Replacing Smart Hubs with Deconz Conbee II

The primary reason I made the jump to Home Assistant was to break free from the unnecessary cloud services and spyware that sat between me and my smart devices. My first experience with smart devices was the first gen Wink Hub way back in 2014. My GE Link bulbs worked okay most of the time, but often enough they did not work at all. Most of the time it was because the hub couldn't talk to the cloud service. There is nothing more frustrating than a light bulb not working because an amateur tech

VaLO Zigbee Conbee 2 USB - Compatible with Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS devices.

ConBee II Installation

Replacing Smart Hubs with Deconz Conbee II

ConBee 2 - ZigBee USB gateway - Dresden Elektronik Botland - Robotic Shop

Technical support

deCONZ ConBee II:New devices not connecting and some old devices are dropped - Zigbee - Home Assistant Community

Add Zigbee to Home Assistant with ConBee II and deCONZ on QNAP TS-251 - Brian Prom Blog

Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi with HASS OS, Zigbee Conbee II, deCONZ, Xiaomi Aqara sensors from scratch

Add Zigbee to Home Assistant with ConBee II and deCONZ on QNAP TS-251 - Brian Prom Blog