8. Ecosystem Considerations
In this reference design the firmware examples are ZigBee HA certifiable. As such, they should work with any of the ZigBee-certified
Home Automation gateways in the market. However, each gateway may have some individual requirements beyond the ZigBee Home
Automation requirements. Contact the individual gateway ecosystem provider for support in getting your device onto their ecosystem,
as several of these ecosystem providers have developer websites and communities to facilitate the effort.
In our testing, we have discovered that many gateway manufacturers require an end device to support two optional attributes in the
Basic cluster: manufacturer name and model identifier. While our reference designs have values for these attributes that are reflective
of the Silicon Laboratories reference design work, it is expected that each customer would customize these attributes for their own
product.
In our testing, we have also discovered that a few of the gateway manufacturers use the manufacturer name and model identifier
(among other things) to implement a white list. A white list is a list of approved devices that the gateway will allow onto its network. If
your device is not on the white list, it will not be allowed to join the network. For these gateways, you will need to contact the gateway
platform provider directly to inquire how to add your manufacturer name and model identifier to their gateway's white list.
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