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This implementation provides an openthread border router server and a small webui to monitor it. It can be used to setup a thread network on your server if it is equiped with a Thread radio device. | This implementation provides an openthread border router server and a small webui to monitor it. It can be used to setup a thread network on your server if it is equiped with a Thread radio device. | ||
Popular | Popular Thread radio devices include Home assistant's connect ZBT-2 and SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB dongles among many other. | ||
Once your thread network is established, you can use the Matter IOT standard to control various home automation devices adhering to the standard. | Once your thread network is established, you can use the Matter IOT standard to control various home automation devices adhering to the standard. | ||
The most likely configuration for nixos users will be to use openthread in combination with the [[Home Assistant]] module and the [[Matter Server]] module. | |||
=== Basic Setup === | |||
Make sure you have the required radio USB device connected to your server and note its device path which should look something like <syntaxhighlight lang="shell"> | |||
/dev/serial/by-id/usb-Nabu_Casa_ZBT-2_xxxxxxxxx_ifxx | |||
// OR | |||
/dev/serial/by-id/usb-Itead_Sonoff_Zigbee_3.0_USB_Dongle_Plus_V2_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-ifxx-portx | |||
</syntaxhighlight>of course these are merely examples for specific devices but you will want to use the by-id path to ensure it remains stable across configurations. | |||
Then you can enable the open thread border router service in nixos using | |||
[[Category:Software]] | [[Category:Software]] | ||
[[Category:Applications]] | [[Category:Applications]] | ||