I'm documenting my experience of using node-red-matter-bridge to control my home IoT, in case it helps or motivates others to give it a try :smiley: My knowledge of matter is very limited, so this is my interpretation, but please correct me if I'm wrong, and I'll update this post. First Steps Mat…

What interface have you selected in the config node for your node-red flow? the Bridge needs to bind to the interface on the same network as your google home minis Also making sure you don't have any kind of client isolation on in your wifi network. Finally make sure its less than 5mins since you …

Is this on a windows system or docker or what Bart? Also, is IPV6 enabled on the network adapter?

[image] sammachin: the Bridge needs to bind to the interface on the same network as your google home minis On my Raspberry running Node-RED I have the following interfaces: [image] The last one is because all my devices (smartphone, raspberry, ...) are in a tailscale vpn mesh network. The…

Should be fine with eth0 then, Although thats the wired interface right? its possible that some home routers separate traffic on wired and wireless networks. Need to ensure that mDNS passes between the networks

[image] sammachin: What interface have you selected in the config node for your node-red flow? My speakers all connect via WiFi to the same router as my Raspberry pi, except the pi is connected via ethernet. I've used lo0 (as I don't really understand the protocol). [image] sammachin: F…

[image] Paul-Reed: I've used lo0 (as I don't really understand the protocol). Thats very odd it shouldn't be working via lo0 as thats localhost! Its 5 mins between the bridge node starting (which happens on node-red startup or on a full deploy and the commisioner app discovering the device.

[image] sammachin: Although thats the wired interface right? Yes my Raspberry uses a wired ethernet connection, no WIFI. Seems that I have both a Google Home Mini and Google Nest Mini. I can ping both devices without problems from my Raspberry Pi (using their ipv4 address).

whats your router? ping via IP address isn't the same as multicast working though

[image] sammachin: whats your router? Not sure whether I understand that correctly? I am not aware of any isolation between my wifi and ethernet network. My wifi is made up of a series of Unifi access points. [image] sammachin: ping via IP address isn't the same as multicast working th…

It works now. Can't explain it yet.. I had opened my Node-RED flow editor via the virtual tailscale hostname of my raspberry:https://<my-raspberry-virtual-hostname>/xxx Then the discovery fails. However when I open my flow editor via the raspberry physical ip address:http://<my-raspberry-physica…

Configuring @sammachin/node-red-matter-bridge to work with Google/Nest speakers

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FYI I've just released 0.11 with some fairly extensive refactoring so those with issues please retest and report on this thread [UPDATE] @sammachin/node-red-matter-bridge v0.11.0

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