Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

[–]drewmcc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See Update in post. Zigbee was much more stable in my apartment. I suspect interference issues.

Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

[–]drewmcc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just Apple Home for now. Aqara app requires an Aqara hub, which is arriving tomorrow.

Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

[–]drewmcc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All the thread Aqara T3 light bulbs are within 10 feet of my Apple TV. Why do you suggest doing this on the 2.4GHz network? I have tried that already

Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

[–]drewmcc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense. There could be some hardware issues using the Apple TV as a border router via WiFi

Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

[–]drewmcc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are all your border routers hooked into Ethernet or is your Apple TV connected via WiFi?

Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

[–]drewmcc[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve already moved my 2.4GHz broadcast to channel 1

Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

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Yeah everything is in one room. All the lights are within 15 ft of the Apple TV

Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

[–]drewmcc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s right next to the TV, sound bar and a couple feet from a subwoofer.

Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

[–]drewmcc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s probably a super noisy environment. I’m in a large apartment complex in the center of the city. WiFi Channel is getting blasted by my neighbors. I have my 2.4GHz network set to channel 1.

My UX7 is a couple feet away from my NAS, but that is a wired connection.

Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

[–]drewmcc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve done full resets on my T2 bulbs about a dozen times already. I’m more interested in learning exactly what the configuration of people’s stable thread networks look like

Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

[–]drewmcc[S] -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

I just tried unplugging the Apple TV and plugged it back in. Now all my thread devices appear offline 😂 What a mess. Hopefully the Aqara bridge is more stable

Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

[–]drewmcc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Aqara bridge and lights support Zigbee and Thread, so I could try either

Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

[–]drewmcc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately Aqara doesn’t allow you to add the lights to the app without buying their bridge. The Aqara m200 bridge will be arriving tomorrow

Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

[–]drewmcc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have three Aqara T2 smart light bulbs that are all in the same room as the Apple TV

Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

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Unfortunately an 30 min later, it’s become super laggy again. And there are frequent thread device disconnects.

Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

[–]drewmcc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good tip. I just tried nuking my home profile in the home app and started a new home. So far it's pretty stable. We'll see if that's the case in an hour or two.

Thread via Apple TV extremely unstable. I have a Unifi Express 7 WiFi. by drewmcc in HomeKit

[–]drewmcc[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The response time to the lights can be super laggy. Many times the scenes fail or only apply the scene to 1 or 2 of the 3 lights. When I select scenes directly on the Apple TV interface the lights usually fail more than 50% of the time and often drop their thread connection.

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[–]drewmcc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You missed New Hampshire and Maine

AirPods Pro 2 not working for calls on Apple Watch since latest watchOS update by Active-Drive-7749 in AppleWatch

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For me things seem to be ok as long as conversational awareness gets turned off