Note: if you use the ember firmware, you need to replace the adapter line by serial: adapter: ember If you experience issues, this video might help: Solving Zigbee Problems in Home Assistant | Ultimate Guide ruclips.net/video/S59UlboptaM/видео.html
I ordered one through your link and received it a week ago. However, I had several issues when trying to run it in parallel (at the same time on the same HA) with Deconz and the Conbee 2 stick. I was thinking I could move devices/entities while Conbee 2 was active. I was wrong. It caused some conflicts that I never identified. I think it was more about Zigbee than it was about the sticks. But it's just a gut feeling right now. I was able to update my firmware on the E-stick using Linux, minicom, and Xmodem.
@@SmartHomeJunkie Unfortunately. Z2M is a mess for me. I had 12 devices on ZHA with Conbee2. I dropped all the devices. Removed the stick. and installed Z2M. I have Aqara and IKEA devices. The bulk of my IKEA switches are showing as unsupported by Z2M, interrogation is failing, and left useless. I moved my HA PI into a room where I could lay every device next to it. The E-stick is on a usb extension wire. So there is no radio interference. Super big mistake for me. I was hoping to get the firmware upgrade features too. Thank you for your video, but it has been really an awful experiment for me. 😀
@@traxeonic3600 That's too bad to hear. I've got my whole house paired with it. There is an issue with Ikea tradfri remotes, but I'm not sure if it's Dongle E that's. There are github issues for those reviews reported that they don't work anymore after the latest update of Z2M.
@@SmartHomeJunkie I switched out the Dongle E with the Conbee 2, set the device in z2m and serial: >- adapter: deconz and it all is instantly working. Looks like it's the "experimental" nature of the "E" that's getting me.
I've got a Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus ZBDongle-E which I've been trying to use in HA following your very clear guide. Everything goes smoothly until I try to start Zigbee2MQTT when I get [14:31:43] INFO: Preparing to start... [14:31:43] INFO: Socat not enabled [14:31:44] INFO: Starting Zigbee2MQTT... Zigbee2MQTT:info 2023-04-05 14:31:48: Logging to console and directory: '/config/zigbee2mqtt/log/2023-04-05.14-31-48' filename: log.txt Zigbee2MQTT:info 2023-04-05 14:31:48: Starting Zigbee2MQTT version 1.30.3 (commit #unknown) Zigbee2MQTT:info 2023-04-05 14:31:48: Starting zigbee-herdsman (0.14.103) Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-04-05 14:31:49: Error while starting zigbee-herdsman Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-04-05 14:31:49: Failed to start zigbee Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-04-05 14:31:49: Check www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/installation/20_zigbee2mqtt-fails-to-start.html for possible solutions Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-04-05 14:31:49: Exiting... Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-04-05 14:31:49: Error: spawn udevadm ENOENT at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:285:19) at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:485:16) at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)
I believe I've tried all the likely suspects - rebooted my Proxmox server, checked that my configuration file contains serial: port: /dev/serial/by-id/usb-ITEAD_SONOFF_Zigbee_3.0_USB_Dongle_Plus_V2_20230218162614-if00 adapter: ezsp updated firmware per your other video to ncp-uart-sw_6.10.3_115200.gbl with nvm3_initfile.gbl Checked that it runs correctlly with ZHA I've not been able to find the meaning of 'Error: spawn udevadm ENOENT' anywhere :-( Any suggestions?
Been watching YT videos all day and reading forums ALL DAY trying to figure out why my dongle wouldn't...but not one other 'expert' bothered to tell me that I needed to add that extra code for the E Dongle. You solved my problem with one video and I really appreciate it!
Thank you so much for this i had the ZDongle E and failed following another guide due to differeing config to this version. Only addition i did was to add " " between the user / password as would not work without - authentication failure
Just FYI, if you use a passphrase for the mqtt-user, you will need to re-add it in the settings section inside Zigbee2MQTT as for some reason it does not like "-" when putting it in the configuration part of the add-on. Now it works really well. Now I want to swap out all of my wifi devices for zigbee.
I got an authorization error for Zigbee2MQTT, even though the credentials of HA were valid. Now, I just added this to the configuration of Mosquitto: - username: mqtt-user password: welcome under logins. That fixed the error for me
I was stressed by failures from other RUclipsrs when I saw this video. And everything works like a charm ! Many many thanks pal for your excellent work!!! The real pain for me was the wrong section ( many people says to leave it empty) of the mosquito configuration.
Installation went exactly as in the video. One question tho.. HomeAssistant also detected the dongle and asks me if I want to configure it. When I try a get the error: "Failed to probe the usb device". Does anyone else experience this, and is it a problem?
Your explanations are clear. I really appreciated the pedagogy with which you indicated beforehand what you were going to do before going into the explanations. Complicated things then become simple and transparent. In your description, there is the link of the blog of your video which resumes in structured text the operating mode that you follow. Very very useful! Personally, I watched the video several times by reducing the speed and activating the subtitles in my language. You have helped me a lot. Big thanks !
Hello, the message below was in fact a mishap. I installed everithing a while a go and it worked good. But recently Zigbee2mqtt wont start anymore. I looked onthe net and I seemes that other people have also some problems after som recent updates (i am on 1.32.1-1 now. Did You hear anything, and If so is there a solution ?? "The add-on seems to not be ready, it might still be starting. Do you want to try again?" I get this message when I try to start manualy. "The add-on seems to not be ready, it might still be starting. Do you want to try again?" (in ieder geval hartelijk bedankt voor de verstaanbare stap voor stap uitleg)
Thanks for this easy tutorial. One problem which drove me crazy: If you use a SSD for the RP4 as boot + the Sonoff Stick, it is recognized but devices will not pair/ be discovered. This was due to the 3A limit of the power supply!! Active USB Hub and now everything works fine
Thank you both, for the video tutorial and also for the comments as I am also equipped with RP4 + SSD + the Sonoff Stick and it was not working until I added an Active USB Hub 🙂
Thanks for the tip to REFRESH THE BROWSER after adding Zigbee2Mqtt from the Repository! I wasted 30 minutes trying to figure that out. Another great video. Thanks.
Hi Just switched over to this new stick from the Deconz. It was actually quite easy. This is how it is done: - put new (coordinator) stick in (Dongle-E) - remove "old" stick / coordinator (Deconz)
Thanks alot for the video, very informative. I learned by the hard way that the ZBDongle E dosen't yet support 'Green-power' technology. So as we speak, i have no way pairing all my Sunricher wallswitches into Z2M. Guess i have to buy a ZBdongle P insteadt :/
Please check the Blakadder's Zigbee2MQTT site first for supported devices. It might be that Zigbee2MQTT does not support your devices. Buying another stick will not solve that.
I have Sunricher wallswitches (SR-ZG9040A-S) and they were running fine with Z2M and Conbee2 but, groups dind't work well. tried dongle-P with z2m and I couldn't get the Sunrichers to pair (fail to interview or something) so I gave up and went back to conbee2 and deconz. Lots of entities missing but very stable and basic stuff works fine. I really liked z2m but not sure why it didn't like my dongleP (maybe the issue was when I flashed the new firmware... should have tried the stock one first)
@@SmartHomeJunkie AGREE... keen to see how the new zigbee backup functionally in HA2022.9 works... I might play with ZHA + dongle-e later when I get bored 🙂, I read that it even allows you to migrate from ZHA to Z2M!
Your video really helped me in setting up my dongle with Zigbee2MQTT. I didn't realize I had the -E version and when I tried using other videos, I couldn't get the Zigbee2MQTT to run, even trying firmware updates. At some point I realized my dongle was different and discovered it to be the -E version. Then I found this video. The point that especially made this work is @4:58 when the "adapter: ezsp" is added to the serial field. Once this was done it loaded and worked! Thank you so much for the walkthrough and calling out this specific version of the dongle in the title. I also changed the Address of the mosquitto-core to the numerical IP address (I have a pretty complex VM/Synology server with Vlans)
Great video! I made it work well, but I still have 2 big problems: 1) battery powered Zigbee switches loses connection all the time. Mainly the Robb Smart remote wall switches are not working. 2) My Philips Hue devices are not recognized. Sometimes it takes a couple of days but some devices are not discovered. I factory reset all devices but no luck. Do you have any tips or can you help me?
Hello, thank you very much you are live saver, I couldn't run it until you say you need to add "adapter: ezsp" I couldn't find that information thank you :)
@@SmartHomeJunkieI see, thank you for the answer! So maybe I should get another -P variant stick to be safe? I have 1 silly question.. right now most of my devices work over wifi. So if my HA goes down I can use the native APP to turn something on/off etc. If I sidestep the native app (ex Aqara) and bind/pair to my sonoff stick on HA (ZHA or Z2Mq) I got no fallback right?
Thanks for your videos. I have a question about the Zigbee network key which is (default) being used. I'm using the Skyconnect coordinator and first I have used ZHA for a brief period. Then I migrated to Zigbee2MQTT and i'm completely happy with all offered features. Is there a way to find out which Zigbee network key is being used? I'm a bit confused, because it seems that Zigbee2MQTT standard not generates an unique Zigbee network key, but maybe maybe I haven't read enough yet about that topic.
Good video. I have a SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2 stick also. Can I use the same stick for ZHA and HA2MQTT. Or do I need to use one method or the other?
Hi, I found your "old" video how to flash the Sonoff 3.0 - excellent! I ordered and received the stick today and realize, that the flashing does not work like described in the other video. I would like to use the Stick 3.0 E in my ioBroker installation. Unfortunately it does not connect and beeing a newbi I have no idea how to solve the problem. Any hints or links for the stick 3.0 E in ioBroker? Thanks in advice!
Brilliant tutorial. I followed your steps (almost) exactly and it failed! But then I found I'd missed 2 spaces before the port value. Proper indentation is critical I'm discovering with HA. I corrected that and it worked!
I followed your guide but it seems Zigbee2MQTT can't connect to mosquitto. Can you help? Here's the log part: 2024-01-15 21:37:41: mosquitto version 2.0.18 running 2024-01-15 21:37:42: New connection from 127.0.0.1:48166 on port 1883. 2024-01-15 21:37:42: Client disconnected due to protocol error. [21:37:44] INFO: Successfully send discovery information to Home Assistant. [21:37:45] INFO: Successfully send service information to the Supervisor. 2024-01-15 21:38:38: New connection from 172.30.32.1:38943 on port 1883. 2024-01-15 21:38:38: New client connected from 172.30.32.1:38943 as 7q6FO8Rtm3Wn6nlV9cmlXS (p2, c1, k60, u'homeassistant'). 2024-01-15 21:38:40: Client 7q6FO8Rtm3Wn6nlV9cmlXS disconnected. 2024-01-15 21:38:40: New connection from 172.30.32.1:41041 on port 1883. 2024-01-15 21:38:40: New client connected from 172.30.32.1:41041 as 4bfJYoLdQiDuCh84Weihdy (p2, c1, k60, u'homeassistant'). 2024-01-15 21:39:20: New connection from 172.30.32.2:34176 on port 1883. 2024-01-15 21:39:20: Client closed its connection.
I had one aqara motion sensor that acted the same. Re-pairing it solved that issue. Sometimes it's needed to pair multiple times. I also had one aqara motion sensor that had a low battery. Changing the battery fixed that. The thing with Aqara motion sensors is that they report a battery percentage of 100% until they die.
@@SmartHomeJunkie great thanks! I've repaired them multiple times and tried with zha as well as z2m. It's all 4 of the aqara motion sensors which is frustrating and I don't have any other ZigBee devices to test if it's the coordinator or the device. Funny thing is one of them worked just fine to begin with but not any more. I'll check the battery. Thanks!
@@SmartHomeJunkie No - at this stage just trying to connect to the coordinator. This is happening with both devices in the same room and not far apart. Have tried with a new battery and it seemed to fix it once but it's dropped out again and stopped communicating. Very odd
Ook hier in het verleden stabiliteit problemen met de Conbee2. Vorig jaar ben ik overgestapt op de de Sonoff ZB dongle en daarna nooit geen problemen meer gehad. In combinatie met de Moes ZB radiator actuator heb je meer instellingen en mogelijkheden. Dank voor je goede uitleg in je tutorials!!!
Your videos are outright excellent! Happy a fellow Dutchman is able to help so effectively! Thank you! Susbcribing & liking is the very least I can do. You saved me many, many hours of research!
you made my day: after connecting the dongle out of the box I got communication errors. Checking documentation and following the troubleshooting guide there was no reason find for that. Finally the small code snippet "adapter: ezsp" in configuration file made it work. I found nothing like that in my sources... Second brilliant hint was getting close to the dongle for pairing. That made the difference in operation. Thank you for solving all my problems in one brilliant video!
Another best practice tip is to buy and use a powered USB 2.0 hub if you are using a computer with only USB 3.x ports, then connect the USB extension cable to the USB 2.0 hub instead of directly to the computer. The reason for this is that USB 3.x ports and cables cause a lot of interferance to 2.4GHz radio devices.
Thx. I use the HA Blue that only has USB-3 ports. For me, it works fine with only an extension cable. But, I know this is recommended on the Z2M site when you have issues.
What a great video - I was getting worried that Zigbee2MQTT wasnt starting up with my Dongle-E, but following your tutorial it has all started working - none of the other instructions mentioned setting up the mqtt section of the config, and they all had me scrabbling round in the console to find the port address. By contrast, you had me up and running in 10 minutes - thank you! Now that I've got Zigbee working, could you follow up with a video about Zigbee routers/repeaters - should I be buying the Ikea TRÅDFRI or another ZBDongle-E and flash that with the router firmware?
This is one of the best explanations to follow, I had a small issue starting the Zigbee2MQTT when using the long USB device ID. I ran the command "test -w /dev/ttyUSB0 && echo success || echo failure" which confirmed if access to the port is success or not. When I configured the port with success, port: /dev/ttyUSB0 it started working
Why would I use the Dongle E instead of the P version? Would you really notice anything, or would it be faster/better future proof? The P sounds like a better idea since it's not experimental.
I followed your instructions but could not figure out why Zigbee2MQTT would immediately stop working after starting. But when I watched the complete video, I realized I had already set up ZHA integration with my Sonoff Dongle E. After removing ZHA integration, Zigbee2MQTT started working perfectly. Thanks a bunch!
@@kobedde @SmartHomeJunkie: Many thanks for your amazing video. I am starting my journey with HA. I was wondering if you could please share the steps or process to "How to disable ZHA (Zigbee Home Automation)?"
Interesting video again and pleased a significant increase in patreons - you certainly deserve it for the content you provide. Can I ask - what was the reason for the change from ZHA to Zigbee MQQT did you have issues? I see the there is a big difference in signal strength 5db to 20 db -has it made any difference and finally was there anything that did not pair and have you had any dropouts.
I did not move from ZHA to Zigbee2MQTT, but I have tested ZHA and found some devices that did not work well for me in ZHA, while they do work well in Zigbee2MQTT. This Dongle-E is still experimental and I do have some strange behavior now and then with my automations, but I expect it has something to do with retained messages from MQTT using my Conbee 2 stick. So I am still investigating this. In my experience, migrating to a new stick or system takes about two weeks before everything works perfect again. There's a lot to check.
After trying to figure out how to do this for many days, your video helped me start it up perfectly! Thank you very much brother!!! That's why I always like all your videos and am subscribed :).
Hi, can you please confirm what Firmware version you are using and what version of Zigbee2mqtt ? I have tried ALL available FW versions for thedongle but keep getting the following error when starting Zigbee2mqtt(Version 1.3.4) : Zigbee2MQTT:info 2023-05-04 12:02:47: Logging to console and directory: '/opt/zigbee2mqtt/data/log/2023-05-04.12-02-47' filename: log.txt Zigbee2MQTT:info 2023-05-04 12:02:48: Starting Zigbee2MQTT version 1.30.4 (commit #b2dd21e1) Zigbee2MQTT:info 2023-05-04 12:02:48: Starting zigbee-herdsman (0.14.111) Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-05-04 12:03:08: Error while starting zigbee-herdsman Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-05-04 12:03:08: Failed to start zigbee Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-05-04 12:03:08: Check www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/installation/20_zigbee2mqtt-fails-to-start.html for possible solutions Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-05-04 12:03:08: Exiting... Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-05-04 12:03:08: Error: Connection not initialized at Ezsp.execCommand (/opt/zigbee2mqtt/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ezsp/driver/ezsp.ts:551:19) at Ezsp.version (/opt/zigbee2mqtt/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ezsp/driver/ezsp.ts:349:35) at Driver.startup (/opt/zigbee2mqtt/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ezsp/driver/driver.ts:141:25) at EZSPAdapter.start (/opt/zigbee2mqtt/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ezsp/adapter/ezspAdapter.ts:165:16) at Controller.start (/opt/zigbee2mqtt/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/controller/controller.ts:132:29) at Zigbee.start (/opt/zigbee2mqtt/lib/zigbee.ts:58:27) at Controller.start (/opt/zigbee2mqtt/lib/controller.ts:101:27) at start (/opt/zigbee2mqtt/index.js:107:5)
If there would have been a proper installation manual for Zigbee2MTT, I would not have needed this video. With your instructions it was les than 10 minutes of work to get the whole thing working. Unfortunately, there seems to be a strange issue in my system (ZBDongle P) in combination with my new smart plug with power meter. Somehow the power meter does not update properly with zigbee2mqtt, leaving the power reading at strange values. With the default ZHA integration everything works as expected with real-time updates but with Zigbee2MQTT the updates are delayed or not coming at all.
Была проблема в поднятии zigbee2mqtt пока не настроил везде доступ через рут пользователя home assistant. возможно , когда создавал пользователя под mqtt накосячил где-то, пока не разбирался. Но в целом урок дельный. Свой свисток донгл е я предварительно перепрошил по уроку Alex Kvazis
Thanx for your instruction. I installed the Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 Dongle Plus but I recently purchased the Sonoff Zigbee Dongle Plus-E. I want to swap the Dongle Plus for the Plus E. Can I do that just by adding the right DEVLINKS values and adding "adapter: ezsp" or do I have to re-pair all devices from scratch on.
Mine just arrived yesterday from China (via Luxembourg!!). I have some Philips HUE-stuff. Does this mean that I can remove the Philips-bridge which I use and then include the Philips-stuff directly into Home Assistant?
I am going crazy with this error: ERROR (MainThread) [supervisor.api.ingress] Ingress error: Cannot connect to host 172.30.33.3:8099 ssl:default [Connect call failed ('172.30.33.3', 8099)] I did a fresh install on synology VM and still getting this ip address error. My HA assistant IP is 192.168.2.136:8123 and I am not sure why in the log is showing another address. please help
Took the plonge from Deconz USB Stick to Sonoff new zigbee dongle Version E. Also installed Z2M. Changed from Deconz to Z2M for OTA updates and Lidl Devices gave me more entities (like power-measuring) than Deconz and couldn't wait for Deconz to release their updates. To be honest, what a nightmare... I have around 50 mains and 52 end's and with Deconz never had really trouble, each devices was available and never unreachable. It was sometimes laggy so a restart in the Deconz App cleared everything up for a week. So I started exploring... Bought 1 stick Dongle Version E to start with, and soon bought 2 extra sticks from the dongle E version to act as router, but this was not the best idea (I'll explain why). I was using a Rpi4 8Gb so I build my new network on my son's old laptop. Everything was faster 🙄🙄, installed the extra 2 routers and it was a little bit better than before (in terms of speed and a little bit more stable HA). But in these times, electricity bills are high, I considered this laptop was not the best in power usage. Installed it back again on the Rpi4 and then the nightmare began. Reinstalled everything and my 2 routers were not able to find my network again and never joined again... The Dongle E routers are back in the box and have for the moment no use anymore. Tried to reset them, write them offer in the hope that everything is back fresh again, but nope! To sad! The network is back up again, but I have to check every day if a device haven't left the network or is online, they disappear from time to time and I didn' get a notification or can see in my device list what is wrong or has left the coordinator. Never experienced such a unstable network. So yesterday I saw A video on RUclips from digiblurDIY who explained that Z2M and the new Dongle E version were not a recommendation, but better to use the P version of the stick, which I ordered yesterday late night. I hope the P version does it way better than the E version, and I hope they'll soon make a new firmware possible that will work better with Z2M (in my instance). I wondered if somebody had the same experience in any kind of that, to let me know how to reset my 3 dongle E version's back completely from scratch so I can re-use them or sell them... What's your opinion SmartHomeJunkie? Greetings Kristof.
The Dongle-E is still experimental. A lot of issues are solved in the latest versions of Zigbee2MQTT, but there are still issues with battery powered devices that sometimes fall off the network and batteries that drain fast. The Dongle-P is stable, so you should be fine with that one. I still run the Dongle-E, but will probably switch to the sky connect which I received this week.
i have 7 aqara D1 2 gang smart wall switch (with neutral wire) QBKG24LM,after i change channel zigbee,after removing and re-pairing, interview fails and the device shows up as “unsupported”. only 2 device success to interview.how to fi x it the problem,thanks
Hi Ed I followed your perfect manual, however, I'm trapped exactly here: ruclips.net/video/4y_dDgo0i2g/видео.html. None of the ttyXX objects on my hardware list doesn't have the Sonoff like details. Could you please suggest any other way to fetch the details?
just bought a new zigbee 3.0 sonoff usb dongle plus ZB-Dongle-E stick and stuck on this installation. I use home assistant within a docker with HACS. I cant install the zigbee2mqtt custom repo thats gives an error within HACS. another problem is the id of the dongle, that part of hardware recognition isnt available in the docker version
Thank you for another great video. You cover everything in detail, really great work. I am new to sonoff zigbee devices. After pairing the zigbee devices with the sonoff usb dongle, will the d Zigbee devices work locally or still require internet ? Kindly reply
Ive been trying to get this going for a couple of days. New to HA and just setting up. So ended up reflating a fresh version of HA to the Pi and starting from scratch with a clean install. This was the first thing to setup and it still doesn't work. Just say "addon seems not to be ready......" Checked all settings and all as per your video. Very frustrating. Everything went perfect up until the end where you start Zigbee.
So it seems basically there is no difference between the "old" Sonoff stick and the current one concerning installation and usage. Gues, IF there are any performance / reliability issues so far with the new Stick, this will be a simple firmware business. As I wanted to be one the "safe road" I've ordered the old Sonoff stick to use it with Z2M. Everything works blasting fast and stable. But I have to mention that I run everything on a Lenovo NUC i5 with Proxmox as my Host. HA as Docker Container inside a LXC Container. MQTT & Zigbee2MQTT also on seperate LXC Proxmox Containers. I don't regret that step. Before I was using HAOS in a VM. The difference of speed and "snappines" is definitely noticeable. Sorry for the off topic. Keep up the good work 👍🏼
Thanks so much for the great video ... one question though ... I have tried to connect the broker and when I click on: Do you want to configure Home Assistant to connect to the MQTT broker provided by the add-on Mosquitto broker? and when I do it says' Failed to connect" can't seem to see any obvious reason. I don't suppose anyone on this thread knows why do they?
Everything works apart on every reboot i get a new discovered device the Sonoff Zigbee USB Dongle Plus V2 Stick. When I click on configure it says "Failed to probe the usb device". How can I fix this? I'm using the HA OS on rapsberry Pi 4
is there a way to use, together, the zbdongle-e and the zbbdridge-pro? i've both, the latter came free gift buying 6 trvzb valves, and i already set them up inside ewelink and paired with the bridge... but i can connect the dongle to my minipc which is an other room... is there a way to use one to extend the network of the other one, and in case, which to use to pair and which as mesh member? i'd like to keep the ewelink app because i bought the valves so i can remotely close them when someone is not at home in their rooms... thanks in advance!
Thank you SHJ for your clear explanation, I managed with your help and a little bit of myself :-): I got stuck after configuring the Zigbee2MQTT: it couldn't be saved. After some desperation, I removed ">-" after port:. After that I was able to save and it works as it should. Afterwards I see that HA has put the ">-" back itself.
I’m very new to HA, but one thing I can add... my HA is running in a docker container on Ubuntu. I had to add the Sonoff stick using the Add Hardware option before it could be seen in my VM. No doubt that’s obvious to the experts...
i just bougth this stick, and a friend pointed med to your video. Everything is up and running now. But i did not find the script for ikea lamps in the description of this video. I may be blind. Thanks again.
If I’m starting zigbee for hass from scratch, would you recommend zb2mqtt with this stick, or deconz (possibly with a different one), or something else? I’m not afraid of the occasional bit of yaml but I’d like things to be reliable.
Hi Ed, super Tutorial I made it step by step. How must I use the Code for the IKEA paring script: have you a Tutorial for this to install it I have already download the Code. I have no scripting experience 👍
You can just create a new script, click on the three dots in the right upper corner and choose for Edit in Yaml. Then paste the code that you've purchased and save the script.
Note: if you use the ember firmware, you need to replace the adapter line by
serial:
adapter: ember
If you experience issues, this video might help: Solving Zigbee Problems in Home Assistant | Ultimate Guide
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I ordered one through your link and received it a week ago. However, I had several issues when trying to run it in parallel (at the same time on the same HA) with Deconz and the Conbee 2 stick. I was thinking I could move devices/entities while Conbee 2 was active. I was wrong. It caused some conflicts that I never identified. I think it was more about Zigbee than it was about the sticks. But it's just a gut feeling right now. I was able to update my firmware on the E-stick using Linux, minicom, and Xmodem.
@@traxeonic3600 You can try to change the channel of one stick, maybe they interfere.
@@SmartHomeJunkie Unfortunately. Z2M is a mess for me. I had 12 devices on ZHA with Conbee2. I dropped all the devices. Removed the stick. and installed Z2M. I have Aqara and IKEA devices. The bulk of my IKEA switches are showing as unsupported by Z2M, interrogation is failing, and left useless. I moved my HA PI into a room where I could lay every device next to it. The E-stick is on a usb extension wire. So there is no radio interference. Super big mistake for me. I was hoping to get the firmware upgrade features too. Thank you for your video, but it has been really an awful experiment for me. 😀
@@traxeonic3600 That's too bad to hear. I've got my whole house paired with it. There is an issue with Ikea tradfri remotes, but I'm not sure if it's Dongle E that's. There are github issues for those reviews reported that they don't work anymore after the latest update of Z2M.
@@SmartHomeJunkie I switched out the Dongle E with the Conbee 2, set the device in z2m and serial: >- adapter: deconz and it all is instantly working. Looks like it's the "experimental" nature of the "E" that's getting me.
I've got a Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus ZBDongle-E which I've been trying to use in HA following your very clear guide.
Everything goes smoothly until I try to start Zigbee2MQTT when I get
[14:31:43] INFO: Preparing to start...
[14:31:43] INFO: Socat not enabled
[14:31:44] INFO: Starting Zigbee2MQTT...
Zigbee2MQTT:info 2023-04-05 14:31:48: Logging to console and directory: '/config/zigbee2mqtt/log/2023-04-05.14-31-48' filename: log.txt
Zigbee2MQTT:info 2023-04-05 14:31:48: Starting Zigbee2MQTT version 1.30.3 (commit #unknown)
Zigbee2MQTT:info 2023-04-05 14:31:48: Starting zigbee-herdsman (0.14.103)
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-04-05 14:31:49: Error while starting zigbee-herdsman
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-04-05 14:31:49: Failed to start zigbee
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-04-05 14:31:49: Check www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/installation/20_zigbee2mqtt-fails-to-start.html for possible solutions
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-04-05 14:31:49: Exiting...
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-04-05 14:31:49: Error: spawn udevadm ENOENT
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:285:19)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:485:16)
at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)
I believe I've tried all the likely suspects - rebooted my Proxmox server, checked that my configuration file contains
serial:
port: /dev/serial/by-id/usb-ITEAD_SONOFF_Zigbee_3.0_USB_Dongle_Plus_V2_20230218162614-if00
adapter: ezsp
updated firmware per your other video to ncp-uart-sw_6.10.3_115200.gbl with nvm3_initfile.gbl
Checked that it runs correctlly with ZHA
I've not been able to find the meaning of 'Error: spawn udevadm ENOENT' anywhere :-(
Any suggestions?
I am in the same boat. Being a newbie, I followed this to the letter only for it it leave me thinking that I will bin the whole lot.
Been watching YT videos all day and reading forums ALL DAY trying to figure out why my dongle wouldn't...but not one other 'expert' bothered to tell me that I needed to add that extra code for the E Dongle. You solved my problem with one video and I really appreciate it!
It saved my life, I saw several Brazilian tutorials and none of them helped, thank you very much. ♥
that 'adapter: ezsp' bit did the trick for me for the E model. Thanks a lot.
great video. had some trouble with the configuration until i saw how you did it in yours
That's great to hear!
I FINALLY have Zigbee2MQTT running. No more 502: Bad Gateway errors!
Thank you for your support and great to hear!!!
you sir are a genius and I can now stop pulling my hair out. Thank you so much.
MANY MANY thanks!!!! i had a problem and only your video solved it.....
That is great to hear!
Thank you so much for this i had the ZDongle E and failed following another guide due to differeing config to this version. Only addition i did was to add " " between the user / password as would not work without - authentication failure
Just FYI, if you use a passphrase for the mqtt-user, you will need to re-add it in the settings section inside Zigbee2MQTT as for some reason it does not like "-" when putting it in the configuration part of the add-on. Now it works really well. Now I want to swap out all of my wifi devices for zigbee.
Okay. In my case this was not needed. Not sure why you had to do it that way. But great that it works for you!
I got an authorization error for Zigbee2MQTT, even though the credentials of HA were valid.
Now, I just added this to the configuration of Mosquitto:
- username: mqtt-user
password: welcome
under logins.
That fixed the error for me
Okay... That shouldn't be needed, but great that it's fixed!
Thank you for this. Informative, to the point and worked on first try following instructions.
Great to hear!
Doing great things for the community.
Thank you.
I was stressed by failures from other RUclipsrs when I saw this video. And everything works like a charm ! Many many thanks pal for your excellent work!!! The real pain for me was the wrong section ( many people says to leave it empty) of the mosquito configuration.
You are an absolute legend!!! Thanks so much!
Thanks!
Installation went exactly as in the video. One question tho.. HomeAssistant also detected the dongle and asks me if I want to configure it. When I try a get the error: "Failed to probe the usb device". Does anyone else experience this, and is it a problem?
If you use Zigbee2MQTT, you shouldn't use ZHA as well.
Ah, didn't know that was ZHA. I ignored it. Now I can start figuring out which switches are best for me.
Your explanations are clear. I really appreciated the pedagogy with which you indicated beforehand what you were going to do before going into the explanations. Complicated things then become simple and transparent.
In your description, there is the link of the blog of your video which resumes in structured text the operating mode that you follow. Very very useful! Personally, I watched the video several times by reducing the speed and activating the subtitles in my language.
You have helped me a lot. Big thanks !
Thank you so much for this really nice comment! 🙏🏻
after a few tries everything started correctly. My mistake at the beginning that I did not turn off the ZHA;)
If anyone is getting an error saving the config, put your username and password in quotes
Works perfectly!!! Thanks!! I have a tuya hub too. Can i add it on MQTT via zigbee mesh too?? I try pair, but don't apear.
Hello,
the message below was in fact a mishap.
I installed everithing a while a go and it worked good.
But recently Zigbee2mqtt wont start anymore. I looked onthe net and I seemes that other people have also some problems after som recent updates (i am on 1.32.1-1 now. Did You hear anything, and If so is there a solution ??
"The add-on seems to not be ready, it might still be starting. Do you want to try again?"
I get this message when I try to start manualy.
"The add-on seems to not be ready, it might still be starting. Do you want to try again?"
(in ieder geval hartelijk bedankt voor de verstaanbare stap voor stap uitleg)
You are awesome!!!
You too!!
Thanks for this easy tutorial. One problem which drove me crazy:
If you use a SSD for the RP4 as boot + the Sonoff Stick, it is recognized but devices will not pair/ be discovered. This was due to the 3A limit of the power supply!! Active USB Hub and now everything works fine
Thank you both, for the video tutorial and also for the comments as I am also equipped with RP4 + SSD + the Sonoff Stick and it was not working until I added an Active USB Hub 🙂
Спасибо тебе добрый человек! Привет из России!
Thanks for the tip to REFRESH THE BROWSER after adding Zigbee2Mqtt from the Repository! I wasted 30 minutes trying to figure that out. Another great video. Thanks.
Great to hear that it helped!
Hi
Just switched over to this new stick from the Deconz. It was actually quite easy. This is how it is done:
- put new (coordinator) stick in (Dongle-E)
- remove "old" stick / coordinator (Deconz)
Thanks alot for the video, very informative.
I learned by the hard way that the ZBDongle E dosen't yet support 'Green-power' technology.
So as we speak, i have no way pairing all my Sunricher wallswitches into Z2M.
Guess i have to buy a ZBdongle P insteadt :/
Please check the Blakadder's Zigbee2MQTT site first for supported devices. It might be that Zigbee2MQTT does not support your devices. Buying another stick will not solve that.
I have Sunricher wallswitches (SR-ZG9040A-S) and they were running fine with Z2M and Conbee2 but, groups dind't work well. tried dongle-P with z2m and I couldn't get the Sunrichers to pair (fail to interview or something) so I gave up and went back to conbee2 and deconz. Lots of entities missing but very stable and basic stuff works fine. I really liked z2m but not sure why it didn't like my dongleP (maybe the issue was when I flashed the new firmware... should have tried the stock one first)
@@danielgozzani The Conbee 2 works best with deCONZ.
@@SmartHomeJunkie AGREE... keen to see how the new zigbee backup functionally in HA2022.9 works... I might play with ZHA + dongle-e later when I get bored 🙂, I read that it even allows you to migrate from ZHA to Z2M!
@@danielgozzani Yes. Unfortunately It's not yet the other way around as far as I know. 🙄
Bedankt!
Dank je wel voor je support!
Quick newbie question. What is so great about Zigbee2MQTT compared to the ZHA defaults ??
Your video really helped me in setting up my dongle with Zigbee2MQTT. I didn't realize I had the -E version and when I tried using other videos, I couldn't get the Zigbee2MQTT to run, even trying firmware updates. At some point I realized my dongle was different and discovered it to be the -E version. Then I found this video. The point that especially made this work is @4:58 when the "adapter: ezsp" is added to the serial field. Once this was done it loaded and worked!
Thank you so much for the walkthrough and calling out this specific version of the dongle in the title. I also changed the Address of the mosquitto-core to the numerical IP address (I have a pretty complex VM/Synology server with Vlans)
hey, thanks for the comment. did you have any trouble with pairing it or it not being able to recognize some device features?
@@nateF888 once I realized my initial issue, everything went well. No issues with the hue or other zigbee devices
Great video! I made it work well, but I still have 2 big problems:
1) battery powered Zigbee switches loses connection all the time. Mainly the Robb Smart remote wall switches are not working.
2) My Philips Hue devices are not recognized. Sometimes it takes a couple of days but some devices are not discovered. I factory reset all devices but no luck.
Do you have any tips or can you help me?
You guide doesn't seem to align to the instructions in the zigbee2mqtt repo. Why do you need to create a mqtt user for example ?
Hello, thank you very much you are live saver, I couldn't run it until you say you need to add "adapter: ezsp" I couldn't find that information thank you :)
Great to hear that it helped!
I was struggling to set this up. Tried following several tutorials. Finally, this one worked! Thanks a lot.
Sensor from aqara wont work well with this setup. I tried without successfully.
I have the same experience. Sometimes they work and sometimes they do not work.
Interesting, I saw another video saying the zigbee -E was bad for zigbee2mqtt and would be best used for ZHA instead
Yes, it is experimental for Zigbee2MQTT. Nowadays most devices work though.
@@SmartHomeJunkieI see, thank you for the answer! So maybe I should get another -P variant stick to be safe?
I have 1 silly question.. right now most of my devices work over wifi. So if my HA goes down I can use the native APP to turn something on/off etc.
If I sidestep the native app (ex Aqara) and bind/pair to my sonoff stick on HA (ZHA or Z2Mq) I got no fallback right?
@@Airbag888 Indeed. You can only pair your device to one coordinator.
@@SmartHomeJunkieI'm guessing there is also no way to use an aqara zigbee hub (m2) as a router to extend a network right?
Thanks for your videos. I have a question about the Zigbee network key which is (default) being used. I'm using the Skyconnect coordinator and first I have used ZHA for a brief period. Then I migrated to Zigbee2MQTT and i'm completely happy with all offered features. Is there a way to find out which Zigbee network key is being used? I'm a bit confused, because it seems that Zigbee2MQTT standard not generates an unique Zigbee network key, but maybe maybe I haven't read enough yet about that topic.
Good video. I have a SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2 stick also. Can I use the same stick for ZHA and HA2MQTT. Or do I need to use one method or the other?
This stick works for ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT, but not concurrently. If you want to use both systems simultaneously, you need to have two sticks.
@@SmartHomeJunkie Thanks. Finally got it working with Z2M and the E stick. So far so good.
@@robferenczi3024 That's great to hear!
Hi, I found your "old" video how to flash the Sonoff 3.0 - excellent! I ordered and received the stick today and realize, that the flashing does not work like described in the other video.
I would like to use the Stick 3.0 E in my ioBroker installation. Unfortunately it does not connect and beeing a newbi I have no idea how to solve the problem. Any hints or links for the stick 3.0 E in ioBroker?
Thanks in advice!
I do not use ioBroker unfortunately, so I don't know how to do that.
@@SmartHomeJunkie
Ok, Thanks!
Brilliant tutorial. I followed your steps (almost) exactly and it failed! But then I found I'd missed 2 spaces before the port value. Proper indentation is critical I'm discovering with HA. I corrected that and it worked!
Excellent!
It’s been a year I am about to buy. Is it now stable officially? Or should I get skyconnect
I followed your guide but it seems Zigbee2MQTT can't connect to mosquitto. Can you help? Here's the log part:
2024-01-15 21:37:41: mosquitto version 2.0.18 running
2024-01-15 21:37:42: New connection from 127.0.0.1:48166 on port 1883.
2024-01-15 21:37:42: Client disconnected due to protocol error.
[21:37:44] INFO: Successfully send discovery information to Home Assistant.
[21:37:45] INFO: Successfully send service information to the Supervisor.
2024-01-15 21:38:38: New connection from 172.30.32.1:38943 on port 1883.
2024-01-15 21:38:38: New client connected from 172.30.32.1:38943 as 7q6FO8Rtm3Wn6nlV9cmlXS (p2, c1, k60, u'homeassistant').
2024-01-15 21:38:40: Client 7q6FO8Rtm3Wn6nlV9cmlXS disconnected.
2024-01-15 21:38:40: New connection from 172.30.32.1:41041 on port 1883.
2024-01-15 21:38:40: New client connected from 172.30.32.1:41041 as 4bfJYoLdQiDuCh84Weihdy (p2, c1, k60, u'homeassistant').
2024-01-15 21:39:20: New connection from 172.30.32.2:34176 on port 1883.
2024-01-15 21:39:20: Client closed its connection.
Hi - I got the devices to successfully pair but then they don't remain connected and drop off. I'm using the aqara motion sensors. Any ideas?
I had one aqara motion sensor that acted the same. Re-pairing it solved that issue. Sometimes it's needed to pair multiple times. I also had one aqara motion sensor that had a low battery. Changing the battery fixed that. The thing with Aqara motion sensors is that they report a battery percentage of 100% until they die.
@@SmartHomeJunkie great thanks! I've repaired them multiple times and tried with zha as well as z2m. It's all 4 of the aqara motion sensors which is frustrating and I don't have any other ZigBee devices to test if it's the coordinator or the device. Funny thing is one of them worked just fine to begin with but not any more. I'll check the battery. Thanks!
@@GerardPais Do you have enough routing devices close to your Aqara motion sensors?
@@SmartHomeJunkie No - at this stage just trying to connect to the coordinator. This is happening with both devices in the same room and not far apart. Have tried with a new battery and it seemed to fix it once but it's dropped out again and stopped communicating. Very odd
@@GerardPais I would suggest to first pair the powered devices and the battery powered ones after that.
Ook hier in het verleden stabiliteit problemen met de Conbee2. Vorig jaar ben ik overgestapt op de de Sonoff ZB dongle en daarna nooit geen problemen meer gehad. In combinatie met de Moes ZB radiator actuator heb je meer instellingen en mogelijkheden. Dank voor je goede uitleg in je tutorials!!!
Your videos are outright excellent! Happy a fellow Dutchman is able to help so effectively! Thank you! Susbcribing & liking is the very least I can do. You saved me many, many hours of research!
you made my day: after connecting the dongle out of the box I got communication errors.
Checking documentation and following the troubleshooting guide there was no reason find for that.
Finally the small code snippet
"adapter: ezsp" in configuration file made it work.
I found nothing like that in my sources...
Second brilliant hint was getting close to the dongle for pairing.
That made the difference in operation.
Thank you for solving all my problems in one brilliant video!
Thank you!
I had exactly this issue as well!
Thanks for your video.
So there's no need to flash it?
No, but that also counts for the older stick. There isn't even update firmware available at the moment.
Another best practice tip is to buy and use a powered USB 2.0 hub if you are using a computer with only USB 3.x ports, then connect the USB extension cable to the USB 2.0 hub instead of directly to the computer. The reason for this is that USB 3.x ports and cables cause a lot of interferance to 2.4GHz radio devices.
Thx. I use the HA Blue that only has USB-3 ports. For me, it works fine with only an extension cable. But, I know this is recommended on the Z2M site when you have issues.
Do we install Zigbee2MQTT Edge as well?
It's not needed, but you can try edge as well if you experience issues.
I am currently using ZHA with a Conbee stick. Is there a way to transfer all devices to Z2MQTT with my new Sonoff E stick?
great video. I already have two Sonoff Stick P. However, today I ordered the "E" via your link. I'm curious ;)
Haha! Great!
How does this differ for the Skyconnect?
What a great video - I was getting worried that Zigbee2MQTT wasnt starting up with my Dongle-E, but following your tutorial it has all started working - none of the other instructions mentioned setting up the mqtt section of the config, and they all had me scrabbling round in the console to find the port address. By contrast, you had me up and running in 10 minutes - thank you!
Now that I've got Zigbee working, could you follow up with a video about Zigbee routers/repeaters - should I be buying the Ikea TRÅDFRI or another ZBDongle-E and flash that with the router firmware?
Thanks. Basically every mains powered device like lightbulbs act as a router device.
This is one of the best explanations to follow, I had a small issue starting the Zigbee2MQTT when using the long USB device ID. I ran the command "test -w /dev/ttyUSB0 && echo success || echo failure" which confirmed if access to the port is success or not. When I configured the port with success, port: /dev/ttyUSB0 it started working
How do I disable ZHA integration?
Click on the three dots on the ZHA card and select disable.
Why would I use the Dongle E instead of the P version? Would you really notice anything, or would it be faster/better future proof? The P sounds like a better idea since it's not experimental.
The E might be supporting Matter too in the near future. But for now, the P is more stable.
These tutorials are far more detailed than on other HA You2bers :)
Thank you for your compliment!
Can I use this stick with a usb hub? Or does it need to be plugged into my raspberry?
Thank You!!
You need to use a USB extension cable to get this to work properly.
@@SmartHomeJunkie Thank You! Please keep up your fantastic work :)
I followed your instructions but could not figure out why Zigbee2MQTT would immediately stop working after starting. But when I watched the complete video, I realized I had already set up ZHA integration with my Sonoff Dongle E. After removing ZHA integration, Zigbee2MQTT started working perfectly. Thanks a bunch!
Superb that you got it to work!
Thanks for the tip. I had made the same mistake and found the solution thanks to your command. 👍
@@kobedde @SmartHomeJunkie: Many thanks for your amazing video. I am starting my journey with HA. I was wondering if you could please share the steps or process to "How to disable ZHA (Zigbee Home Automation)?"
Interesting video again and pleased a significant increase in patreons - you certainly deserve it for the content you provide. Can I ask - what was the reason for the change from ZHA to Zigbee MQQT did you have issues? I see the there is a big difference in signal strength 5db to 20 db -has it made any difference and finally was there anything that did not pair and have you had any dropouts.
I did not move from ZHA to Zigbee2MQTT, but I have tested ZHA and found some devices that did not work well for me in ZHA, while they do work well in Zigbee2MQTT.
This Dongle-E is still experimental and I do have some strange behavior now and then with my automations, but I expect it has something to do with retained messages from MQTT using my Conbee 2 stick. So I am still investigating this. In my experience, migrating to a new stick or system takes about two weeks before everything works perfect again. There's a lot to check.
After trying to figure out how to do this for many days, your video helped me start it up perfectly! Thank you very much brother!!! That's why I always like all your videos and am subscribed :).
Thank you!!!
Hi, can you please confirm what Firmware version you are using and what version of Zigbee2mqtt ? I have tried ALL available FW versions for thedongle but keep getting the following error when starting Zigbee2mqtt(Version 1.3.4) :
Zigbee2MQTT:info 2023-05-04 12:02:47: Logging to console and directory: '/opt/zigbee2mqtt/data/log/2023-05-04.12-02-47' filename: log.txt
Zigbee2MQTT:info 2023-05-04 12:02:48: Starting Zigbee2MQTT version 1.30.4 (commit #b2dd21e1)
Zigbee2MQTT:info 2023-05-04 12:02:48: Starting zigbee-herdsman (0.14.111)
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-05-04 12:03:08: Error while starting zigbee-herdsman
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-05-04 12:03:08: Failed to start zigbee
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-05-04 12:03:08: Check www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/installation/20_zigbee2mqtt-fails-to-start.html for possible solutions
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-05-04 12:03:08: Exiting...
Zigbee2MQTT:error 2023-05-04 12:03:08: Error: Connection not initialized
at Ezsp.execCommand (/opt/zigbee2mqtt/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ezsp/driver/ezsp.ts:551:19)
at Ezsp.version (/opt/zigbee2mqtt/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ezsp/driver/ezsp.ts:349:35)
at Driver.startup (/opt/zigbee2mqtt/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ezsp/driver/driver.ts:141:25)
at EZSPAdapter.start (/opt/zigbee2mqtt/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/adapter/ezsp/adapter/ezspAdapter.ts:165:16)
at Controller.start (/opt/zigbee2mqtt/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/controller/controller.ts:132:29)
at Zigbee.start (/opt/zigbee2mqtt/lib/zigbee.ts:58:27)
at Controller.start (/opt/zigbee2mqtt/lib/controller.ts:101:27)
at start (/opt/zigbee2mqtt/index.js:107:5)
I use the firmware version that I show in the video and use the latest version of Zigbee2MQTT
If there would have been a proper installation manual for Zigbee2MTT, I would not have needed this video. With your instructions it was les than 10 minutes of work to get the whole thing working.
Unfortunately, there seems to be a strange issue in my system (ZBDongle P) in combination with my new smart plug with power meter. Somehow the power meter does not update properly with zigbee2mqtt, leaving the power reading at strange values. With the default ZHA integration everything works as expected with real-time updates but with Zigbee2MQTT the updates are delayed or not coming at all.
Hi ,Thank you for your help.
I've got an error when I click save after confirmation.
Any idea why?
Thank you in advance.
How can I update it's firmware? The old way from your last fidev will not work
Legend!!
Is there anyway to use this stick as a router?
Yes, there is. There is firmware for that.
@@SmartHomeJunkie Thanks for the fantastic tutorial, I am struggling in making this dongle works as router, can you make a video please ?
@@SSDD830 I don't think I will shortly, because I am using this dongle as my coordinater at the moment.
Была проблема в поднятии zigbee2mqtt пока не настроил везде доступ через рут пользователя home assistant. возможно , когда создавал пользователя под mqtt накосячил где-то, пока не разбирался. Но в целом урок дельный. Свой свисток донгл е я предварительно перепрошил по уроку Alex Kvazis
Finally, I managed to pair my Zigbee-e with your help, thanks!
Glad I could help!
Thanx for your instruction. I installed the Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 Dongle Plus but I recently purchased the Sonoff Zigbee Dongle Plus-E. I want to swap the Dongle Plus for the Plus E. Can I do that just by adding the right DEVLINKS values and adding "adapter: ezsp" or do I have to re-pair all devices from scratch on.
Mine just arrived yesterday from China (via Luxembourg!!). I have some Philips HUE-stuff. Does this mean that I can remove the Philips-bridge which I use and then include the Philips-stuff directly into Home Assistant?
Yes indeed Thomas.
I am going crazy with this error: ERROR (MainThread) [supervisor.api.ingress] Ingress error: Cannot connect to host 172.30.33.3:8099 ssl:default [Connect call failed ('172.30.33.3', 8099)]
I did a fresh install on synology VM and still getting this ip address error.
My HA assistant IP is 192.168.2.136:8123 and I am not sure why in the log is showing another address.
please help
Took the plonge from Deconz USB Stick to Sonoff new zigbee dongle Version E. Also installed Z2M.
Changed from Deconz to Z2M for OTA updates and Lidl Devices gave me more entities (like power-measuring) than Deconz and couldn't wait for Deconz to release their updates.
To be honest, what a nightmare...
I have around 50 mains and 52 end's and with Deconz never had really trouble, each devices was available and never unreachable. It was sometimes laggy so a restart in the Deconz App cleared everything up for a week. So I started exploring...
Bought 1 stick Dongle Version E to start with, and soon bought 2 extra sticks from the dongle E version to act as router, but this was not the best idea (I'll explain why).
I was using a Rpi4 8Gb so I build my new network on my son's old laptop. Everything was faster 🙄🙄, installed the extra 2 routers and it was a little bit better than before (in terms of speed and a little bit more stable HA). But in these times, electricity bills are high, I considered this laptop was not the best in power usage.
Installed it back again on the Rpi4 and then the nightmare began. Reinstalled everything and my 2 routers were not able to find my network again and never joined again...
The Dongle E routers are back in the box and have for the moment no use anymore. Tried to reset them, write them offer in the hope that everything is back fresh again, but nope! To sad!
The network is back up again, but I have to check every day if a device haven't left the network or is online, they disappear from time to time and I didn' get a notification or can see in my device list what is wrong or has left the coordinator. Never experienced such a unstable network.
So yesterday I saw A video on RUclips from digiblurDIY who explained that Z2M and the new Dongle E version were not a recommendation, but better to use the P version of the stick, which I ordered yesterday late night.
I hope the P version does it way better than the E version, and I hope they'll soon make a new firmware possible that will work better with Z2M (in my instance). I wondered if somebody had the same experience in any kind of that, to let me know how to reset my 3 dongle E version's back completely from scratch so I can re-use them or sell them...
What's your opinion SmartHomeJunkie?
Greetings Kristof.
The Dongle-E is still experimental. A lot of issues are solved in the latest versions of Zigbee2MQTT, but there are still issues with battery powered devices that sometimes fall off the network and batteries that drain fast. The Dongle-P is stable, so you should be fine with that one. I still run the Dongle-E, but will probably switch to the sky connect which I received this week.
i have 7 aqara D1 2 gang smart wall switch (with neutral wire) QBKG24LM,after i change channel zigbee,after removing and re-pairing, interview fails and the device shows up as “unsupported”. only 2 device success to interview.how to fi x it the problem,thanks
Hi Ed
I followed your perfect manual, however, I'm trapped exactly here: ruclips.net/video/4y_dDgo0i2g/видео.html.
None of the ttyXX objects on my hardware list doesn't have the Sonoff like details.
Could you please suggest any other way to fetch the details?
just bought a new zigbee 3.0 sonoff usb dongle plus ZB-Dongle-E stick and stuck on this installation. I use home assistant within a docker with HACS. I cant install the zigbee2mqtt custom repo thats gives an error within HACS. another problem is the id of the dongle, that part of hardware recognition isnt available in the docker version
Thank you for another great video. You cover everything in detail, really great work.
I am new to sonoff zigbee devices. After pairing the zigbee devices with the sonoff usb dongle, will the d
Zigbee devices work locally or still require internet ? Kindly reply
They work locally after that.
@@SmartHomeJunkie thank you
is it able to use multiple dongle to extend zigbee range?
Yes, you can flash it to act as a router
@@SmartHomeJunkie thanks for reply, your video is helpful👍
How do I go abouts transferring devices over from ZHA to Z2M? I don't want to repair each and every device, which is a pain in the rear.
Ive been trying to get this going for a couple of days. New to HA and just setting up. So ended up reflating a fresh version of HA to the Pi and starting from scratch with a clean install. This was the first thing to setup and it still doesn't work. Just say "addon seems not to be ready......" Checked all settings and all as per your video. Very frustrating. Everything went perfect up until the end where you start Zigbee.
Dankjewel
Imposible instalarlo, no se que hago mal pero al ejecutarlo me da error, me sale el mensaje de "socat not enabled" y no me funciona
Socat not enabled is normal. Check your log file for more messages. It can be many reasons unfortunately.
@@SmartHomeJunkie si accedo a la interfaz web me pone "Bad Gateway"
So it seems basically there is no difference between the "old" Sonoff stick and the current one concerning installation and usage.
Gues, IF there are any performance / reliability issues so far with the new Stick, this will be a simple firmware business.
As I wanted to be one the "safe road" I've ordered the old Sonoff stick to use it with Z2M.
Everything works blasting fast and stable. But I have to mention that I run everything on a Lenovo NUC i5 with Proxmox as my Host.
HA as Docker Container inside a LXC Container. MQTT & Zigbee2MQTT also on seperate LXC Proxmox Containers.
I don't regret that step. Before I was using HAOS in a VM. The difference of speed and "snappines" is definitely noticeable.
Sorry for the off topic. Keep up the good work 👍🏼
Is that difficult to do? I have ha on VM. A bit slow...
@@caspersn1971 no it's not
@@hammerlized can you recommend a turtorial?
Thanks so much for the great video ... one question though ... I have tried to connect the broker and when I click on:
Do you want to configure Home Assistant to connect to the MQTT broker provided by the add-on Mosquitto broker?
and when I do it says' Failed to connect" can't seem to see any obvious reason. I don't suppose anyone on this thread knows why do they?
Everything works apart on every reboot i get a new discovered device the Sonoff Zigbee USB Dongle Plus V2 Stick. When I click on configure it says "Failed to probe the usb device". How can I fix this? I'm using the HA OS on rapsberry Pi 4
You need to disable ZHA because you use Zigbee2MQTT.
Thanks for the video mate ! Helped me get my dongle setup and running ... i have subbed to the channel for more helpful videos in the future
Thank you 🙏🏻
Thanks for the video, quick question, so unlike Sonoff ZBDongle P, ZBDongle E does not need any flash. right?
Indeed.
Thanks to all that said rebooting the Pi would solve the problem. I actually unplugged and then plugged it back in. Thank you again.
Hello, is there any recommended path how to switch from ZHA to Zigbee2mqtt? ZHA is not a add on wondering how to disable it in HA? Thanks a lot!
Click on the three dots in the ZHA card and select disable. That's it!
is there a way to use, together, the zbdongle-e and the zbbdridge-pro? i've both, the latter came free gift buying 6 trvzb valves, and i already set them up inside ewelink and paired with the bridge... but i can connect the dongle to my minipc which is an other room... is there a way to use one to extend the network of the other one, and in case, which to use to pair and which as mesh member? i'd like to keep the ewelink app because i bought the valves so i can remotely close them when someone is not at home in their rooms... thanks in advance!
You're a life saver! thanks...Newbies like me, make sure you att "tt" to mosquitto server..😅
Thank you SHJ for your clear explanation, I managed with your help and a little bit of myself :-): I got stuck after configuring the Zigbee2MQTT: it couldn't be saved. After some desperation, I removed ">-" after port:. After that I was able to save and it works as it should. Afterwards I see that HA has put the ">-" back itself.
I’m very new to HA, but one thing I can add... my HA is running in a docker container on Ubuntu. I had to add the Sonoff stick using the Add Hardware option before it could be seen in my VM. No doubt that’s obvious to the experts...
Thanks for adding this. This will no doubt help other people.
i just bougth this stick, and a friend pointed med to your video. Everything is up and running now. But i did not find the script for ikea lamps in the description of this video. I may be blind. Thanks again.
It's in the ko-fi link in the description.
I used this guide for skyconnect and it worked great! I’d like to switch to a POE dongle instead. What would be the best way to do that?
If I’m starting zigbee for hass from scratch, would you recommend zb2mqtt with this stick, or deconz (possibly with a different one), or something else? I’m not afraid of the occasional bit of yaml but I’d like things to be reliable.
You might want to check this video for it: Zigbee2MQTT vs ZHA vs deCONZ - WATCH THIS BEFORE YOU DECIDE!
ruclips.net/video/RWzzNe5gm5s/видео.html
Hey Ed,
Another great video from you!
Did you manage to have the RTCGQ11LM detect any motion?
Yes, I have multiple in my home.
Hi. When I try to go on hardware I can visualize only processor and memory usage ! No dots, no "all hardware"
Hi Ed, super Tutorial I made it step by step.
How must I use the Code for the IKEA paring script: have you a Tutorial for this to install it I have already download the Code.
I have no scripting experience
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You can just create a new script, click on the three dots in the right upper corner and choose for Edit in Yaml. Then paste the code that you've purchased and save the script.