kage520@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think this is the bulb I bought. I want to redo the lighting in my house and I was considering putting these tiny bulbs in the ceiling. It’s pretty bright though, so I was worried it would be annoying to look up at. You are using it now, does that seem accurate?
WFloyd@lemmy.world [bot] 3 weeks ago
Sorry, typo - I do not use these lol
wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Also anything that runs Tasmota or ESPHome.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
Imagine having both
ZigBee baybeee. Fully local, offline, forever. Nobody can stop them working.
Rooster326@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Does Zigbee have the same issues that other smart bulbs do with loss of Internet connection, and voltage drops/brown outs/black outs?
They all turn on the full brightness
4 AM my voltage drops from 120 to 110 - literally not even noticable and every light in my home turns on. Happened with Hue more than a few times and I got rid of every single bulb. I ain’t got sleep to lose.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago
No. They aren’t controlled via Internet (they can be, but it’s not vital). You have Zigbee switches that control them through radio. Or you control them with your Zigbee controller which is hooked up to your network, but works locally so even if your Internet is down it works on LAN.
Depends on the brand. Some do this. Most do out of the box but you can go into the settings of your Zigbee controller and disable that. I’d read reviews first.
Also Phillips Hue is actually a Zigbee bulb, which can be used with non-Hue Zigbee controllers. If I’m reading right this setting can be configured. community.hueessentials.com/t/…/720
Nalivai@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Zigbee is a communication protocol. The way your bulb reacts to a powercycle is up to a bulb. Mine remember last settings for example.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Well zigbee has nothing to do with internet, the bulb just communicates locally to your hub. You can then connect that to your own local Homeassistant for example. What the bulb does with viltage drops is on the manufacturer I guess
Nalivai@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, I bet those grapes are sour af and require account to actually eat