How I Put Z-Wave AND Zigbee On Home Assistant With Aeotec (And Made It Reliable, too)!

After a few attempts, I'm finally figuring out the home assistant setup process for Zigbee and Z-Wave devices! It's been a journey integrating everything, especially since z-wave and Zigbee can be confusing, especially when you're first getting into Home Assistant. Well, in comes the Aeotec Z-Stick 10 Pro and it's solved all of my issues. This is a single USB-A plugin dongle that can connect right into your Home Assistant instance and it allows connection to Z-Wave 800 Series, Z-Wave Long Range, Zigbee2MQTT, ZHA (Zigbee Home Automation in Home Assistant) and more! It's easy to start, but as always, I wanted to share with you my full guide for Zigbee and my full guide for Z-Wave with Home Assistant. This should help you with one of the best smart hubs out there, and you should be able to make any home automation you'd like! I mentioned a coupon code that Aeotec gave us for the Z-Stick 10 Pro. It's automateyourlife and it's available on the Aeotec store at: https://store.aeotec.com/. It gives you 15% off the Aeotec Z-Stick 10 Pro. More information on the device is available at: https://aeotec.com/products/aeotec-z-stick-10-pro/. If you're wondering about the Home Energy Meter 8 too, not only will that code give you a discount for that, but you can also see our review of that here: https://youtu.be/EjZ7kK6bowI Timecodes for today's video: 00:00 - Why I Chose The Aeotec Z-Stick 10 Pro 1:23 - Introducing The Aeotec Z-Stick 10 Pro 3:30 - What You Get 4:45 - Setup Zigbee Home Assistant 7:24 - Setup Z-Wave With Home Assistant 11:24 - One Detail About Zigbee2MQTT 12:52 - Adding Your First Zigbee or Z-Wave Device 13:32 - How To Reroute Your Z-Wave Communication 15:14 - Tips For Getting Your Zigbee Network To Work Right 19:02 - Tips For Getting Your Z-Wave Network To Work Right 23:20 - Troubleshooting With Z-Wave JS 32:22 - Troubleshooting With Zigbee Home Automation 37:22 - My Final Review ---------------------------------------------- Channel Links -------------------------------------- Join this channel to get access to extra videos, early releases, and other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtRSKEipM17PF7n0mi66btQ/join Subscribe to Take The Frustration Out Of Automation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtRSKEipM17PF7n0mi66btQ?sub_confirmation=1 ---------------------------------------------- Signoff -------------------------------------- Automate Your Life is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com and other Amazon websites. Thanks for watching, and Live Smart. Brian