Hi Community
I set up my first Matter device today. I bought an Aqara U200 lock. It’s really good and I set it up in no time.
However, when it came to connecting it to HA via Matter over Thread, I started to get a bit confused and dissapointed.
I have an Amazon Echo 4. I hoped that HA would be able to use this as a Thread Border Router (TBR) to talk to the lock.
When I tried to add the lock using the HA Companion App (Android) it told me that I don’t have a TBR. But, in Settings → Devices and Services → Integrations → Thread → Configuration it shows my Echo device. This is listed under Other Networks. After lots of reading I couldn’t see how to use this directly as a TBA for HA.
What I did in the end was to add the lock directly to Amazon Alexa, and then use the Alexa app to allow connection from another system, using the Other Assistants and Apps option within the settings of the lock device.
I was then able to connect to the lock to HA, in the HA Companion App, by chosing the option that says ‘it’s [the lock] already in use’.
Is this the only way to attach a Matter device to HA using an Echo as a TBA? I was expecting HA to be able to control the Echo TBA to pick up devices directly - without adding them to Alexa first.
Maybe I’ve missed something or not understood.
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