I have three V3 hubs that I want to be on the same Thread network. However I want them to be otherwise standalone as hub groups haven’t worked for me. The problem is that they don’t seem to like the idea of using different Zigbee and Thread channels. My main hub is on channel 12 for Zigbee and Thre…

I remember a discussion of this way back when thread support was first announced, and the bottom line is that they are using only one radio for both protocols and doing a sharing system where it keeps switching back-and-forth from the Zigbee to thread with the single antenna. That’s not uncommon, bu…

[image] JDRoberts: I remember a discussion of this way back when thread support was first announced, and the bottom line is that they are using only one radio for both protocols and doing a sharing system where it keeps switching back-and-forth from the Zigbee to the thread with the single anten…

[image] h0ckeysk8er: Zigbee and Thread have different packet formats so receiving them on the same radio and frequency would not really be a problem. Yes, that’s a pretty common design right now. But it’s the same radio and same frequency. Not one radio operating on two different frequencies. …

[image] JDRoberts: Yes, that’s a pretty common design right now. But it’s the same radio and same frequency. Not one radio operating on two different frequencies. Right. The radio would have to support multi-frequency or there would have to be two radios as you pointed out.

Yes, I can remember the early conversations and indeed that I was one of those who favoured the frequencies always having to match. My recent confusion has been caused by the channels reported in the AWA not always being the same and so creating the illusion that I was wrong to think that. I still…

Zigbee and Thread Channels

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JDRoberts October 4, 2025, 2:02am 5

Here’s the old discussion from about two years ago:

How do we change the Zigbee channel now?

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