Homey in Australia

gwilliamb

Hi everyone,
This is probably answered somewhere else but I can't seem to find a definite answer. I was looking to buy a Fibaro HC2 when I came across the Homey.  So my questions are:
Is Homey available in Australia and if s where can it be bought?
If yes, does it come with the Australian z-wave frequency?
Does Homey work with all z-wave products?
Does Homey do all the same things as aFibaro

gwilliamb

Sorry I don't know what happened there. Continuing 
Does Homey do all the same things as a Fibaro HC2 eg Scenes, geofencing etc?
Does a Homey need a PC or Mac to work?
And does the Homey need the cloud to work or can it run off-line?
Thanks so much in advance for any answers provided
Cheers
Glenn

lubbertkramer

Hi Glenn,

Just do a search on australia and you find several topics like this one about z-wave -> https://forum.athom.com/discussion/3480/australian-frequency-fibaro-and-aeotec-devices-are-added-as-basic-z-wave-devices

Device is not official sold in Australia but if you contact Athom they can ship Homey with the right z-wave chip/frequency

Offcourse devices connected by the internet need internet to work the rest keeps working when the internet is down, more information on the support page of Athom  -> https://www.athom.com/en/support/KB000028/

Bram

Hi @gwilliamb if you order Homey in the Athom store (https://store.athom.com/) and make sure you select Australia as the land that Homey needs to be shipped to, we will ship a Homey that is made for the Australian market!

jorislangewouters

Does that include an Australian power plug? And just out of interest, what is different between a Homey made for Holland and one made for Australia? 

bvdbos

Difference is the zwave-frequency Homey is working on:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-Wave#Technical_characteristics
As for power, can't say for sure but assuem it will. However, Homey is powered by a main->usb cable so can't imagine that being a problem...

jorislangewouters

Thanks. Is the Z-Wave frequency changeable (if we were to move back from Australia to Holland) or is it embedded in the chip?

caseda

@jorislangewouters
The frequentie difference is too big, so it will be a different chip.
This btw isn't just for homey, this will be for all your zwave devices

jorislangewouters

Gotcha, thanks. I will take my chances (and assume we are staying here) and order one