AutomationJul 29, 20263 min read
Tuning Zigbee Mesh Routing & Smart Energy Telemetry
Diagnosing LQI drops across two floors, strategically placing dedicated router repeaters, and streaming power metrics into InfluxDB and Grafana.
#IoT#HomeAssistant#Zigbee
Mapping the 2.4GHz RF Interference
Wi-Fi channels 1, 6, and 11 heavily overlap with Zigbee. Moving the home Wi-Fi 2.4GHz bands to channels 1 and 6 allowed allocating Zigbee to Channel 25 with clear airwaves.
Mesh Stability Results
Link Quality Index (LQI) jumped from an unstable 40-70 to a rock solid 190+ across all 38 endpoints in the house.
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