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 Home Assistant provides at least two different implementations for ZigBee. The main one, which i am using, is called [[https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha|ZHA]], or ZigBee Home Automation. This is native in Home Assistant and overall preferred to the ZigBee2MQTT solution. This last one only advantage might be to de-couple your ZigBee stuff from Home Assistant itself, if you prefer. Home Assistant provides at least two different implementations for ZigBee. The main one, which i am using, is called [[https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha|ZHA]], or ZigBee Home Automation. This is native in Home Assistant and overall preferred to the ZigBee2MQTT solution. This last one only advantage might be to de-couple your ZigBee stuff from Home Assistant itself, if you prefer.
  
-ZHA needs to install it from the add-ons page in your Home Assistent installation, then you can start activating your ZigBee devices and pair them, one at a time.+ZHA needs to install it from the add-ons page in your Home Assistant installation, then you can start activating your ZigBee devices and pair them, one at a time. 
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 +=== Coordinator Hardware selection === 
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 +At first i bought a cheap chinese coordinator, which worked fine up to 30 or 40 devices. Then i moved to a nice Sonoff coordinator with an external antenna and a Texas Instrument chipset, which gave me only issues and not a good overall coverage. At last i choose to move to a Home Assistant Green appliance and purchased the associated recomended //Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1// device. 
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 +So far, the ZBT-1 has proven to be the **best** coordinator i have tried. YMMV.
  
 === Naming Convention === === Naming Convention ===
  
-I name my ZigBee devices in Home Assistant with the following scheme: "[**TYPE*][**FLOOR**][**ROOM**].[**number**] - [[**name**]":+I name my ZigBee devices in Home Assistant with the following scheme: "[**TYPE**][**FLOOR**][**ROOM**].[**number**] - [[**name**]":
   * TYPE: two letters code to identify the type of device (like LT for lights, SW for switches, TM for temperature sensors, and so on)   * TYPE: two letters code to identify the type of device (like LT for lights, SW for switches, TM for temperature sensors, and so on)
   * FLOOR: 0, garden. 1 ground floor. 2 first floor, 3 roof...   * FLOOR: 0, garden. 1 ground floor. 2 first floor, 3 roof...