How to find bridge hardware?

Setup, Configuration and Use Beginners
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I’m fed up with the instability of homee and would like to switch to openhab.
I would like to connect a range of zigby devices (philips, ikea, …) , some enocean devices and some AVM devices connectes via my Fritz!Box Router.

I understand that I can use my synology 216 which is running anyway.
What I don’t get is how I can get the synology or a raspy to talk to the devices. What hardware do I need to get the bridges for these.

Can sbdy pls point to some docs on this?

Kind regards
Ferdinand

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There are many Zigbee USB sticks that can act as coordinators for a Zigbee network.

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Some of the more common coordinators are listed in the binding docs:

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Thanks, that helps.

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I’m very happy with zigbee2mqtt. Hardware costs less than 30€ and more that 1000 compatible devices.

And an lot of community users.

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Thanks, Valentin. That seems to support all of my devices. Will give that a try.

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Any recommendations for hardware to connect enocean devices?

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Hi Vakentin (@vavo01),

I got myself that USB-Stick and connected it to my synology USB-Port.

Then installed Zigby Binding and CC2531EMK Coordinator-Thing and configured thing to use /sys/bus/usb/devices/usb1 or usb2 as device name.
But thing remains offline.
Do I need to flash another firmware first?

Thx,
Ferdinand

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Hi Ferdinand,

I’ve no idea about the zigbee binding. I use the stick with mqtt binding and mosquitto mqtt broker

I’ve also bought the stick already flashed and ready to use with zigbee2mqtt.

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Zigbee2mqtt is also compatible with some enocean switches if they have “friends of hue” certification.