Everybody is new to this stuff at one point or another: thanks for a tutorial that was both comprehensive on the topic, but didn't assume/omit any steps that might not be obvious to a novice.
@@MarkWattTech Hi Mark. Every time I reboot HA, my Z2M config changes. instead of /dev/ttyUSB0, it becomes /dev/dev/ttyUSB0. It's infuriating. I have to go to File editor every time I reboot.
@@jerrypawns8710 recall where Scott got the hardware info, besides the /dev/ttyUSB0 down below there is the reference starting with /dev/serial/by-id/ use this rather than the /dev/ttyUSB0 e.g. for my setup I'm using the Sonogg Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle /dev/serial/by-id/usb-ITead_Sonoff_Zigbee_3.0_USB_Dongle_Plus_d66f2a6b6512ec11affe21c7bd930c07-if00-port0 e.g.: serial: port: /dev/serial/by-id/usb-ITead_Sonoff_Zigbee_3.0_USB_Dongle_Plus_d66f2a6b6512ec11affe21c7bd930c07-if00-port0 Hope this helps
It's the little things that matter on these tutorials. Most of these YT tutorials walk us through steps A, B, C, etc. You go the extra mile to explain what's needed when 'A' or 'B' or 'C' doesn't work or go as planned. In my case, my driver needed updating. Without your explanation, I would have packed it up, put it in my ever-growing WTF box and continued using the miserable dongle I'm using now. Thanks Mark!
It's only been a year and this video's already severely out of date, my user interface in Home Assistant 9.3 is significantly different than yours. I had to enable "Advanced mode" on my profile to get to several options you use and the Zigbee2MQTT configuration screen is completely different.
Great video and I appreciate the content, I unfortunately wasn't able to get my dongle to flash with this but I was able to clear up the driver issue. I had gone into Windows updates prior to watching this video but I neglected to check the optional updates. I wasn't able to find a video on the python upgrade from this channel but thankfully I was able to find one on the Smart Home Addict channel posted back in May of 2022. For anyone else having similar trouble, I believe the combination of this video and the one I referenced should clear up your problems.
This is an excellent tutorial. Thank you for creating this video! A couple minor differences for me since this video was made: 1. I use ProxMox and HAOS, so I had to add the USB port in the ProxMox VM hardware config. This change does not take effect until the VM is shutdown and restarted; a reboot does not work. 2. The latest firmware (CC1352P2_CC2652P_launchpad_coordinator_20220219.hex) did not show Silicon Labs when I looked for the hardware in HA. It identified as ITead Sonoff, so try searching for that if you can't find it by Silicon Labs. 3. HA tried adding ZAH as an integration, so that needs to be ignored in order to use Z2M.
Hi, I'm trying a similar thing. However I'm also trying to flash the device using Windows 10 on a VM via Proxmox. When I get the dongle all plugged in I can update the drivers and see it in device manager but I can't get the flash software to see the dongle. Any ideas? Thanks
great bit of advice,,, just waiting for my sonoff dongle to be delivered and preparing for install.... looking for Itead manufacture will save some time... thanks
Thanks for this video. I'm using it to switch from HUSBZB-1 ZHA to Sonoff Z2M. One small note regarding the "heatsink" case. I thought as you did (it's not a heatsink) because there's no contact between the chip and case. But if you look closely at the PCB, you'll notice 2 things which leads me to believe it is an active heatsink. 1) The PCB edges which make contact with the heatsink rails are metal. This is to conduct heat from the PCB to the case. 2) Most PCBs etch away all copper except for the leads but on this board most of the copper was left. This allows the PCB itself to conduct heat from the chip to the heatsink.
Hello, I want to say thank you first. I am currently living in Korea, but your help was most helpful in building a smart home. Thanks for explaining the basics in a simple and easy way
I watched several different tutorial videos on this same topic, and each one of them left out or quickly brushed over parts without giving me the detail that I needed when things weren't working the way the other tutorials said they would (i.e. My Sonoffs Dongle Plus wasn't being detected by my PC when trying to enter bootloader mode, but Mark explained in this video how to add or update the drivers when it's not detected) Watching this tutorial filled in the blanks for me that other tutorials left out. Thanks so much for explaining it in a way that a newbie to HA like me can understand.
The help is and detail great. When updating the drive for the dongle I have done it a few times and there are no new updates but i still get the yellow ! and advice?
Thanks for this great video. However since publishing there have been some changes to the configuration of the Zigbee2MQTT addon. If you use Mosquitto then under the MQTT configuration in Zigbee2MQTT leave it blank. No need to complete topic or user credentials. Under Serial you still need the port of the device.
Greate Video I would just note - the flashing instructions DONT apply to the Silicon Labs Version with a chip based on EFR32MG2x/MGM21x and EFR32MG1x/MGM1x series Otherwise known as the ZBDongle-E
just want to leave this comment to express my thanks. was having trouble with unstable connection to my end devices using ZHA integration. After following you video to update the firmware and switched to Z2M everything worked perfectly
I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos. Such positivity and up-beat-ness...also you just seem to enjoy doing them. I am a 2+ year HA user, and many of your videos got me up and going. I began as VM on a Windows 10 (Hyper-V) and quickly discovered the downfalls there (namely my USB dongles). I have been on an HP T620 ThinClient just shy of 2 years, and I am currently building a new Proxmox host on an old Dell Optiplex 7010 DT (which will give me some PCI slots for upgrading with a TPU (or so later). I figured out how to pass the WiFi card into HA via Proxmox. So that is good. My questions revolve around MQTT (with ZigBee and ZWave - as I have both). What are the benefits, as I build this new setup - I am exploring a modular install (MariaDB is my database for HA and is in its own LXC on Proxmox). Thinking of doing the same for ZigBee and ZWave. Your thoughts are appreciated.
I had TROUBLE with my Sonoff dongle and the manual bootload didnt work for me. This link below helped me do the Python method (without much python knowlegde). If anyone was struggling with getting into bootloader mode with your dongle dont waste your time like I did... some dongles just dont work that well with the physical button. Thanks for the video Mark!
Awesome help, thank you so much. Sadly as others have commented, lots of the GUI screens have changed drastically. Perhaps worth a short revision. Thanks again
Hi Mark BIG thanks for another really good video. Great credit to you for being so detailed in your help. I am a total beginner and nothing speaks for itself in my beginner experience, therefore it is really a big help when you show and guide 100% through it all. Thnak you.
Can I double up on this question. I have tried to move to Z2M, but my favourite button doesn't work 🥺. Have found visitors staying over to the house need buttons. To hard to teach them all the voice commands. Especially after a few drinks.
Thx for this. I'm basically new in this home assistant stuff and I am having a great deal of call it challenges getting it all up and running ..... and keeping it working like it was when it worked a week ago (Tuya anyone?). I've been in the electronics business since the 80's, started out as a teen, and since 2K in the IT world but it has been a massive challenge and very time consuming getting it all to work. It all feels like a maze with a couple of hours challenges after each corner to get to the next step. I expected that Zigbee was a universal protocol and buying 1 bridge would be enough. Unfortunately I already have 2 bridges in the house. For 1, the Xiaomi I had to create an account which was another challenge since that resulted in getting errors making one to be able to do HACS. I've now just ordered the Sonoff dongle in the hope to get it working with 1 universal dongle but I am already getting shivers on what will be the next quest or challenge. What will happen if I keep the other bridges attached to the home assistant and add the same devices to the Sonoff bridge?
Heya :) you should be able to add all your Xiaomi devices to the Sonoff dongle. They will only be paired with one coordinator so if you pair them with the Sonoff dongle you can probably retire the old ones.
Since the new update this is not working for me. I keep getting 502: Bad Gateway. Now the zigbee2mqtt configuration looks nothing like what you have in the video and people & zones has no user tab. Would love to see an updated video on this.
Well this helped me out the first time around, and then I of course forgot to backup my instance and it of course crashed. Now 3 months later, Zigbee2 MQTT has completely changed their setup and now you must manually define everything in MQTT and I'm having trouble.
Hi Mark, Did you ever do the video explaining the Python method? I can't seem to find it if you have... I attempted this method this evening and failed miserably... I eventually figured out there is an issue flashing the latest firmware with the TI Flash Programmer 2. I eventually resigned myself to installing the previous firmware, that worked fine using this method.. The overall goal was to swap out a Sky Connect adapter for the Sonoff Dongle P but that failed miserably too, bad night at the tinkering... I can only presume you cannot simply change the configuration in Z2M from the Sky Connect to the Sonoff P device ID... Anyway, I think my next step is to try the Python method and go again, have to figure that one out first.. Cheers, Mac
You should really highlight to people to create a unique ZigBee key. Security matters and I think you really should mention making it unique and not the default. Also picking the channel. Leaving it on the default isn't the best thing. Excellent video keep them coming
I actually thought this after too. Something people should deffo be aware of. Maybe I’ll do a “tips and best practices” type video :) Thanks for the feedback dude 👌🏻
Thank you for this! I'm still pretty new to HA and most tutorials still work, but the UI seems to have been changed at some point. This one looks exactly like mine 😅 I've been using HomeKit with homebridge for the longest time and finally got fed up with the poor automation, lack of devices and the price of the few devices that exist. Zigbee2MQTT seems to support almost every Zigbee device in existence and I'm so excited that I finally have a choice of products.
Hi Mark I‘m watching from Germany. My English is not so ferfect. The Video is very great. I have made it Only with looking . Thank you very much. My Zigbee Mqtt with sonoff Zigbee 3.0 is working perfectly.👍👍👍
Hey there, thanks for this video! what do you do when the dongle does not show up as a COM device, and not showing up in the RF programmer when holding the button correctly for 10 seconds when inserting? thank you!
Its not working for me, keep getting this: >Initiate access to target: COM3 using 2-pin cJTAG. >No response from device. Device may not be in bootloader mode. Reset device and try again. If problem persists, check connection and baud rate. >Connecting over serial bootloader failed: No response from device. Device may not be in bootloader mode. Reset device and try again. If problem persists, check connection and baud rate. >Failed to create device object. What to do?
I'm just getting started with Home Assistant and I have several questions. First, is this what is required to get HA to work with Zigbee devices at all? Or is this something extra? Second, when you paired those Aqara devices did you need the Aqara hub? If not, do you still get full functionality out of them? Third, How much has the HA and Sonoff software's changed since this video was made? Would this still be a relevant guide to follow? Thanks so much!
finally got mine to work. Your instructions are great and gave me the confidence to give it another go. I've now swapped out my old CC2531. Had to re-pair all the edge devices but everything seems to be settling down. Now thinking if it's worth re-configuring the CC2531 as a router, not seen any vid's on this yet?
It’s on my todo list. Im currently testing a bunch of coordinators and will then be testing ones as routers. Just to make use of any old sticks lying about :)
The SkyConnect is definitely more future proof. I would opt for it as it’s going to be supported by Home Assistant :) But equally the sonoff dongle (which im still using) has been amazing and worked perfectly for me.
@@MarkWattTech I bought the sonof model E by mistake, it should arrive in the next few days, I hope to be able to make it work even if it is still in beta; Will I have to update the firmware of that too or can I use it without touching the firmware?
Hi mate, great video am struggling when going in to the config of zigbee2mqtt it looks nothing like yours only has 9 lines of code and missing base_topic, does that all need to be added manually?
Same problem here. Did you run through the steps in the video? I did to flash the dongle, and I've picked up some zigbee devices since, all working fine. Today I need to set up some Tuya zigbee mains pass thru plus and they're not detected. So then I went to configure mosquitto mqqt which was already installed (just added a password) and then installed zigbee2mqqt and I get the same as you.. 9 lines of config :(
I've just thought.. I have the Sonoff zigbee 3.0 addon installed to talk to all of my other zigbee compatible devices - would that be conflicting with zigbee2mqqt?
@@fr0d0scious i had nothing installed as i brought the Dongle off the back of this video and followed all steps to the letter, but ended up with bit of a blank config file, tried uninstalling resetting following the video from the start again but constantly ended up in the same position. In the end just went with ZHA as was complete in 3 clicks, Bit of a shame as have read that zigbee2mqtt exposes more entities from devices, so would maybe look to see the difference in the future if could get working. Would say ZHA been a blast and everything i have which is about 25 zigbee items from different brands have connected instantly and seem rock solid. i was moving away from using Smartthings and Hue bridges because the lag and reliability of these have got worse over the years. Let me know if you find a solution
@@actionrag1 I'm confused as the Sonoff integration seems to manage all ZigBee devices. I had a suspicion that my ZigBee pass through mains plugs were switching off with a timer that I wasn't seeing. So I was trying to get into them with Tuya but keep falling as I don't have a Tuya hub and don't want one. I'm thinking mqqt/ ZigBee2mqqt are unnecessary.
Great job Matt. 2 things.. whoever wrote that smart RF programmer is NOT a UI designer or was so in 1980, and that button is so dang small, very hard to hold. And thanks sonoff for not anywhere specifying the device needs to be disassembled to access bootloader mode
The newer method allows you to flash without disassembly. I still haven’t got round to recording that one though. But yeah would have been nice for the button to be accessible like some other sticks on the market. And it’s Mark! 🙈😂
Mark - this is a nice straight forward tutorial that I could easily follow along as I switched from ZHA. Thank you. ZHA exposes more sensors in the plug I am testing (voltage + current + total energy +++) but things like total energy it used, was telling me 40kw had been used half an hour after integrating... without anything turned on. Maybe it was 0.04whr that needed a scaling factor - but I couldn't see how to do that in ZHA - a future video maybe? Zigbee2mqtt offer less data (switch + current + signal quality) - but what is there just works! It looks like an integration sensor works to give me total power used. I was expecting it to be daunting, but seems to be straight forward unless you really want to dig deep.
I've given up on trying to get Zigbee2mqtt to work. Can't ever get it started despite following everything to a tee. 502 bad gateway on the UI, has issues finding my sonoff stick for some reason (even though ZHA can find it) and an ever changing ui/config menu that makes following any sort of tutorial confusing.
As I was in a hurry to start, I enabled Zigbee Home Automation. Do I need to remove that before I can make Zigbee2MQTT work. And by the wy, whet firmawera do I need to use ? There are seveal chapters.
Thanks for clarification on few things. It was unclear to me why I have MQTT as Integration and as well as MQTT Broker Add-on. Unfortunately Zigbee2MQTT is still a bit stubborn in my deployment. Maybe because I also have dongle used in ZHA (Zigbee Home Automation) .. not sure if it might/might-not collide somehow. Any hint on what's better ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT ?
hi mark, great videos. is there an updated version of this? im just getting around to zigbee and i think a few things have changed since this video. thanks
would be a greaty help yes.. i have BIG issues for the dongle to show up at all and where to put in the user name and password in the configiration in the zigbee2mqtt application.. things have changed in HA since this video
Thanks for the video! The only stumbling block for me was I needed to add "server: mqtt://core-mosquitto" to the MQTT section within Zigbee2MQTT configuration. Once I did that it fired right up!
I've got the Conbee II running with Zigbee2MQTT on a Virtualbox setup. I'd like to migrate to the Zigbee2MQTT 3.0 Plus, and have it configured (flashed). It can be seen in Virtualbox as a filter, as can the Conbee II. I'm at a loss past this point on how to proceed.
Another great video Thanks. Had an issue with driver download, my PC did win 10 update I thought that did it missed the optional updates at first. All good now thanks for the detail in the video. How do you like your NFC ring, you make it or buy it >
Bloody love you, man!! I bought the sonoff 3.0 and couldn’t find anything about updating the firmware (which worked). First thing tomorrow I’ll be doing that - thanks! Although, if I flash it… I’ll need to re-add all the devices? They may get new ids. 😬😬
Great video, thanks fella. Noob question, will the ZigBee dongle replace all the other bridges I've got? I.e by getting a dongle, can I get rid of my hue bridge, hive bridge, fire angel bridge etc? (assuming they are all zigbee bridges) If so, my next challenge is getting it to work on my setup. I'm using HA in a VM running on my qnap. Thanks
That’s the idea :) providing your devices are compatible (most will be with zigbee 3.0) you should be able to just pair to the Sonoff and turn off the old bridges.
Quick question for you Mark. I followed the great video to initially setup my own dongle a while back and now I'd like to update the firmware to hopefully fix some bugs I've been having with my ZigBee network. If I just follow the firmware installation instructions from this video again without doing anything else, is that all I need to do? I read that you shouldn't have to re-pair devices with Z2M if you're just updating the controller firmware. Is that correct for this process?
Great video Mark but I think I must be the only person who can't get the usb dongle to show up correctly in the flashing tool despite the drivers being correct. I think it must be my fat fingers not holding the button right. The device shows up in the flashing toold but the nodes below it shown "unknown". I will have another go tomorrow - what else is there to do on a Bank Holiday :)
Heya. I originally planned on doing one but not many people seemed interested in it so I didn't bother. As this video is now a few months old there are some slight changes so potentially I may redo the video and incorporate the Python method as well as a guide for Mac.
Thanks for the walk through, Ive managed to get stuck though. I am using Windows 10 as a VM, I have got the software all installed and managed to update the driver for the dongle to get rid of the yellow triangle, the software just won't see the USB. It doesn't show up on the left hand side. Any ideas? Thanks
Nice video Mark; you've got a nice style and it's been helpful in me moving through the learning curve of HA. One thing I might suggest is making reference to variations that might exist in macOS or Linux (in this video its just the software you used for flashing). If you're mainly a windows user I think just a quick mention on what software they might use rather than showing it (life's too short). Also, I think for someone like myself "ZHA" is just three letters strung together in seemingly random order but I suspect there is something to be known here. Might be good to give this overview of the tech before jumping into setup. Anyway enough of my $.02 ... your videos are far better than anything I could do :)
Any chance you can do a version of this video for container installs of HA? What do I need to do on Truenas Scale to get my mosquito and zigbee2mqtt containers to talk to HA?
Hoping you do the next video with the Python script soon: I'm on a Mac so don't have flash-programmer. I can't see any other vids out there showing the Python method and all the written instructions (including the **incomplete** official Sonoff ones) are just mind boggling to me!! Loving your work, it's been a great help.
I am in the same boat as Nic&Sarah Nicol, Mac and I was wondering if anyone tried to run the TI flash software on a windows vm on a Mac. I use Parallels as an example and have a small old windows 7 partition that I can run on my Mac but I am not sure the TI software will flash through the Mac USB port. Now that I think of it the TI software probably won’t run on windows 7
As always clear and crisp vid Mark! Kudos. Due to incompatiblities of some devices & fiddling with custom quirks I am taking the plunge and am about to replace my ZHA with a ZB2MQTT setup. I suppose you migrated as well or did you start from scratch? what would you recommend. Disable or uninstall ZHA first? what with current automations? any advice would be appreciated! Keep up the hard but solid work!
Heya :) I did this setup when I moved so for me it was all starting from scratch. You would need to uninstall ZHA first. I’ve never done a direct port over. With your automations as long as you name the devices the same (e.g. kitchen_light) in Z2m they will automatically just start working. Might be a pain if your adding 50+ devices Appreciate the support thank you :)
@@MarkWattTech Thanks for the swift reply. Makes sense for the automations as it's text in yaml files ofc. Will give it a go and let you know how it goes ;)
Thank you for sharing the great videos. I always follow your RUclips channel and I love the videos you post . Currently I am struggling with the sonff stick using the ZHA . At first it connected and later gave me some error. The error is “failed to set up”. Is there any way you can help with this please ?
Great Viedo Mark... however, as a newbie, the HA user interface has changed so much so that this is now a little difficult to follow / implement - see for example Chapterfrom minute mark 9:57... the socat is not the same. ? New video opportunity ?
Hi Mark . Any video of updating the firmware ? Or should we just follow the same procedure and just download the latest release. Though mine works just fine as it is. ;)
Another very helpful tutorial, thanks Mark. On one point I am struggling. The Sonoff stick is not recognized and here ends my journey for the new software. Can I nevertheless proceed with the existing software and install MQTT and Zigbee2mqtt succesfull. Regards, Roelof
Hi. Perfect video. Two questions. If the SonOff device is already in use, do you need to re-pair all devices again or is that not necessary? Thanks for the answer. How many devices can you pair before and after the upgrade and are there any other advantages?
I've tried the firmware update on two Windows machines. The dongle never turns up in the Flash programmer. Tested holding one button down for 15 seconds, then unplugged and did the same with the other button. Does anyone know why it doesen't show up?
watching the video now - i just received my device, intending to plug into the same raspberry pi that i'm runing HA on (which is itself running inside a docker container) - i assume i would install ZigbeeToMQTT on the host pi, and then would configure HA to talk to it outside of its own instance? i was looking for a video to see how to mount the USB port or device directly to the docker container, not sure if that would be easier or harder
Hi Mark, looking at getting one of these dongles, but my Home Assistant runs on a computer quite remote from the house. Is there a way of running one of these dongles over a network, ie communicating with Home Assistant from a different computer? Thanks, James.
Hey Mark, Great video really helped me. One thing as a MAC user I wasn't able to use the Flash programmer software as its windows only. Any other software recommendations?
Everybody is new to this stuff at one point or another: thanks for a tutorial that was both comprehensive on the topic, but didn't assume/omit any steps that might not be obvious to a novice.
I was going for a “caters to all” type of guide :)
@@MarkWattTech Hi Mark. Every time I reboot HA, my Z2M config changes. instead of /dev/ttyUSB0, it becomes /dev/dev/ttyUSB0. It's infuriating. I have to go to File editor every time I reboot.
@@jerrypawns8710
recall where Scott got the hardware info, besides the /dev/ttyUSB0 down below there is the reference
starting with /dev/serial/by-id/ use this rather than the /dev/ttyUSB0
e.g. for my setup I'm using the Sonogg Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle
/dev/serial/by-id/usb-ITead_Sonoff_Zigbee_3.0_USB_Dongle_Plus_d66f2a6b6512ec11affe21c7bd930c07-if00-port0
e.g.:
serial:
port: /dev/serial/by-id/usb-ITead_Sonoff_Zigbee_3.0_USB_Dongle_Plus_d66f2a6b6512ec11affe21c7bd930c07-if00-port0
Hope this helps
@@MarkWattTech excellent tutorial,,,, clear and concise
It's the little things that matter on these tutorials. Most of these YT tutorials walk us through steps A, B, C, etc. You go the extra mile to explain what's needed when 'A' or 'B' or 'C' doesn't work or go as planned. In my case, my driver needed updating. Without your explanation, I would have packed it up, put it in my ever-growing WTF box and continued using the miserable dongle I'm using now. Thanks Mark!
Thank you for the feedback :)
Happy to have helped!
It's only been a year and this video's already severely out of date, my user interface in Home Assistant 9.3 is significantly different than yours. I had to enable "Advanced mode" on my profile to get to several options you use and the Zigbee2MQTT configuration screen is completely different.
did you manage to make it work ?
Great video and I appreciate the content, I unfortunately wasn't able to get my dongle to flash with this but I was able to clear up the driver issue. I had gone into Windows updates prior to watching this video but I neglected to check the optional updates.
I wasn't able to find a video on the python upgrade from this channel but thankfully I was able to find one on the Smart Home Addict channel posted back in May of 2022. For anyone else having similar trouble, I believe the combination of this video and the one I referenced should clear up your problems.
This is an excellent tutorial. Thank you for creating this video!
A couple minor differences for me since this video was made:
1. I use ProxMox and HAOS, so I had to add the USB port in the ProxMox VM hardware config. This change does not take effect until the VM is shutdown and restarted; a reboot does not work.
2. The latest firmware (CC1352P2_CC2652P_launchpad_coordinator_20220219.hex) did not show Silicon Labs when I looked for the hardware in HA. It identified as ITead Sonoff, so try searching for that if you can't find it by Silicon Labs.
3. HA tried adding ZAH as an integration, so that needs to be ignored in order to use Z2M.
Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for sharing
Thanks!
Hi, I'm trying a similar thing. However I'm also trying to flash the device using Windows 10 on a VM via Proxmox. When I get the dongle all plugged in I can update the drivers and see it in device manager but I can't get the flash software to see the dongle. Any ideas? Thanks
will do the same tomorrow - wish me luck :D
great bit of advice,,, just waiting for my sonoff dongle to be delivered and preparing for install.... looking for Itead manufacture will save some time... thanks
Thanks for this video. I'm using it to switch from HUSBZB-1 ZHA to Sonoff Z2M.
One small note regarding the "heatsink" case. I thought as you did (it's not a heatsink) because there's no contact between the chip and case. But if you look closely at the PCB, you'll notice 2 things which leads me to believe it is an active heatsink.
1) The PCB edges which make contact with the heatsink rails are metal. This is to conduct heat from the PCB to the case.
2) Most PCBs etch away all copper except for the leads but on this board most of the copper was left. This allows the PCB itself to conduct heat from the chip to the heatsink.
Hey Kyle. Thanks for sharing :) At least the casing is doing something then :D
Hello, I want to say thank you first.
I am currently living in Korea, but your help was most helpful in building a smart home.
Thanks for explaining the basics in a simple and easy way
Thanks for the feedback. Glad it was helpful :)
Great, great tutorial. You literally caught all the errors and provided solutions. Rarely do I see tutorials of this quality.
Glad you found it helpful :)
I watched several different tutorial videos on this same topic, and each one of them left out or quickly brushed over parts without giving me the detail that I needed when things weren't working the way the other tutorials said they would (i.e. My Sonoffs Dongle Plus wasn't being detected by my PC when trying to enter bootloader mode, but Mark explained in this video how to add or update the drivers when it's not detected) Watching this tutorial filled in the blanks for me that other tutorials left out. Thanks so much for explaining it in a way that a newbie to HA like me can understand.
Hey Michael. Thanks for the feedback. Glad it was helpful for you.
The help is and detail great. When updating the drive for the dongle I have done it a few times and there are no new updates but i still get the yellow ! and advice?
it worked after i updated my windows first
Thanks for this great video. However since publishing there have been some changes to the configuration of the Zigbee2MQTT addon. If you use Mosquitto then under the MQTT configuration in Zigbee2MQTT leave it blank. No need to complete topic or user credentials. Under Serial you still need the port of the device.
Greate Video I would just note - the flashing instructions DONT apply to the Silicon Labs Version with a chip based on EFR32MG2x/MGM21x and EFR32MG1x/MGM1x series
Otherwise known as the ZBDongle-E
From the first minutes of the video, it is clear that it will be positive (the smile made me smile myself) and useful, by the way, perfectly designed!
just want to leave this comment to express my thanks. was having trouble with unstable connection to my end devices using ZHA integration. After following you video to update the firmware and switched to Z2M everything worked perfectly
Thanks for sharing Aaron! Glad you have it all sorted ow :)
Thank you very much! On this very day I got my Sonoff stick and with your help I got it running in no time!
I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos. Such positivity and up-beat-ness...also you just seem to enjoy doing them. I am a 2+ year HA user, and many of your videos got me up and going. I began as VM on a Windows 10 (Hyper-V) and quickly discovered the downfalls there (namely my USB dongles). I have been on an HP T620 ThinClient just shy of 2 years, and I am currently building a new Proxmox host on an old Dell Optiplex 7010 DT (which will give me some PCI slots for upgrading with a TPU (or so later). I figured out how to pass the WiFi card into HA via Proxmox. So that is good. My questions revolve around MQTT (with ZigBee and ZWave - as I have both). What are the benefits, as I build this new setup - I am exploring a modular install (MariaDB is my database for HA and is in its own LXC on Proxmox). Thinking of doing the same for ZigBee and ZWave. Your thoughts are appreciated.
I had TROUBLE with my Sonoff dongle and the manual bootload didnt work for me. This link below helped me do the Python method (without much python knowlegde). If anyone was struggling with getting into bootloader mode with your dongle dont waste your time like I did... some dongles just dont work that well with the physical button. Thanks for the video Mark!
What link? Plz. input your link!
@g.2025@@Danish3Cubed Link for the Python script doesn't seem to be working any longer
Awesome help, thank you so much. Sadly as others have commented, lots of the GUI screens have changed drastically. Perhaps worth a short revision. Thanks again
Thank you! - I think a short revision is needed.
Clear and simple explanations. My understanding of English is not very good so I had to set the video speed to x0.5. ;-) THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
i sae other tutorials but was't as good as yours the driver part saved my day, thank you
Glad it helped!
Hi Mark
BIG thanks for another really good video.
Great credit to you for being so detailed in your help.
I am a total beginner and nothing speaks for itself in my beginner experience, therefore it is really a big help when you show and guide 100% through it all.
Thnak you.
Thanks for the feedback Sami. Glad you found it helpful :)
Rumor has it that this dongle FINALLY resolves the IKEA Zigbee battery drain problem... Would love to see a video if this is the case.
Can I double up on this question. I have tried to move to Z2M, but my favourite button doesn't work 🥺.
Have found visitors staying over to the house need buttons. To hard to teach them all the voice commands. Especially after a few drinks.
Thx for this. I'm basically new in this home assistant stuff and I am having a great deal of call it challenges getting it all up and running ..... and keeping it working like it was when it worked a week ago (Tuya anyone?). I've been in the electronics business since the 80's, started out as a teen, and since 2K in the IT world but it has been a massive challenge and very time consuming getting it all to work. It all feels like a maze with a couple of hours challenges after each corner to get to the next step. I expected that Zigbee was a universal protocol and buying 1 bridge would be enough. Unfortunately I already have 2 bridges in the house. For 1, the Xiaomi I had to create an account which was another challenge since that resulted in getting errors making one to be able to do HACS. I've now just ordered the Sonoff dongle in the hope to get it working with 1 universal dongle but I am already getting shivers on what will be the next quest or challenge.
What will happen if I keep the other bridges attached to the home assistant and add the same devices to the Sonoff bridge?
Heya :) you should be able to add all your Xiaomi devices to the Sonoff dongle. They will only be paired with one coordinator so if you pair them with the Sonoff dongle you can probably retire the old ones.
Hi Mark, what about a Dongle Plus-"E" version with EFR32 chip? Maybe a new video explaining how to upgrade this newer one? :)
Since the new update this is not working for me. I keep getting 502: Bad Gateway. Now the zigbee2mqtt configuration looks nothing like what you have in the video and people & zones has no user tab. Would love to see an updated video on this.
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@@victornittersteen unfortunately its not working still
@@igor.vanlife same for me (I have advanced mode active)
Well this helped me out the first time around, and then I of course forgot to backup my instance and it of course crashed. Now 3 months later, Zigbee2 MQTT has completely changed their setup and now you must manually define everything in MQTT and I'm having trouble.
Thank you fella ! I cracked it in the end but i know this will 100% help many more.
Thank you for clearly explaining how to flash the stick!
Hi Mark,
Did you ever do the video explaining the Python method? I can't seem to find it if you have...
I attempted this method this evening and failed miserably... I eventually figured out there is an issue flashing the latest firmware with the TI Flash Programmer 2. I eventually resigned myself to installing the previous firmware, that worked fine using this method..
The overall goal was to swap out a Sky Connect adapter for the Sonoff Dongle P but that failed miserably too, bad night at the tinkering... I can only presume you cannot simply change the configuration in Z2M from the Sky Connect to the Sonoff P device ID...
Anyway, I think my next step is to try the Python method and go again, have to figure that one out first..
Cheers,
Mac
You should really highlight to people to create a unique ZigBee key. Security matters and I think you really should mention making it unique and not the default. Also picking the channel. Leaving it on the default isn't the best thing. Excellent video keep them coming
I actually thought this after too. Something people should deffo be aware of. Maybe I’ll do a “tips and best practices” type video :)
Thanks for the feedback dude 👌🏻
The graphics you use now are spot on Mark. A nice step up!
Thanks dude. And thanks for the support as always. Constantly trying to improve ☺️
Why zigbee2mqtt vs ZHA in 2022? I would love a video on this topic. Great work, love your stuff.
Best video I’ve seen on updating firmware PERIOD!!!!! Well done mate .. now I can get this done .. 👊🏾👊🏾
👊🏻😁
Perfect timing. My Dongle Plus is being delivered today
Hopefully it’s helpful :) and hopefully you got one before the price increase!
Zigbee2Mqtt version 1.25 installation is much different from the video, could you help to teach us the new installation steps. Thanks!
Yes, my installation today doesn't allow access to configuration so I can't add a password.
Thank you for this! I'm still pretty new to HA and most tutorials still work, but the UI seems to have been changed at some point. This one looks exactly like mine 😅
I've been using HomeKit with homebridge for the longest time and finally got fed up with the poor automation, lack of devices and the price of the few devices that exist. Zigbee2MQTT seems to support almost every Zigbee device in existence and I'm so excited that I finally have a choice of products.
Hi Mark
I‘m watching from Germany. My English is not so ferfect. The Video is very great. I have made it Only with looking .
Thank you very much.
My Zigbee Mqtt with sonoff Zigbee 3.0 is working perfectly.👍👍👍
Glad I was able to help. Thanks for the feedback! :)
Really great video Mark, as a Zigbee newbie I found this incredibly helpful.
Hey there, thanks for this video! what do you do when the dongle does not show up as a COM device, and not showing up in the RF programmer when holding the button correctly for 10 seconds when inserting? thank you!
Its not working for me, keep getting this: >Initiate access to target: COM3 using 2-pin cJTAG.
>No response from device. Device may not be in bootloader mode. Reset device and try again.
If problem persists, check connection and baud rate.
>Connecting over serial bootloader failed: No response from device. Device may not be in bootloader mode. Reset device and try again.
If problem persists, check connection and baud rate.
>Failed to create device object.
What to do?
Thanks for the video. Excellent stuff. Would be great to see a video on upgrading your ZIgbee set up to a new device such as this Sonoff.
I'm just getting started with Home Assistant and I have several questions. First, is this what is required to get HA to work with Zigbee devices at all? Or is this something extra? Second, when you paired those Aqara devices did you need the Aqara hub? If not, do you still get full functionality out of them? Third, How much has the HA and Sonoff software's changed since this video was made? Would this still be a relevant guide to follow? Thanks so much!
Great guide.....just a fyi some of these were mislabeled from Sonoff and will show as a Zwave device in HA
the zigbee config is just 9 lines now, would be nice if you had posted your config
finally got mine to work. Your instructions are great and gave me the confidence to give it another go. I've now swapped out my old CC2531. Had to re-pair all the edge devices but everything seems to be settling down. Now thinking if it's worth re-configuring the CC2531 as a router, not seen any vid's on this yet?
It’s on my todo list. Im currently testing a bunch of coordinators and will then be testing ones as routers. Just to make use of any old sticks lying about :)
@@MarkWattTech This would be a great and really useful video!
To change firmware on CC2531 you need a USB debugging console thingy. AFAIK it's not possible to get it into bootloader mode to flash it otherwise.
Great video and attention to detail/possible failure modes of the process!
Thank you :)
Thank you.. i couldnt see any where, how i can add usb dongle to my computer
Hello! thanks for your great video; in the current situation, should I take the sonoff stick or wait for skyconnect? are there any differences?
The SkyConnect is definitely more future proof. I would opt for it as it’s going to be supported by Home Assistant :)
But equally the sonoff dongle (which im still using) has been amazing and worked perfectly for me.
@@MarkWattTech I bought the sonof model E by mistake, it should arrive in the next few days, I hope to be able to make it work even if it is still in beta; Will I have to update the firmware of that too or can I use it without touching the firmware?
Hi mate, great video am struggling when going in to the config of zigbee2mqtt it looks nothing like yours only has 9 lines of code and missing base_topic, does that all need to be added manually?
Same problem here. Did you run through the steps in the video? I did to flash the dongle, and I've picked up some zigbee devices since, all working fine. Today I need to set up some Tuya zigbee mains pass thru plus and they're not detected. So then I went to configure mosquitto mqqt which was already installed (just added a password) and then installed zigbee2mqqt and I get the same as you.. 9 lines of config :(
I've just thought.. I have the Sonoff zigbee 3.0 addon installed to talk to all of my other zigbee compatible devices - would that be conflicting with zigbee2mqqt?
@@fr0d0scious i had nothing installed as i brought the Dongle off the back of this video and followed all steps to the letter, but ended up with bit of a blank config file, tried uninstalling resetting following the video from the start again but constantly ended up in the same position. In the end just went with ZHA as was complete in 3 clicks, Bit of a shame as have read that zigbee2mqtt exposes more entities from devices, so would maybe look to see the difference in the future if could get working. Would say ZHA been a blast and everything i have which is about 25 zigbee items from different brands have connected instantly and seem rock solid. i was moving away from using Smartthings and Hue bridges because the lag and reliability of these have got worse over the years.
Let me know if you find a solution
@@actionrag1 I'm confused as the Sonoff integration seems to manage all ZigBee devices. I had a suspicion that my ZigBee pass through mains plugs were switching off with a timer that I wasn't seeing. So I was trying to get into them with Tuya but keep falling as I don't have a Tuya hub and don't want one. I'm thinking mqqt/ ZigBee2mqqt are unnecessary.
Great job Matt. 2 things.. whoever wrote that smart RF programmer is NOT a UI designer or was so in 1980, and that button is so dang small, very hard to hold. And thanks sonoff for not anywhere specifying the device needs to be disassembled to access bootloader mode
The newer method allows you to flash without disassembly. I still haven’t got round to recording that one though. But yeah would have been nice for the button to be accessible like some other sticks on the market.
And it’s Mark! 🙈😂
Mark - this is a nice straight forward tutorial that I could easily follow along as I switched from ZHA. Thank you.
ZHA exposes more sensors in the plug I am testing (voltage + current + total energy +++) but things like total energy it used, was telling me 40kw had been used half an hour after integrating... without anything turned on. Maybe it was 0.04whr that needed a scaling factor - but I couldn't see how to do that in ZHA - a future video maybe?
Zigbee2mqtt offer less data (switch + current + signal quality) - but what is there just works! It looks like an integration sensor works to give me total power used. I was expecting it to be daunting, but seems to be straight forward unless you really want to dig deep.
Hello Mark, i did all the steps, but i can't find my device path, and i cannot see it in the hardware tab. What should I do?
I've given up on trying to get Zigbee2mqtt to work. Can't ever get it started despite following everything to a tee. 502 bad gateway on the UI, has issues finding my sonoff stick for some reason (even though ZHA can find it) and an ever changing ui/config menu that makes following any sort of tutorial confusing.
Did you found a solution ?
brilliant video, fantastic walk through, thanks
As I was in a hurry to start, I enabled Zigbee Home Automation. Do I need to remove that before I can make Zigbee2MQTT work.
And by the wy, whet firmawera do I need to use ? There are seveal chapters.
thank you sir! how would you compare this dongle to the conbee 2?
Thanks for clarification on few things. It was unclear to me why I have MQTT as Integration and as well as MQTT Broker Add-on. Unfortunately Zigbee2MQTT is still a bit stubborn in my deployment. Maybe because I also have dongle used in ZHA (Zigbee Home Automation) .. not sure if it might/might-not collide somehow. Any hint on what's better ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT ?
Yeah, ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT are incompatible as far as I know
work like a charm. thank you very much. you made this process very simple and clear.😉
Glad it helped :)
Great tutorial! Have you done a video on Python? I have a Mac and cannot use this method on my machine.
hi mark, great videos. is there an updated version of this? im just getting around to zigbee and i think a few things have changed since this video. thanks
would be a greaty help yes.. i have BIG issues for the dongle to show up at all and where to put in the user name and password in the configiration in the zigbee2mqtt application.. things have changed in HA since this video
Thanks for the video! The only stumbling block for me was I needed to add "server: mqtt://core-mosquitto" to the MQTT section within Zigbee2MQTT configuration. Once I did that it fired right up!
thank you so much!!
I've got the Conbee II running with Zigbee2MQTT on a Virtualbox setup. I'd like to migrate to the Zigbee2MQTT 3.0 Plus, and have it configured (flashed). It can be seen in Virtualbox as a filter, as can the Conbee II. I'm at a loss past this point on how to proceed.
Another great video Thanks. Had an issue with driver download, my PC did win 10 update I thought that did it missed the optional updates at first. All good now thanks for the detail in the video. How do you like your NFC ring, you make it or buy it >
Great video mate. Just bought this and got it all running now!
Just with I needed. Received it like some months ago but not done anything yet with it 😅
Another good one 👍 running ZZH on Z2M but I have one of the sonoffs flashed. Hoping you have a comparison on the way.
I am working on one :) it will be a little while though as I want it to be a fair test with a whole house setup 👍🏻
@@MarkWattTech sounds good I see I’m not the only one up late !
Bloody love you, man!! I bought the sonoff 3.0 and couldn’t find anything about updating the firmware (which worked). First thing tomorrow I’ll be doing that - thanks!
Although, if I flash it… I’ll need to re-add all the devices? They may get new ids. 😬😬
Great video, thanks fella. Noob question, will the ZigBee dongle replace all the other bridges I've got? I.e by getting a dongle, can I get rid of my hue bridge, hive bridge, fire angel bridge etc? (assuming they are all zigbee bridges)
If so, my next challenge is getting it to work on my setup. I'm using HA in a VM running on my qnap.
Thanks
That’s the idea :) providing your devices are compatible (most will be with zigbee 3.0) you should be able to just pair to the Sonoff and turn off the old bridges.
Will I have to repair or reconfigure anything if I update my device as it's already setup with ZHA with the firmware that came with it.
You should use the device ID in the zigbee2mqtt settings. TTY can change eg by adding other USB devices.
Indeed :)
Thanks, but no matter what I do, it refuses to show up in the TI app and all I get in "Other devices" is "Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus"
Quick question for you Mark. I followed the great video to initially setup my own dongle a while back and now I'd like to update the firmware to hopefully fix some bugs I've been having with my ZigBee network. If I just follow the firmware installation instructions from this video again without doing anything else, is that all I need to do? I read that you shouldn't have to re-pair devices with Z2M if you're just updating the controller firmware. Is that correct for this process?
Great video Mark but I think I must be the only person who can't get the usb dongle to show up correctly in the flashing tool despite the drivers being correct. I think it must be my fat fingers not holding the button right. The device shows up in the flashing toold but the nodes below it shown "unknown". I will have another go tomorrow - what else is there to do on a Bank Holiday :)
Hi mark hope once your health is better you would be posting the video of the second method through python script
Heya. I originally planned on doing one but not many people seemed interested in it so I didn't bother. As this video is now a few months old there are some slight changes so potentially I may redo the video and incorporate the Python method as well as a guide for Mac.
@@MarkWattTech Thanks mark please do once you have completely regained your health
Thanks for the walk through, Ive managed to get stuck though. I am using Windows 10 as a VM, I have got the software all installed and managed to update the driver for the dongle to get rid of the yellow triangle, the software just won't see the USB. It doesn't show up on the left hand side. Any ideas? Thanks
Nice video Mark; you've got a nice style and it's been helpful in me moving through the learning curve of HA. One thing I might suggest is making reference to variations that might exist in macOS or Linux (in this video its just the software you used for flashing). If you're mainly a windows user I think just a quick mention on what software they might use rather than showing it (life's too short). Also, I think for someone like myself "ZHA" is just three letters strung together in seemingly random order but I suspect there is something to be known here. Might be good to give this overview of the tech before jumping into setup. Anyway enough of my $.02 ... your videos are far better than anything I could do :)
Thanks for the feedback Ken 👌🏻
Great video, will the refreshed dongle be able to pick up Tuya zigbee devices after this to run locally?
Great tutorial! Thank you Mark for sharing!
Any chance you can do a version of this video for container installs of HA? What do I need to do on Truenas Scale to get my mosquito and zigbee2mqtt containers to talk to HA?
It's $29 on Amazon in the US. You can order it from China for $19 if you can wait.
Hoping you do the next video with the Python script soon: I'm on a Mac so don't have flash-programmer.
I can't see any other vids out there showing the Python method and all the written instructions (including the **incomplete** official Sonoff ones) are just mind boggling to me!!
Loving your work, it's been a great help.
I will be using the Python method in the router video 🙂.
@@MarkWattTech looking forward to it!
I am in the same boat as Nic&Sarah Nicol, Mac and I was wondering if anyone tried to run the TI flash software on a windows vm on a Mac. I use Parallels as an example and have a small old windows 7 partition that I can run on my Mac but I am not sure the TI software will flash through the Mac USB port. Now that I think of it the TI software probably won’t run on windows 7
Great video and very clear as usual. Thanks.
Great Video, straight and to the point.👍
Awesome, perfect description.
As always clear and crisp vid Mark! Kudos. Due to incompatiblities of some devices & fiddling with custom quirks I am taking the plunge and am about to replace my ZHA with a ZB2MQTT setup. I suppose you migrated as well or did you start from scratch? what would you recommend. Disable or uninstall ZHA first? what with current automations? any advice would be appreciated! Keep up the hard but solid work!
Heya :)
I did this setup when I moved so for me it was all starting from scratch. You would need to uninstall ZHA first. I’ve never done a direct port over.
With your automations as long as you name the devices the same (e.g. kitchen_light) in Z2m they will automatically just start working. Might be a pain if your adding 50+ devices
Appreciate the support thank you :)
@@MarkWattTech Thanks for the swift reply. Makes sense for the automations as it's text in yaml files ofc. Will give it a go and let you know how it goes ;)
@@olivierhens no worries :)
Let us know how it goes!
Thank you for sharing the great videos. I always follow your RUclips channel and I love the videos you post . Currently I am struggling with the sonff stick using the ZHA . At first it connected and later gave me some error. The error is “failed to set up”. Is there any way you can help with this please ?
Great Viedo Mark... however, as a newbie, the HA user interface has changed so much so that this is now a little difficult to follow / implement - see for example Chapterfrom minute mark 9:57... the socat is not the same. ? New video opportunity ?
Very helpful, and didactic. Thanks a lot !!!
Hi Mark . Any video of updating the firmware ? Or should we just follow the same procedure and just download the latest release. Though mine works just fine as it is. ;)
Another very helpful tutorial, thanks Mark. On one point I am struggling. The Sonoff stick is not recognized and here ends my journey for the new software. Can I nevertheless proceed with the existing software and install MQTT and Zigbee2mqtt succesfull.
Regards, Roelof
Heya :) as in the dongle isn't recognised when you connect it to your HA machine? What kind of setup are you using? :)
Hi. Perfect video. Two questions. If the SonOff device is already in use, do you need to re-pair all devices again or is that not necessary? Thanks for the answer. How many devices can you pair before and after the upgrade and are there any other advantages?
I am wondering the same thing and searching the comments. Did you find an answer?
all steps clear, good tutorial, good job 👍
Thank you 🙏🏻😄
9:05 - Looks like the latest version on HASO doesn't have a users, only people...
I've tried the firmware update on two Windows machines. The dongle never turns up in the Flash programmer. Tested holding one button down for 15 seconds, then unplugged and did the same with the other button. Does anyone know why it doesen't show up?
Hi
Which product I should prefer to connect to the PC or RPI?
A USB dongle Plus or a Zigbee Bridge?
I think both will work.
Isn*t it?
watching the video now - i just received my device, intending to plug into the same raspberry pi that i'm runing HA on (which is itself running inside a docker container) - i assume i would install ZigbeeToMQTT on the host pi, and then would configure HA to talk to it outside of its own instance? i was looking for a video to see how to mount the USB port or device directly to the docker container, not sure if that would be easier or harder
Hi, can we use the zigbee 3.0 dongle plus in ESXI? Any good tutes on how this can be achieved? Thanks.
i already have the z2m set up with all my devices. once i flashed with this fw in your video, do i have to re-pair all of the devices?
Hi Mark, looking at getting one of these dongles, but my Home Assistant runs on a computer quite remote from the house. Is there a way of running one of these dongles over a network, ie communicating with Home Assistant from a different computer? Thanks, James.
Hey Mark,
Great video really helped me. One thing as a MAC user I wasn't able to use the Flash programmer software as its windows only. Any other software recommendations?
Heya :) Im not sure for a specific Mac flashing software. You could just opt to use the Python method for Mac though