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> It's based off the name of the device @tube0013 Maybe bikeshedding but could I suggest that HA is changed so as not explicitly use "efr32" to find the radio...

> Is that a zeroconf requirement or is that just the way it's currently done? Name of the device is an iffy thing to use as a matching criterium, as...

DNS-SD (Rendezvous) TXT record format -> http://www.zeroconf.org/Rendezvous/txtrecords.html Example TXT record containing three name/value pairs ------------------------------------------------------------------- | 0x0A | name=value | 0x08 | paper=A4 | 0x12 | Rendezvous Is Cool |...

If possible what information should Zeroconf DNS-SD pass along to the ZHA integration via TXT record? * radio_type=ezsp * baud_rate=value * data_flow_control=software * tcp_port_serial_gateway=value

> No flow control vs software flow control is dependent on the zb firmware and the client (i.e. zha), the serial layer is unaware of it, so it would annoy...

FYI, Home Assistant's zeroconf maintainer/dev @bdraco referred to this example for using TXT record to pass values to integrations: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/blob/d4ed65e0f53fcab991b13061b1101470f24287a6/homeassistant/components/homekit_controller/config_flow.py#L199

By the way, alos see this discussion regarding possible flow control parameters in ESPHome-> esphome/feature-requests#1126

FYI, [Tube's Zigbee Gateways](https://github.com/tube0013/tube_gateways) are now (only) device listed in ZHA docs as discoverable via Zeroconf, see: [https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha/#discovery-via-usb-or-zeroconf](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha/#discovery-via-usb-or-zeroconf) More discussion here: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/zha-automatic-discovery-of-zigbee-coordinator-bridges-gateways-ethernet-wifi-network-devices-that-support-zeroconf-or-ssdp/293300/

FYI, Zero-configuration networking (zeroconf) looks to have been changed and improved in the Home Assistant 2022.02 release: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/62133 https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zeroconf/ This change is only a concern for custom integration developers. Currently...

By the way, Home Assistant founders/leads now explicitly said this year they will prioritize focus on features like these types: https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2022/01/19/streamlining-experiences/ Check out this video at around 11 min 55...