What is current status of Matter devices?

[someguy]

Is the Matter integration up and running?  Can in buy a matter device and expect it to connect to my PolISY?

[oberkc]

My experience is that one can use matter over wifi, but matter over thread is not ready yet.

[someguy]

I’m not completely sure what that means but I’d ask if I have a matter device that has a a WiFi connection then it should work?

[oberkc]

1 hour ago, someguy said:

I’m not completely sure what that means

As I understand, matter devices can communicate via two options: wifi, or a "thread" network.  The thread network was developed as part of the matter ecosystem, I believe, and requires a thread border router in order to complete the system.  If a particular matter device connects via wifi, then I expect you would be able to add this device to your ISY, though there may not be full functionality.  If a particular matter device communicates via the thread network, then I expect that you will have little success trying to add the device to your ISY.

[bgrubb1]

And only able to include from Android  NOT IOS

[carealtor]

15 hours ago, oberkc said:

As I understand, matter devices can communicate via two options: wifi, or a "thread" network.  

SmartWings has a motor that is "Matter over Ethernet"...  would that not be a third?  Not arguing!  I just want to be knowledgeable.

[Guy Lavoie]

18 hours ago, oberkc said:

My experience is that one can use matter over wifi, but matter over thread is not ready yet.

Well that nanoleaf bulbs use thread, and I've tested them successfully.

 

46 minutes ago, carealtor said:

SmartWings has a motor that is "Matter over Ethernet"...  would that not be a third?  Not arguing!  I just want to be knowledgeable.

Well Matter is over IPv6. Both ethernet and wifi are IP based so that isn't really a distinction, since the difference is at the physical and data link layers. The network layer is the same. Matter also implements IPv6 over Zigbee, which is what makes up the Thread communication option. This appears to be optimized for low power/battery device operation.

The implementation of Matter for the UDI controllers seems to have somewhat stalled, or slowed down. It's still in Alpha testing. It looks like a few other projects (like Homekit implementation) might have been given a bit more priority for the time being. The current release of IoX is still 5.9.1_18, and has been since April. It would be nice to have an update from UDI.

[oberkc]

7 hours ago, Guy Lavoie said:

Well that nanoleaf bulbs use thread, and I've tested them successfully.

I have had different experience with nanoleaf bulbs, unfortunately.

8 hours ago, carealtor said:

would that not be a third?

Fair point.  I would assume that this is the same as wifi and would expect it to work.

 

[bcdavis75]

Has anyone been able to add a Matter device to eISY that has already been added to Homekit or Alexa via a numeric 'setup code'?

[Guy Lavoie]

4 minutes ago, bcdavis75 said:

Has anyone been able to add a Matter device to eISY that has already been added to Homekit or Alexa via a numeric 'setup code'?

Yes, if you're referring to a sharing code. Matter devices usually come with QR and/or PIN codes. Currently the only way to add a Matter device to your eisy is with a QR code. Unfortunately, some sharing applications will only give you a PIN code. So use one that offers a QR code. The Hue app does this, as does the Google Home app. I can't remember if the Alexa app does too. The share code is created in the app and expires, sometimes as quickly as after just a couple of minutes.

Another inconvenience is that the sharing QR code will often be displayed on your phone (almost everything today is managed with a phone app) and you also need to scan that QR code in UD Mobile...on your phone. So you either need two phones, or do what I did: use the phone's buttons to take a screen shot as a photo, email the picture to yourself, open the email on your PC screen, scan the QR code off the PC screen. All that before it expires!

[bcdavis75]

41 minutes ago, Guy Lavoie said:

Yes, if you're referring to a sharing code. Matter devices usually come with QR and/or PIN codes. Currently the only way to add a Matter device to your eisy is with a QR code. Unfortunately, some sharing applications will only give you a PIN code. So use one that offers a QR code. The Hue app does this, as does the Google Home app. I can't remember if the Alexa app does too. The share code is created in the app and expires, sometimes as quickly as after just a couple of minutes.

Another inconvenience is that the sharing QR code will often be displayed on your phone (almost everything today is managed with a phone app) and you also need to scan that QR code in UD Mobile...on your phone. So you either need two phones, or do what I did: use the phone's buttons to take a screen shot as a photo, email the picture to yourself, open the email on your PC screen, scan the QR code off the PC screen. All that before it expires!

Ok.  So it's not just me.  Yeah I would love it if the UD app would accept a sharing code.  As far as I can tell, amazon and Homekit don't generate sharing QR codes... just numeric codes.