SMLIGHT SLZB-06M – A Zigbee 3.0 to Ethernet, USB, and WiFi Adapter with PoE Support, Works with Zigbee2MQTT, Home Assistant, ZHA

I bought this Zigbee Controller specifically for use with Home Assistant, and it has been a great upgrade over a USB Zigbee stick. The biggest advantage is that it runs over Ethernet, which lets you place the coordinator where Zigbee coverage is best instead of being tied to the location of your Home Assistant server. For anyone running HA on a NAS, VM, or remote machine, this makes a big difference in reliability. In my case, my Home Assistant setup runs on a VM from my detached garage office while this controller is in the main home. Once set up, performance has been excellent. Pairing devices is fast, the connection has been stable, and range seems better than my previous USB coordinator. The web interface is also very helpful for firmware updates and configuration. The main thing buyers should know is that this isn’t completely plug-and-play with Home Assistant. Setup requires some familiarity with ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT (my preferred implementation) and the documentation could do a better job explaining common setups. It’s not difficult if you’re comfortable with HA, but beginners may need to spend some time figuring things out. Overall, this is a fantastic coordinator for Home Assistant users who want flexibility, strong performance, and the ability to place their Zigbee radio in the optimal location.

Paired with my home assistant setup. Tried both USB power and POE. Overall POE is less hassle.

I'm using this PoE as my Home Assistant ZHA coordinator. It's great. Every device from SONOFF, Tuya, Sengled, Aqara, MOES, Inovelli and Ewelink that I have connected to/through it is working great. I did get two powerstrips from Jinvocloud and only one of them would pair, but I suspect that's more on the powerstrip than the coordinator. Radio signal is strong, these devices can also be re-configured for use with Zigbee2MQTT and as Zigbee signal repeaters. I haven't tried the Bluetooth repeater function, yet, but it has one. The web interface is snappy, software updates go quickly and smoothly. All told, it's just a great hub / device.

Too bad Home Assistant (HA) is such a PITA, lol. THIS product works great, but I am dumping HA in favor of Homey because several hours to configure light switches under HA only to still have the colors on my Hue bulb look like junk is just too much. HA is not worth it. If you disagree about HA being worth it, then buy this Zigbee adapter because it's A+ and it does work very well with HA.

Replaced an older coordinator and was shocked how well it performed. No more drops and missed automations.

I love that it runs with POE, so I can plug it in anywhere rather than it being attached to my computer. Easily discovered by Home Assistant and it has no problem controlling my Zigbee devices.

I had issues with this working with Home Assistant and Zigbee2Mqtt using the Ethernet connection. It would lose connecting after a few days and need to be reset. The USB connection has been perfect so far. I didn't need it to be connected using Ethernet so has worked well for me once on USB. It is a little more involved updating the software since you need to switch it back to Ethernet to use the web configuration but should have to do that too often.

Home assistant plug and play. I recently moved and my computer system wasn't going to be able to be center house. Plug in, HA recognized it and we were off to the races setting it up.

Après 3 mois de test avec Home Assistant, aucun soucis. C'est 4 fois mieux que la version USB, je peux mettre le coordinateur où je veux

Ich habe 3 SMLIGHT SLZB-06M in mein Home Assistant System integriert um 3 weitläufige Bereiche des Hauses/Grundstücks abzudecken. Damit habe ich mehrere Ikea- und Hue-Bridges sowie 2 Zigbee USB-Sticks abgelöst. Seit ich die SMLIGHT SLZB-06M im System habe, funktionieren alle eingebundenen Geräte problemlos. Auch die Geräteverwaltung ist damit deutlich einfacher.

Se sei un tecnico con un homelab, questa è la roba migliore che puoi prendere. Fantastica

For way too long, I have struggled with Zigbee USB dongles. They are unreliable and disconnect too often. This is a brilliant device, easy to set up with a great interface. Highly recommended.

very good device