Zigbee Singapore

[Fidelia Boldul]

Homeautomation bits seem to be more expensive in Malaysia and much harder to find. Want to bring as much as I can. If any of my devices here will work when I select the new country zone. ( or buy the different hub ) then makes it easier for me to continue my home automation addiction.

I contacted zooz. They have some zwave motion sensors and window / door contacts that they say can be configured via software for either area. So they are safe to take. But again. Uncertain about the zigbee devices I have.

Appreciate the info. That makes me feel better about bringing some devices.

Any thoughts about running 2 Hubs together on different zwave frequencies?

Will the hub connect work or will I have to set up discretely?

Thanks. Mac.

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A couple of things to think about if you were to bring mains powered devices with you to Malaysia are whether you can legally use these devices there (what electrical conformity do Malaysian electrical standards require of mains powered devices) and whether Malaysia even uses the same voltage and frequency as the US. Battery powered devices should not be an issue.

And as others have already advised above, Z-wave frequency may differ between the countries but the region can be changed on any C7 or C8 from the Z-Wave settings page, and Zigbee uses the same frequency range world wide.

I would imagine most USB powered devices should be easy enough to get small power supplies / hubs to do the translation from local power to USB. I wonder whether, for some devices, the cost of buying a convertor to local power supply may go close in some instances to cost of replacing the device with one that is sold for use locally in Malaysia...?

A couple of things to think about if you were to bring mains powered devices with you to Malaysia are whether you can legally use these devices there (what electrical conformity do Malaysian electrical standards require of mains powered devices) and whether Malaysia even uses the same voltage and frequency as the US.

But seriously, interesting topic, to see the ins-and-outs of moving from the US to outside the US. Would be interesting to hear about others who have done something similar, perhaps in a separate topic...

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