From b0bcbf901d8ea062fcf17b87bc1bae1bdea78c81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paulus Schoutsen Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 13:02:39 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify Thread border router credential sync (#26423) --- source/_integrations/thread.markdown | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/_integrations/thread.markdown b/source/_integrations/thread.markdown index b6f5ce454c9..d1a623f0c79 100644 --- a/source/_integrations/thread.markdown +++ b/source/_integrations/thread.markdown @@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ To connect a Thread network to Home Assistant, Thread Border Routers (TBRs) are Home Assistant communicates with TBRs over the local network. This means that TBRs do not have to be physically attached to Home Assistant to be used. You might already have a TBR as part of other products in your home, like a Google Nest Hub Gen 2 or Apple HomePod Mini. Each vendor forms their own network when you start using their products, so you can end up having a Home Assistant, an Apple, and a Google Thread network in your home. These are all separate networks using different credentials, which prevents devices to roam between TBRs. -It is possible to align credentials for TBRs from different vendors and have them form a single network together. This allows you to freely move devices between rooms without losing connectivity. To do this, you need to make sure that all TBRs use the same credentials. +It is possible to align credentials for TBRs from different vendors and have them form a single network together. This allows you to freely move devices between rooms without losing connectivity. To do this, you need to make sure that all TBRs use the same credentials. Sadly, this works differently for each TBR vendor. + +Home Assistant will sync the Thread credentials with Google when starting to commission a Matter device via the Home Assistant Companion app. For other vendors, if the vendor allows you to see the operational dataset in TLV format, you can import it to Home Assistant from the Thread panel.