Course
Wireless networks that work in concrete homes.
How Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Thread and Matter fit together, how to plan a Zigbee mesh, and how to find and fix dead zones in RCC buildings.
Intermediate · 4 lessons · about 16 min of reading · Free
By Abhi Bavishi, Founder, Smartify
Technical review pending for some or all lessons
What you will learn
- Tell the four connection types apart and know what each one is for
- Place the hub and build a mesh from always-powered routers
- Test coverage room by room and fix dead zones with evidence
- Know what a Matter controller, border router and bridge each do
- Know what you can and cannot promise a client about Matter
Course content.
4 lessons · about 16 min
1 Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Thread and Matter: A Visual Guide for Indian Homes 4 min
Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Thread and Matter do different jobs. Learn what each one does, what hubs and border routers are for, and how to plan a mixed home that keeps working when broadband fails.
Open this lesson →2 How to Design a Zigbee Network for an Indian Home 4 min
Plan coordinator placement, always-powered routers, channels against Wi-Fi and RCC walls before you pair a single device, then pair in the right order and know what to check when devices drop.
Open this lesson →3 Signal Range in RCC Homes: Gateway Placement, Testing and Fixing Dead Zones 4 min
Reinforced concrete slabs and walls eat 2.4 GHz signal. This lesson shows how to place the hub, test coverage before and after you install, and fix dead zones with routers, placement and channel changes instead of guesswork.
Open this lesson →4 Matter for Installers: Controllers, Border Routers, Bridges and What to Promise a Client 4 min
What each Matter role does on a real job, what you need on site before commissioning, how a device ends up in more than one app, and a plain list of what you can and cannot promise a client.
Open this lesson →Before you start
- No radio engineering background needed.
- A phone and a mains-powered test device help for the range test.
Who this is for
Installers and integrators who set up hubs, sensors and Matter devices in finished homes.