Difference between Esphome-openthread-poc

[kyvaith]

Sorry for my ignorance, but what is the difference between this project and https://github.com/mrene/esphome-openthread-poc ? (except that the second one is packaged for ESPhome). Are both projects aimed at the same thing? I would like to have Thread/matter + Zigbee board(s) over IP and am looking for a solution. Thank you.

[lhespress]

@kyvaith This project allows an ESP32-H2 with an ESP NCP firmware to act as a ZigBee coordinator in Home Assistant and then communicate via ZigBee - it has nothing to do with Thread. Since Home Assistant already integration Zigbee Home Automation, supporting ZigBee was just a matter of telling it to start the network (this doesn't do anything ZigBee-related either).

From the looks of it, esphome-openthread-poc uses an esp32 flashed with an ESPHome firmware in order for it to join a Thread network.

I'd love for a combined Thread + ZigBee solution. BTW, We are developing it now.

[ss89]

@lhespress Is the current state already usable with HA/ZHA? Ididn't have time recently to check back and try it out. Yet I'm waiting for it to use it 😃 Already made some stock on esp32-c6/h2 and used them for other projects as i was short on other mcus 😅