Best Buy peq

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/promo/peq-home-automation-126024?id=pcat17071&qp=&browsedCategory=&nrp=25&sp=
 
"For just $9.99 per month pēq will let you ..."  with a statement like that most CT members would look no further.
 
But since it's based on Zigbee, Best Buy becomes another source for Zigbee devices.
 
I understand their switches are made by CentraLite so maybe they are decent quality.
 
 

The peq devices are made by Centralite, but only appliance module, dimming module and the thermostat support HA 1.2 profile. The sensors appear to implement proprietary codes. The HA 1.2 devices are now available from Worthington.

Peq is a member of OpenHome which has a fairly large list of certified compatible Zigbee devices.
http://www.openhome.io/device?categoryId=50

I don't have any experience with peq, it may or may not support all devices listed on openhome, but I did try the Centralite modules, and was able to connect to the HA 1.2 devices, still no go on the sensors.

Interesting.  In looking closer at the OpenHome site, maybe they don't guarantee all certified devices are compatible.  Some items have a list of the compatible systems.
 
The CentraLite sensors only list peq
http://www.openhome.io/search?searchCriteria=centralite

The hardware manufactures still rule in the land of IoT, they have no incentive to develop devices that can be used and monetized by others. It is actually very expensive to make a connected wireless device, and the makers are probably selling the devices at very low margin. So all these open sources and committees are great in theory, but in practice we'll likely continue to see a fragmented market. I foresee a lot of new comers and acquisitions before we get someone big like Apple or Google (or both) to dominate the space and provide a real standard.

That's interesting since the product description on all the centralite stuff says "Designed for use with most ZigBee HA 1.2-compatible platforms". Also the centralite site itself says "compatible with all ZigBee HA 1.2 platforms". So you'd think it was spec compliant. Not sure what system you are testing against.

Yes, the 3 series sensors from Centralite are supposed to be HA 1.2, however they are not yet available for retail (according to Centralite). The PeQ version does not appear to be compatible with the standard

But the Best Buy site has "3-Series" in the names of the sensors.

Like I said earlier, I've purchased a few Peq devices and being playing with them. I can communicate with appliance module, get the power reading etc. but so far was not able to get the sensors to reply to read attributes and similar commands, so my guess is they implement some proprietary codes/clusters. I am using DRF2617A RS232 to Zigbee Wireless Module.

Are you running a firmware stack and software that fully supports the HA 1.2 spec?

No, I use my own software on a zigbee pro stack.

picta said:

The hardware manufactures still rule in the land of IoT, they have no incentive to develop devices that can be used and monetized by others.

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You would think with a name like OpenHome that even if all the manufacture's devices don't follow the same protocol they would be required to at least publish the protocol they use.