#zigbee-archived

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clear sleet
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Does mosquitto need any special settings, or it should just work? πŸ˜„

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72M ?

hardy crane
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Z2M

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Zigbee2MQTT

clear sleet
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googling how to listen to that πŸ˜„

clear sleet
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I'm such a noob that I cant even listen too it

jolly narwhal
clear sleet
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shouldnt it just be: mosquitto_sub -h 127.0.0.1 -t zigbee2mqtt

jolly narwhal
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If you are running mosquitto on the host you are running that command from, yes

clear sleet
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well then I see nothing, even if I turn on/off any zigbee

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home assistant registers it, but see no message

jolly narwhal
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Well zigbee2mqtt/#

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Might be better

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Or just #

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To see if anything at all appears

clear sleet
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now I see chat!

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now waiting game again and see if it drops

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also have one of them ikea hubs and some stuff, idea is too put everything on same; atm I run integration for ikeahub; and only 3 things on dongle

jolly narwhal
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Yeah, the tradfri integration was utter shit for me

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I threw it out after a few weeks

clear sleet
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I've had no issues with it at all, had to reboot it once cause it was stuck on some update

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didnt use app, so I didnt check

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it is this device that previously dropped: {"level":"info","message":"MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Frient 110', payload '{\"air_quality\":\"moderate\",\"battery\":100,\"battery_low\":false,\"device\":{\"dateCode\":\"20211025 10:33\",\"friendlyName\":\"Frient 110\",\"ieeeAddr\":\"0x0015bc0036001100\",\"manufacturerID\":4117,\"manufacturerName\":\"frient A/S\",\"model\":\"AQSZB-110\",\"networkAddress\":50197,\"powerSource\":\"Battery\",\"type\":\"EndDevice\",\"zclVersion\":1},\"humidity\":30,\"linkquality\":255,\"temperature\":23.7,\"voc\":265,\"voltage\":3100}'"} {"air_quality":"moderate","battery":100,"battery_low":false,"device":{"dateCode":"20211025 10:33","friendlyName":"Frient 110","ieeeAddr":"0x0015bc0036001100","manufacturerID":4117,"manufacturerName":"frient A/S","model":"AQSZB-110","networkAddress":50197,"powerSource":"Battery","type":"EndDevice","zclVersion":1},"humidity":30,"linkquality":255,"temperature":23.7,"voc":265,"voltage":3100} but it seams chatty

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is there any downside to move from the ikeahub ?

jolly narwhal
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Not really

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One mesh > two meshes

clear sleet
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some kinda easy migration or does everything have to be paired again?

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another question that pops up is software updates ?

jolly narwhal
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For Ikea ota is fine

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So is hue

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And more

unreal flicker
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@jolly narwhal do you happen to know anything about the internals of xbee modules? what isa is the firmware in? registers?

clear sleet
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that was surprisingly painless!

jolly narwhal
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Nope, never seen a xbee, they were introduced 17 years ago, so it isn't very modern

clear sleet
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only had problem with one light that didnt really want to go into pairing

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Do you use homeassistant to manage all the lights, or settings scenes in zigbee2MQTT ?

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I have 3 bulbs in the basement and a sensor; I had it so when sensor i triggered; it lights for 5min

jolly narwhal
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I use ZigBee groups in zigbee2mqtt and automations in HA on said groups

clear sleet
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so I create a group with them 3 bulbs, and trigger it from ha ?

hardy crane
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yeah

clear sleet
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I must say this looks smart, almost like a smart home πŸ˜‰

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then an interesting issue occurred, now sensor for the lights drops out of ha

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but still visible in zigbee2MQTT

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So hard to detect state if it's not reporting to ha

jolly narwhal
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Sensor for light?

clear sleet
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Yepp, dashboard in zigbee2mqtt is awesome compared to info I get in ha

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sensor that I use for lights in basement, shows as unavailable in homeassistant, but perfectly fine in zigbee2mqtt

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Also very funky color on one bulb πŸ˜„

clear sleet
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fixed funky_light with restart

prisma coyote
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Does anyone know if it is possible to get them here in HA, without too many problems.

Trust motion sensor

clear sleet
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Trust your motion sensor

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Nope I dont have a solution for fixing sensors that drop out from mosquitto mqtt

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another solution is to use another sensor, but it worked before so it's a bit dissapointing

clear sleet
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Not sure if mosquitto uses persistence by defult, but I did enable it going through the conf

runic hazel
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What is the recommended ZigBee hub?

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I know I bought a zzh! But we just moved houses and .... It's probably in a box somewhere... No idea where

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Thinking about just buying another controller for now, or possibly instead of zzh long term. However works Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

tepid kelp
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Hi, does anyone have any experience adding a zigbee device that causes other devices to become unresponsive?

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I have this cheap relay I got from China that emulates a xiaomi plug, but when I connect it to my network, it seems to cause other devices to become unresponsive

sweet prawn
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New to zha and zigbee2mqtt today--was using Hue automations before. When I setup an Ikea light automation of 300 sec on and 300 sec off, the automation and transition work fine. However, the light sliders on the dashboard and status of the entities reflect the ultimate action and don't show the transition along the way. So, 300 sec transition to off displays off in the dashboard as soon as the transition begins. But the light isn't off for another 300 secs. Hue integration with same light displayed transition along the way. What am I missing? Thank you!

clear sleet
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Had some sleep, read some this morning and figured everything with wifi, cables were such things that could cause zigbee to get bad signals; so put an exensioncord on the dongle, also switched my wifi channels for coexisting. So now back to the waiting game again πŸ™‚

fresh citrus
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Hi! I've recently moved from a ConBee II to an Elelabs stick with ZHA.
I've got two power plugs that can also measure power consumption, lumi.plug.maeu01. One of them work but the other one is reporting ten times less the power that's used.
So if i use 100W it shows 10W.
Yeah i could make a template as a workaround but i'd rather solve the problem.
I've tried re-pairing it.
Any ideas?

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It's the same with the temperature value of the device as well (showing value divided by 10).

ivory hound
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does Aqara E1 Window And Door Sensor Zigbee 3.0 change parent or is like the old one once paired to a router sticks to it?

sour shadow
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Their Mijia Zigbee 3.0 devices change parent, so I'd expect these would too... but nobody has reported anything

clear sleet
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I'm monitoring chat over the mqtt-server, I can see lots of stuff there, but it's not showing in home assistant, I have no clue why, ha not adding devices from mqtt etc. So basicly the mqtt-server recives everything from zigbee2MQTT. home assistant is in docker, hostmode, mosquitto also in docker. suggestions ?

clear sleet
jolly narwhal
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what isn't showing ?

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you need to enable stuff to be discovered in HA

clear sleet
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have enabled discovery, birth - retain, will message retain (mqtt integration)

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but for some reason entities drops out over time, and I cant figure out why; shows just fine in zigbee2MQTT

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But I can tell from changing channel on wifi and getting an extension cord the dongle; I have all LQI at 255

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so it's prolly less noice

cold viper
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can anyone recommend a zigbee key fob that works with deconz?

clear sleet
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checked a bit more, and it seams to affect only devices on battery; ikea trΓ₯dfri sensor and frient 110. But problem only occurs for home assistant, I can see it fine in zigbee2MQTT

cunning saffron
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Hi everyone, I

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I'm using cc2652p over esp32

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and trying to add ZHA I only get "RuntimeError: Network formation refused, RF environment is likely too noisy. Temporarily unscrew the antenna or shield the coordinator with metal until a network is formed."

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I think I've tried pretty much everything, unscrewing the antenna, wraping the module in tinfoil, moving it across the house, changing channels, modifying my own wifi transmit power

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And I'm still pretty much where I was - is there any trick in the configuration that would help me?

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around 25th channel (2475 Hz) it looks mostly clear (above Wi-Fi's 13th channel)

sour shadow
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cc2652p over esp32
It's entirely possible the WiFi in the ESP is causing you interference issues

cunning saffron
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Wi-Fi is turned off 😦 I'm using ethernet for connection

clear sleet
cunning saffron
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I even thought that providing the USB power to the board might be causing problems, but that doesn't seem the case

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besides using USB for board connection yields the same result anyway

molten linden
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I've found there is a good bit of variance with the cc2652 as far as sensitivity. I've fought with a few to get a network formed due to high RF and once formed the energy scans from those devices show elevated noise. (I'm in a noisy space for my testing so in normal settings it should be better). Not sure which cc2652 you are using but I've had at times to detach the ipex/sma antenna cable before I could get a network formed.. wrapping in foil should work has well but be sure the foil isn't touching the SMA connector. πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

cunning saffron
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Thanks, will try all of it πŸ˜‰ Anyone knows any other ZHA adapter working over Ethernet not prone to these kind of issues? If everything else fails I think I'll buy another one :/

molten linden
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I make them hence why I have so much experience flashing/forming networks for qc etc. tubeszb.com

cunning saffron
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My environment is pretty messy too

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Hard yo find a good spot

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*to

ivory hound
clear sleet
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Nobody in the #zigbee-archived had issues with battery powered devices not being available in home assistant ( zigbee2MQTT ) ?

sour shadow
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Nope

clear sleet
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Did just turn off the advanced options for availibility, see if that does somthing, devices came back in ha and automation for basement lights worked; but took 1min to start; which is way too long. But it's prolly my automation, I better have a look at that.

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Tink would you make groups in zigbee2mqtt or in home assistant ?

sour shadow
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Well... they're different things

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I use Zigbee groups when I want to operate on a bunch of things at once, because that's more reliable

clear sleet
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funny, seams to work when I turned off advanced availibility

red ermine
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Hey there... can any1 help me get my Sonoff Bridge going again? im not able to load the ncp_uart***.ota - giving me an error with Magic byte is not 0xE9

clear sleet
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Then I'll make some group there again, and try to automate it, cause there are 3 bulbs in the basement I want to trigger. So if I understand it, I create groups and not scenes ?

clear sleet
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now battery devices are working when I turned off the advanced stuff. Still automation wont work. Toggle on group I made cant be toggled...needed restart of server

covert matrix
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Hey guys , when pairing zigbee motion sensors/temp sensors with z2m via sonof bridge i am getting power(battery) reported as null, when they were connected to app and proprietary hub i could see reporting fine.
where should i start ?

clear sleet
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when pairing, it should say from the info it collected is supported or not, and I hope you turned of the proprietary bridge so you dont run both at same time.

covert matrix
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working with only sonof

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Support status : Supported
Model: TS0201
Power: %

clear sleet
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from what I just googled, it needs to be paired to a tuya hub, and it will work as long as it got battery; didnt see no work-around. After it's paired, it will report temp/humidity but not battery

covert matrix
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should i not trust this resource?

clear sleet
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Wait, might have something

sour shadow
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Sometimes devices don't report the battery initially. Try interacting with it a bit

clear sleet
covert matrix
clear sleet
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I'm pretty clueless myself, just tried to be of help πŸ™‚

covert matrix
clear sleet
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I asumed it's the build in integration; disregard my comments, I dont know this πŸ™‚

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Tink, btw it works; overcomplicated stuff as usual πŸ˜„

austere patio
cunning saffron
austere patio
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Don't the CC2652 boards take regulated 3.3V?

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If you're piggybacking it off of the ESP32 dev kit's regulator, if could be drawing too much current.

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Can you also enable ZHA debug logging and post what happens when you try to form a network?

lean echo
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isn't it possible to create groups in z2m with door sensors?

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I'm getting the following error:

Failed to add from group (Command 0x00158d0007e61077/1 genGroups.add({"groupid":11,"groupname":""}, {"sendWhen":"immediate","timeout":10000,"disableResponse":false,"disableRecovery":false,"disableDefaultResponse":true,"direction":0,"srcEndpoint":null,"reservedBits":0,"manufacturerCode":null,"transactionSequenceNumber":null,"writeUndiv":false}) failed (Timeout - 31234 - 1 - 149 - 4 - 0 after 10000ms))
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but I can successfully add lights to groups with no problem

austere patio
lean echo
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nope, didn't work either... but TBH I don't even know if it makes sense to create a group with this type of sensors (aqara door sensor) as they don't react to any services AFAIK

austere patio
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Oh Aqara is definitely not going to work

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They just join your network and do their own thing, you can't configure anything about them

lean echo
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LOL

austere patio
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(Unless you have Zigbee 3.0 Aqara door sensors, but I don't think those are easily purchasable yet)

lean echo
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nope I don't

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I guess I'll try to wait to buy more until they're available

valid wharf
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another question related to aqara line.

I got at home Aqara wall switches (or anything actually) and yesterday I found that some of those have a new feature which flips the led indicator (Led ON for turned off light) which is really useful at night so you can identify wherever the light switch is.

this feature is just on the three way switches. is there anyway to have this feature on two and one way switches? or is something that some official dev has to implement and push?

trail mantle
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Anyone has experience with sonoff ZigBee mini's (MINIZB) and ZHA? They seem to have very limited connectivity as repeaters (like they can't connect to other devices a couple of meters away)

tropic depot
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what are you looking for?

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I have a few of them... they work well

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they don't have the best antennas but they do work

valid wharf
austere patio
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How are you measuring it?

trail mantle
# tropic depot what are you looking for?

I have one installed just under the stairs, right under the ceiling.. and another maybe 2 meters from there upstairs in the room right next to the stairs.. and they cannot connect... if I add a Sonoff Plug upstairs accross from the opening they can connect via that

tropic depot
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what cannot connect?

trail mantle
tropic depot
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I can't view the imgur link on my work comp... silly filters

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so i have no idea what you are referring to

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someone dm'd it to me

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I still have no clue what you mean though

trail mantle
# tropic depot I can't view the imgur link on my work comp... silly filters

Ah to bad,

    A
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             B  |  |>  |  |>  |  |

                   C
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A is in a room behind a switch (MINIZB)
B is behind a plug (MINIZB) and below the stairs/ceiling
C is a attachable-plug (SONOFF 26 or something) which I installed for debugging

if C is installed, A gets connection through that, otherwise A and B do not see each other..

tropic depot
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do they work?

trail mantle
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yes I can control them if I have connection via C

tropic depot
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but only if C is present?

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how far from the coordinator are the devices?

trail mantle
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the below-the-stairs thing has a constant connection from the controller / other light appliances

yes, A only has connection if C is present

tropic depot
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my guess is that the mesh isn't dense enough and like I said they don't have the strongest antennas

trail mantle
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the controller is down-stairs in a room directly adjacent to the stairs

austere patio
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Which coordinator?

trail mantle
trail mantle
tropic depot
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why not just leave C in place?

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the more dense the mesh the better everything will be

trail mantle
fervent tiger
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Based on https://github.com/diyruz/freepad ordered and flashed the module. It appears in Z2M. The module has the name ''zigb_mod''. There are many entities in HA to setup each button (switch type and switch action). This works all fine. Final intension is to see in HA when a button is pressed. There are no 'default' entities created in HA for a button press action. I believe I have to create them using MQTT. When I use the developer tool 'MQTT dump' for this topic 'zigb_mod' for 15 seconds, and I press this button within this time the mqtt_dump.txt file remains empty. With each press I see the led blinking and in Z2M the linkquality changes, meaning something is sent... Any idea how to debug?

pine spire
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Does anyone know why I wouldn't get motion detection between a Samsung Smartthings motion sensor and a Sonoff Zigbee coordinator?

fair mountain
calm valve
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Not to interrupt but a few of my Zigbee devices just stopped working. I've tried restarting HA. Turning off the Pi. I've tried unpairing and repairing. I got nothing

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2022-03-03 18:53:47 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.zha.core.channels.base] [0x3744:1:0x0006]: async_initialize: all attempts have failed: [DeliveryError('Request failed after 5 attempts: <Status.NWK_INVALID_REQUEST: 194>'), DeliveryError('Request failed after 5 attempts:

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Logs which seem relevant^^

pine spire
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It's working now, there was a very heavy delay and I disconnected/reconnected all of the motion sensors

fervent tiger
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Checked the Z2M logs and see MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/zigb_mod', payload '{"action":"button_1_single","battery":null,"linkquality":182,"switch_actions_button_1":null,"switch_actions_button_10":null,"switch_actions_button_11": etc etc
when I press button 1 when I release the "action" becomes "", so it works! Can someone help me how to get the state in HA based on this MQTT payload change?

austere patio
calm valve
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Slaesh sorry

austere patio
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Have you tried restarting the devices?

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Are they all connecting to your coordinator through some other device that could have gotten locked up?

calm valve
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What do you mean locked up?

austere patio
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Some Zigbee devices have buggy firmware that can "freeze" and appear online to neighboring devices, but not actually route packets

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If all of the devices you mention seem to be connected through some common bulb, restart it (power them off for at least 10 seconds), the affected devices, and see what happens

fervent tiger
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Can someone help me to setup an MQTT sensor? In Z2M is see when button 1 is pressed:
MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/zigb_mod', payload '{"action":"button_1_single","battery":100,"linkquality":76,"switch_actions_button_1":null,"switch_actions_button_10":null,..........
Button 1 not pressed:
MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/zigb_mod', payload '{"action":"","battery":100,"linkquality":76,"switch_actions_button_1":null,"switch_actions_button_10":null............
In my configuration.yaml I made:

  - platform: mqtt
    state_topic: "zigbee2mqtt/zigb_mod"
    name: "Test Button 1"```
Restarted HA but I don't have any additional entity. What's missing?
calm valve
fervent tiger
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Changed to

sensor:
  - platform: mqtt
    state_topic: "zigbee2mqtt/zigb_mod"
    name: "Test Button 1"
    payload_on: "action":"button_1_single"
    payload_off: ""```
No result...
austere patio
calm valve
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Ah yes. I'll check here if they are all off one tree.

clear sleet
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As a tip from somebody just sorted zigbee; if you have 2.4ghz Wi-Fi set channels correct or you will experience bad signals

jolly narwhal
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Eh, i never bothered doing a channel scan

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I have 7 Access points on random channels

calm valve
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I'm aware they conflict, but I'm not sure your sentence makes sense haha

clear sleet
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I went from 150-ish to constant 255

jolly narwhal
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255 isn't great necessarily

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Nor is lqi very good reference

sour shadow
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255 can also mean not a damn clue

clear sleet
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Right whatever I suggest is wrong I’ll shut up, just telling steps how I got it stable.

jolly narwhal
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Not really

valid wharf
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Reposting:

another question related to aqara line.

I got at home Aqara wall switches (or anything actually) and yesterday I found that some of those have a new feature which flips the led indicator (Led ON for turned off light) which is really useful at night so you can identify wherever the light switch is.

this feature is just on the three way switches. is there anyway to have this feature on two and one way switches? or is something that some official dev has to implement and push?

fervent tiger
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Nobody can help me?

jolly narwhal
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It just doesn't always hold true

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It helps to do Channel scans

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If you have small networks

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With poor meshes

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For sure

clear sleet
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I have 6 UniFi discs, took all bandwidth

jolly narwhal
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Unifi behaves like screaming children

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So sounds plausible

clear sleet
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And again, I better stay quite

calm valve
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Your network is using the insecure Zigbee2MQTT network key!
Would this be the reason some of my devices stopped working?

austere patio
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No, it's just letting you know that your network key is well-known instead of randomly generated

calm valve
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Because they won't even reconnect after I disconnect them. I'm completely lost haha

fervent tiger
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Changed to:

sensor:
  - platform: mqtt
    state_topic: "zigbee2mqtt/zigb_mod"
    name: "Zigb_mod_knop"```
Restarted HA and sensor ``sensor.zigb_mod_knop``is created but always has the state 'unknown'
calm valve
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Trying to reconnect and log shows "Device left the network"

austere patio
calm valve
austere patio
calm valve
austere patio
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10s of context doesn't show much, unfortunately. What happens when you restart the light? Try to rejoin it?

calm valve
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Sorry lad.

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This seems to be the device leaving the network

austere patio
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Indeed

calm valve
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Yeah I've no clue now... Im wondering did I flipping step on the slaesh stick or something.

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But that would be very difficult to do

austere patio
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Nothing would affect only certain devices on the network. Did you try using the stick with Zigbee2MQTT right before the problem started?

calm valve
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Zgibee2MQTT is still receiving messages, but I hadn't touched it before the problem started

austere patio
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Your logs are for zigpy-znp, which is a part of ZHA

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You previously posted the Your network is using the insecure Zigbee2MQTT network key! warning, which means that your stick was once used with Zigbee2MQTT

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If you were to run Zigbee2MQTT a second time, it's possible for Z2M to have re-written its (old) network settings to the stick, causing your network to be half broken like this. But if you say that you haven't done anything at all to the network or any software controlling it, that's not the issue.

calm valve
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Well, I just ran it literally there now to see what was going on and it's busy...

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If that makes sense

austere patio
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What software are you referring to when you say "it"?

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You can't run both Zigbee2MQTT and ZHA, they're mutually exclusive

calm valve
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MQTT Explorer.

austere patio
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ZHA doesn't have any MQTT integration at all, it's all contained within Home Assistant

calm valve
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Yes sorry, I'm getting confused

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It's all running through HA

austere patio
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So you are 1000% sure that you do not have the Zigbee2MQTT addon installed and configured to use the Slaesh stick?

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(Don't install it now, then your network will really be broken)

calm valve
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lol.

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I do not have an addon installed.

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I do however have a docker container running for Mosquitto.

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But honestly, I anywhere near the config file, the pi or anything and it just stopped working.

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2022-03-03 20:58:57 WARNING (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.zha.core.channels.base] [0x3744:1:0x0008]: async_initialize: all attempts have failed: [DeliveryError('Request failed after 5 attempts: <Status.NWK_INVALID_REQUEST: 194>'), DeliveryError('Request failed after 5 attempts: <Status.NWK_INVALID_REQUEST: 194>'), DeliveryError('Request failed after 5 attempts: <Status.NWK_INVALID_REQUEST: 194>'), DeliveryError('Request failed after 5 attempts: <Status.NWK_INVALID_REQUEST: 194>')]```
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This is the last log that comes up after restart.

austere patio
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Can you post the full log after letting HA run for like 20 minutes, including you rebooting the bulbs, attempting to rejoin them, etc.?

calm valve
austere patio
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The full home-assistant.log log (redact any location and person info) is more useful. There are a lot of relatively long-running processes interleaved so an error message in one spot won't necessarily correspond to whatever happened at that time.

glossy pulsar
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Hey, got some problems and I think it is atleast connected with a device appearing as 'unk_manufacturer unk_model'. Google tells me to remove it, but it has no remove button at all. how do i get rid of it?

austere patio
glossy pulsar
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yes

calm valve
glossy pulsar
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and it has all the same devices connected to it as the real usb stick, but got a different address

austere patio
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A stale device wouldn't really cause any issues but it not having a remove button is a bug

glossy pulsar
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i think it maybe the stick i used before haunting it

austere patio
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That's probably it. I wouldn't worry about it, the visualization is only showing you what ZHA thinks the network looks like, it doesn't actually have control over connections.

glossy pulsar
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but then again, the motion sensors i have, do not sent events, but since they got a led, i can see they trigger

calm valve
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^^logs

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Would it be worth going back to my backup from like 3 weeks ago? Nothing changed since then anyway

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Or sorry, my backup before I upgraded about three weeks ago

austere patio
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If it's a network-level problem, no, network state lives on the stick and among the devices on the network

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You can't really restore a Zigbee network backup like that

calm valve
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Yeah, so the issue isn't software related.

austere patio
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I'm not seeing any devices joining your network, only leaving

calm valve
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Which would suggest they are on the network to begin with

austere patio
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But if they can announce that they are leaving, they can announce that they are joining, so it's not really a communication issue

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Are these IKEA devices?

calm valve
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Two bulbs are

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One is a Samsung Smartthings

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A few Tuya Life

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But I think I'm getting them back here

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They seem to have just decided to do it themselves...

glossy pulsar
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lol, guess sometimes turning it off and on again really helps... the sensor in that case

mighty river
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Hi Home Assistant fellows!
I bought a 4 zone wall mounted dimmer (Sunricher/YPHIX ZG2833K8_EU05) and trying to use it with Home Assistant (ConBee II with Zigbee Home Automation Integration) . I can pair it and it says it’s configured succesfully but the created entities don’t match 4 independent dimmer switches. Do you have a guess where to look for troubleshooting? I can see a sql error with a foreign key constraint in the logs.

royal hollow
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anyone have a suggestion for an in wall smart switch that is smart bulb compatible, so it will pass power even when the bulb is off?

mighty river
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I'd like to send some files here for troubleshooting. Is file transfer disabled here?

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sour shadow
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Embeds are disabled because too many idiots share lots of images of text otherwise...

mighty river
austere patio
mighty river
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unfortunately not. there's only one button entity in ha (button.sunricher_zg2833k8_eu05_9da165fe_identify) but the switch has four on/off pairs of buttons. something is not right

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those are the entities:
9da165fe identify
9da165fe power
9da165fe basic lqi
9da165fe basic rssi

austere patio
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You're not seeing zha_event get fired when you click the buttons?

worn zephyr
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Can anyone help me with the integration of a Aqara Roller Shade Driver E1 through DeConz? I'm confused whether it is still possible or not and if yes, how

raven jewel
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I integrated it with Z2M, where are you struggling, maybe I can help

mighty river
worn zephyr
raven jewel
worn zephyr
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Atleast i couldn't find where that would be possible.
The device has a "Windows Covering Cluster", but that doesn't really help me rn.

I saw that they were talking about the firmware in the issue and some people used custom xml files, but the stuff that happened there is definitely too complicated for me.

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If you want to see any screenshots i can provide them, but basically they have everything documented in the git issue.

mighty river
remote burrow
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i have an cc2538 2592 stick with a lot of paired devices.
i want to replace it with an sonoff dongle plus cc2652
i wanted to try https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/faq/#how-do-i-migrate-from-one-adapter-to-another
so i got the ZigStar Multi Tool and wanted to copy the id.
but that doesnt work.
if i try to write the new id, the display just switches to another id and burns that.
also i am not sure, how to really switch to the bsl mode.
i tried to push and hold the boot button while connect it to usb and hold the button for 5.10 seconds.
but the ZigStar Multi Tool cannot connect then.
it just connects if i press start immediatly after plugging in.
what am i doing wrong?

austere patio
remote burrow
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z2m

austere patio
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Z2M should auto migrate when you replace sticks

remote burrow
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so i just have to change ttyACM0 to ttyUSB0 and restart?

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i tried that and just got an "5xx bad gateway"

austere patio
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I think so, this is the first I'm hearing of a need to clone some IEEE address

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Try cc2538-bsl instead of the ZigStar tool

remote burrow
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i also have a problem to enter the bsl mode

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a hint with that?

austere patio
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Run the script with --bootloader-sonoff-usb

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You don't need to press any buttons

remote burrow
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i try now πŸ™‚

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first again without address cloning

remote burrow
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grmbl

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i have hassos

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if i change the serial port in the config file, it just doesnt change

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ir i reload the file it is ACM0 again

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what is the way to change it?

raven jewel
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Through whatever integration or addon you're using

remote burrow
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i use hassos in virtualbox with supervisor and the z2m addon

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meanwhile in the config there is ttyUSB0

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but i always get an "bad gateway"

urban ridge
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Hello. I'm just getting started with HA, and have a few Aqara Zigbee devices, using ZHA, with a Nortek controller. Only end devices so far (door/window, motion). I'd like to add some repeaters to get a mesh going. Looking at a couple of the Sonoff ZBmini switches and an Aqara double (w/ neutral) wall switch. Am I on the right track, or is there another brand / type of device to go with?

remote burrow
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now i tried the following:

obsidian sandalBOT
remote burrow
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but after that i still get

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./cc2538-bsl.py --bootloader-sonoff-usb -p /dev/ttyUSB0
sonoff
Opening port /dev/ttyUSB0, baud 500000
Connecting to target...
CC1350 PG2.0 (7x7mm): 352KB Flash, 20KB SRAM, CCFG.BL_CONFIG at 0x00057FD8
Primary IEEE Address: 00:12:4B:00:24:C9:3A:82

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so the ieee address did not change?

austere patio
latent void
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Hey, is this the right way to reference a custom quirks folder in configuration.yaml? zha: custom_quirks_path: "config/custom_quirks"

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Worked... kinda. File "/config/custom_quirks/TS011F_plug.py", line 26, in <module> from zhaquirks.tuya import TuyaZBOnOffRestorePowerCluster ImportError: cannot import name 'TuyaZBOnOffRestorePowerCluster' from 'zhaquirks.tuya' (/usr/local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/zhaquirks/tuya/__init__.py)

runic hazel
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threw me for a loop the other day when I found it in a pinned comment

flat rock
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Would anyone be able to help me understand why zigbee2mqtt is unreachable? I recently moved everything to a new network (new house) and changed over the IP addresses for everything, and everything else is workin' fine, but zigbee2mqtt (the address for it in firefox) is just giving me "Unable to connect". The container is running.

Edit: I saw in the logs that zigbee2mqtt is trying to listen for mqtt on the old IP address, but I have no idea where that is set or stored. I completely stopped, removed, and re-upped zigbee2mqtt and it's still listening to the old IP.

latent void
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Anyone have experience writing a custom quirk?

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(ZHA)

latent void
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Ok, made some progress. Stuck trying to get the signature right / getting it to apply. I think I've got everything right except one part, there is a cluster called "Cluster" (Unknown cluster 61184) and I'm not sure how to reference it in the quirk. I tried "Unknown.cluster_id" which didn't work. I assume I need to use the correct cluster reference, but if its missing how can I get the signature to match?

latent void
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Tried cluster too.. AttributeError: type object 'Cluster' has no attribute 'cluster_id'

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(from zigpy.zcl.clusters.general import)

valid wharf
# urban ridge Hello. I'm just getting started with HA, and have a few Aqara Zigbee devices, u...

The sonoff zbmini are not a great choice. The antennas there are pretty bad.

I got two in my house, one is about 6 meters from several aqara wall witches and is the worst lqi from the whole mesh.

Another one is on the farest spot of my place (about 15 meters two walls from the nearest repeter) and it has been a struggle to get it running consistently. Yesterday i placed in the same room a led driver and voilΓ , it works flawlessly.

Aqara wall switches work well. I got my whole house with those and I got no issues at all.

Just check the measures of your electrial wall boxe s (not sure if this is the proper way to call those). I got a newer ones installed in my house that barely fit the aqara wall switches. I had to trim 3/4 anchor points.

Any device that is power connected is supposed to work as a repeater btw

tall pike
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Hi everyone, with the recent updates in 2022.2, I just noticed that every ZigBee device now has 2 more disabled entities, sensors for LQI and RSSI. Anybody know what these are for? And how are we supposed to use them? Not sure if this has been discussed earlier though. I'm using ZHA by the way!

ivory hound
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LQI deals with quality and strength of the zigbee signal

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RSSI same but for wifi

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none of that important

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also they change a lot so if they are enabled they send a lot more data trough mqtt and wifi

sour shadow
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LQI is on a scale of 0 (dead) to 255 (perfect/unknown)

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It's also reported differently by different devices, so you can't really use it to compare apples to oranges

ashen scaffold
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i need a door gong dos anyone know something with zigbee

tall pike
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Thanks for the tips! Wonder why they decided to expose these as additional sensors then...theoretically could set up an automation to alert if LQI/RSSI for any device falls under some value? But sounds like a recipe for lots of false positives.

sour shadow
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It can be useful to you to see if you've got a problem sensor/location

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Maybe you've got one that sees a massive variation and isn't reliable, so you can investigate to see if it's a signal problem

ivory hound
ivory hound
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hey guys new fw:

RELEASE NOTES - RGBW-A60_RGBW_Value_II-0x1189-0x008A-0x02146550-MF_DIS-20211203083445-3221010102432.ota
Date: Wednesday, 02 March 2022

1.ZLO gap fix
2.RGBW color calibration
3.Disable touch-link function
tall pike
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I'd rather like to identify which of my routers are the keystones/bottlenecks in the network, which could do with reinforcement by placing more routers nearby. A sensor dropping off here and there in the periphery may not be so bad. But I'm paranoid about losing a key link and having 1/3 of my network drop off.

clear sleet
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Just saw a bettery device drop out again, so issue isnt solved.

ivory hound
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@clear sleetwhat u are using?

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zha z2m

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?

clear sleet
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zigbee2mqtt, conbee II (latest firmware), I adjusted wifi according to docs - signal got better, I turned off advanced options in availability and it started to function better last nite. I can see it in zigbee2mqtt fine and works; but it shows as unavailable in home assistant (mqtt)

ivory hound
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look at the map see what this sensor parent is

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let me know

clear sleet
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https://pasteboard.co/5TNb8Y5diJQ2.png only them green on battery that drops. atm it's frient that has gone, dungeon_sensor been stable; and now it's unavaible too. So basicly battery powered devices drops from mqtt, but visiuble in z2m

ivory hound
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sooo what's the one that drops?

clear sleet
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the ones with green, so dungeron_sensor and frient.

ivory hound
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workshop bulb what device is it? ikea bulb?

clear sleet
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Yepp

ivory hound
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also that two sensors what are they

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ikea also?

clear sleet
ivory hound
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do this for me pls, nothing else, go cut the power to workshop bulb, wait 10 seconds, and power it on again, wait a few minutes see if dungeon sensor works

clear sleet
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Okidokie

ivory hound
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also I think battery's are gone at least for dungeon sensor seem a bit low

clear sleet
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it's not a battery issue for sure, other device on battery becomes unavailable also

ivory hound
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try to power cycle as stated before all your routers (bulbs and plugs) i bet everything will work after

clear sleet
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previously ran this on ikeahub, no failure in 2 years πŸ˜„

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now it cant even operate for 10h

ivory hound
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do what i've asked please, if it works i'll explain what is going on

clear sleet
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so I just power on/off everything ?

ivory hound
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lines doesn't matter to much does it work?

clear sleet
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do I also remove battery from stuff ?

ivory hound
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no

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just power cycle powered devices

clear sleet
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aight

ivory hound
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leave battery devices alone

clear sleet
ivory hound
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doesn't matter

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zigbee is a mesh network

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does your device work (function) atm

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does your dungeon sensor detect motion?

clear sleet
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They still shows as unavaible in home assistant

ivory hound
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ok

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remove it in mqtt integration

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just go there and remove the device

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it will be recreated if it works

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after you delete the ones that are unavailable

clear sleet
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well in zigbee2mqtt I can see the sensor, and I see that it triggers

ivory hound
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restart zigbee2mqtt

clear sleet
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Well when I remove the sensor, I have to redo automations

ivory hound
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no

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you do not

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i said remove them in mqtt integration on home assistant

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zigbee2mqtt discovery will add them back

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if they are available

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ivory hound
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lol

clear sleet
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they were re-added when I restart zigbee2mqtt / home assistant, still shows as unavailable.

ivory hound
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and zigbee2qmtt shows the status correctly

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?

clear sleet
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Jepp, thats the weird part

ivory hound
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look at exposes

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in z2m

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also restart home assistant too

clear sleet
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I restarted ha too

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battery powered devices unavailable home assistant

ivory hound
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got it

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i don't think is paired correctly

clear sleet
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so both of my battery devices is paired incorrectly ?

ivory hound
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they are different, the fact that they are battery powered is not a coincidence

clear sleet
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symptoms of devices are identical, so should be similair problem

ivory hound
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i think they fall a sleep during interview and did not pair correctly

clear sleet
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OK, then I try re-pairing

ivory hound
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try first with the motion sensor

clear sleet
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Do I reset it to factory, or just re-intervu?

ivory hound
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move it every 5 seconds until it says pair successful

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reset

clear sleet
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So I remove it from zigbee2mqtt first ?

ivory hound
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not needed

wind marlin
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Is it best to use Zigbee2mqtt for the ikea bulbs?

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whats the easiest way to connect i guess is my questions

sour shadow
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ZHA is probably the easiest since it's part of HA

wind marlin
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ok

clear sleet
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I did change batteries and did a reset, shows as offline

wind marlin
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I can seem to find the ZHA add-on.

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in add-on store

sour shadow
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It's an integration

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ivory hound
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@clear sleetwhere it show's offline? ha or z2m?

clear sleet
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z2m

ivory hound
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then ther's the problem

wind marlin
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No idea what this ZHA radio port is. any help would be great

ivory hound
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anyway @clear sleet my best guess is when you trow that conbee stick everything will work correctly after

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ah no what you sent to mee looks ok now

tall pike
ivory hound
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i can see it reads all atributes correctly

sour shadow
wind marlin
ivory hound
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except lqi is 255

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this is why it see it offline

sour shadow
obsidian sandalBOT
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Buy something CC2652 based. This list is a good one, both Tube and Electrolama have been proven to have excellent customer service. The current generation of EZSP sticks (see here for some) are also a good choice for ZHA.

Anything CC2530 or CC2531 based should be avoided - they're old, slow, and only suitable for a dozen or so devices. The Sonoff ZBbridge isn't advised since it uses WiFi (built in interference causing stability/reliability issues), and the HUSBZB-1 uses an older chipset so should be avoided.

Finally, the ConBee range are fine with deCONZ, but experience with ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT appears to be mixed.

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clear sleet
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well I did bring it up to computer, so 255 is prolly accurate

ivory hound
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ahh

sour shadow
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255 is also don't know

clear sleet
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was tired of 3 flights of stairs

ivory hound
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nooo do not pair like that

sour shadow
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Congratulations, you just screwed the mesh over

ivory hound
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@clear sleetlet me explain this to you

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so, always pair a sensor or a device in a place where is used

wind marlin
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SO I can just connect to the ikea bulb through home assistant? I need some other zigbee device?

sour shadow
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You need a coordinator - a radio

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Something has to have a radio, to talk Zigbee

clear sleet
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Might need to readd most of shit then πŸ˜„

ivory hound
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if you don't do it like this then it will loose signal when is moved to that location, maybe that location where you move it doesn't even has good coverage for your mesh zigbee network

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yah

wind marlin
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I have this Styrbar remote this that came with the bulb. will that work? @sour shadow

sour shadow
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Nope

clear sleet
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then I must get 10 friends so I can readd the devices, but I dont really have friends.

tall pike
ivory hound
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@clear sleet do it like this, pair the closes router (zigbee powered device) close to the coordinator (deconz stick in your case)

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after that pair the second router

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the tird

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etc

tall pike
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Just pick one of the radios from the list of cc2652s. I personally use a Conbee II though am now slightly tempted to change...

ivory hound
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then add sensors

clear sleet
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isnt there some magicl heal or reconfigurate as in zwave ?

ivory hound
clear sleet
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but push at the computer and simultanious be at the device?!

jolly narwhal
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lqi can mostly be ignored anyway

clear sleet
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how do I do that from 3 flights of stairs?!

ivory hound
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@clear sleet pay attention please

jolly narwhal
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and always pair in place

ivory hound
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you have a mobile right?

jolly narwhal
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a laptop will suffice

wind marlin
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So I need some USB Zigbee connection? what if im using a tablet to control? Can I plug this USB (Zigbee stick) into the raspberry pi 4 running home assistant?

tall pike
clear sleet
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I'll move my terminal console closer and I'll figure it out

sour shadow
clear sleet
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keytronic ftw

ivory hound
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@clear sleetopen zigbee2mqtt url from your mobile

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login

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do the stuff

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but read again up how i've said to do it

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from what i'am getting you dont have enough routers so devices are to far apart, will not pair (be seen)

tall pike
sour shadow
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The pinned messages have a lot of good knowledge

tall pike
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Yes indeed...listen to @sour shadow , he knows πŸ™‡β€β™‚οΈ πŸ™‡β€β™‚οΈ

clear sleet
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after 5 years, I know that, or is it longer ?

sour shadow
clear sleet
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think I joined up what was his name that did some cool shit with hikvision cams, was really amazing and new, think he lived in us but from india, very cool guy anywho

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I get failed to reconfigure device when I re-pair this ikea sensor

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tried other battery device too, also shows as offline, same error

sour shadow
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If it shows offline in Z2M then it's not connected to the mesh, or connected to a parent that it doesn't like

clear sleet
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It was connected to the mesh earlier but now it wont connect.

sour shadow
ivory hound
clear sleet
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oh well powercyled everything, tried to pair again, but comes up as offline

ivory hound
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we are not comunicating

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i am writing, you are not reading

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i am done

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gl with your zigbee network

ivory hound
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i thin i found a bug, can somebody try this for me: go in to your ha ui and try to change on a xiaomi door window sensor the type from door to window or from whatever is set to something else

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?

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the window will just disappear and nothing will be changed

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i think this happens with all binary sensors

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just tried a samsung one

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does the same

light pagoda
ivory hound
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good choice

sour shadow
ivory hound
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yep

raven jewel
calm spear
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Hey. maybe someone can help me. Zigbee2mqtt is running. I also see devices. But when creating an automation no device is showing up. Maybe its because there is mentioned "availability: deactivated"?

sour shadow
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You may also want to check Devices in HA and pick the filter to show disabled devices

calm spear
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I have to edit the config?

sour shadow
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For that, yes - Z2M's config

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It may be possible in the UI

calm spear
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availability: false

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Edit to true?

sour shadow
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Well, yes

calm spear
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I test it

sour shadow
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You could try something else, but it seems unlikely to help

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The other thing to do is to check the MQTT integration in HA, select dotsvertical and System Options to see if MQTT is adding newly found entities

calm spear
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I changed it and it showes now available - but no changes in automation.

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okay

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On emoment

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Cant find it

sour shadow
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Can't find what?

calm spear
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select dotsvertical and System Options to see if MQTT

sour shadow
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Start in the Integration menu

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Find MQTT

calm spear
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{"result": "ok", "data": {}}1646398361: New client connected from 172.30.32.1 as mqttjs_a92f6b00 (p2, c1, k60, u'mqtt_user').

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Cant see if a entity is created

sour shadow
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Did you remember to find a quiet channel for Zigbee?

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And your neighbours?

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Well, that may be the problem

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The pins have a couple of guides on finding quiet channels - mostly it's a case of either:

  1. Scan for active WiFi
  2. Use a spare stick and do an energy scan
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Spare Zigbee stick

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So you don't have to stop your current setup to do a scan

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That will cause issues

light pagoda
clear sleet
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moved stick to another machine, repaired everything and it seams to work now. running only with homeassistant: true according to website

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Niiju, I've heard from good sources that LQI tells nothing.

jolly narwhal
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LQI isn't very accurate

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does the device behave properly ? great, it doesn't, fix it

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255 is either great or horrible

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again, LQI isn't very interesting

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no

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the range is 0-254

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I haven't had a device "not work" for three years tbh

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but I have a strong mesh of 80 or so routers

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  • 40ish end devices
clear sleet
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I only repaired 29 devices, I'm such a noob.

jolly narwhal
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By device type
Router: 79
End devices: 42
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No, nothing ever stops working

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unless it is a failed battery

clear sleet
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in my defence I have 21 zwavethingy's and endless still running 433

jolly narwhal
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I just changed 4 batteries yesterday, so that brings my totalt up to 6 changed batteries in 3 years

clear sleet
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I've heard from some girls that they change batteries every 2 days ?

jolly narwhal
clear sleet
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I shall do powernap in the middle of day, later folks!

jolly narwhal
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This is all my battery devices I think

# 
lumi.weather: 8
lumi.sensor_motion.aq2: 5
lumi.sensor_magnet: 5
lumi.sensor_switch.aq2: 4
RWL021: 4
lumi.sensor_magnet.aq2: 3
TRADFRI on/off switch: 2
lumi.remote.b286acn01: 2
SYMFONISK Sound Controller: 2
lumi.sensor_cube.aqgl01: 1
TRADFRI remote control: 1
lumi.router: 1
lumi.remote.b1acn01: 1
lumi.sensor_smoke: 1
lumi.sen_ill.mgl01: 1
lumi.airmonitor.acn01: 1
Remote Control N2: 1
fervent tiger
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Still struggeling to setup an MQTT sensors. Spend many hours to search for a solution but it doesn't work. Who knows the missing part?

I have a MQTT node called 'zigb_mod' that sends below messages:
If button 1 pressed:
MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/zigb_mod', payload '{"action":"button_1_single","battery":100,"linkquality":76,"switch_actions_button_1":null,"switch_actions_button_10":null............
If button 1 is not pressed:
MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/zigb_mod', payload '{"action":"","battery":100,"linkquality":76,"switch_actions_button_1":null,"switch_actions_button_10":null............

In my configuration.yaml I made:
sensor:

  • platform: mqtt
    state_topic: "zigbee2mqtt/zigb_mod"
    name: "zigb_mod_knop"

I also added some other options but the State of sensor.zigb_mod_knop remains always 'unknown'

unreal flicker
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are most zigbee based devices fully inter-compatible?
can i just mix any zigbee based lightswitch with any coordinator dongle, and mix more zigbee stuff in later on?

sour shadow
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Mostly

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Compatibility with the coordinator is largely down to the software you run, not the dongle itself (mostly)

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Beyond that, some devices play well with others, and some ... just don't - the pinned messages have a bunch of useful links

unreal flicker
sour shadow
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Yes

unreal flicker
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makes sense, i assume the mesh network also doesnt care who is really in control?

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so any end device could tell the lightbulb to turn on?

sour shadow
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If it supported binding, sure

unreal flicker
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yeah, and dumber devices wont have a gui for that, and rely on some node knowing what the bindings are and translating

harsh zenith
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Would you guys say the sonoff zigbee 3.0 dongle plus is as good a start as any for a zigbee hub? There isn't anything zigbee that is future proof for thread, is there?

unreal flicker
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what happens if your mixing 2.0 and 3.0 devices in your mesh?

sour shadow
sour shadow
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Nothing bad happens...

unreal flicker
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ah, so it will still work?

sour shadow
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Yup

unreal flicker
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what changed then?

sour shadow
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Lots of stuff?

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Backwards compatibility is a thing though

harsh zenith
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I'm seeing the sonoff for like $15 on one site

sour shadow
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They're cheap, sure. Feedback so far is mostly ok, though it seems there's some build quality issues

unreal flicker
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oh, and a question on mesh topology
what if i have a zigbee based remote for turning things on/off
how well does it deal with needing to use a different router in the mesh without warning, due to being moved out of range of the previous router/coordinator?

sour shadow
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Depends on whether that's Zigbee 3.0, or something older (and which something older), and who made it

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The answer is everything from handles it seamlessly to fails

unreal flicker
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i assume always-on things like a lightbulb/outlet deal with it better?

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and also those move far less

sour shadow
#

Generally devices that are routers cope better than end devices

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But, it varies a lot across brand - Xiaomi's Zigbee 1.2 devices (and older) are known to be very sticky and unlikely to change parent

unreal flicker
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and there is also a question of range

sour shadow
#

less than you think

formal olive
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zigbee2mqtt nubie here.. would like to know how can it show status light as unknown? when the switch is turn off

sour shadow
#

Whatever the theory says, reality says you'll get maybe 8 meters if you're lucky

formal olive
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currently it remain status on

unreal flicker
#

measuring....

sour shadow
#

Thing is, with a mesh, point to point is less of a big deal

unreal flicker
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its about 17 meters of open air between my house and the garage

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and there is nothing in that gap that i could put mesh nodes on

sour shadow
#

That's probably ok, if you can put a strong router at the outer wall of each

unreal flicker
#

id have to hang a string of routers off the clothes line, lol

sour shadow
#

Even better if you can use a Zigbee coordinator flashed with router firmware, and an external antenna

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Then the antenna can get routed outside

unreal flicker
#

and even then, the clothes line is 7 meters from the garage

#

powerline stuff is also out of the question, its on its own meter, running from a different transformer

sour shadow
#

Worst case you could run a second mesh in the garage ablobjoy

unreal flicker
#

but how would HA deal with 2 coordinators plugged into different machines?

sour shadow
#

You'd have to run Zigbee2MQTT for the second mesh

unreal flicker
#

ah

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and a cat5 cable, lol

sour shadow
#

Yup, and drop a PoE capable coordinator at the far end

unreal flicker
#

and the only thing worth controlling there, is the exterior lights

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currently, its on a fixed schedule, and comes on an hour before sunset

#

i have played with xbee chip-antenna modems before, and the range was surprisingly bad, even within the house

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it struggled to do 6 meters thru 1 wall/floor

sour shadow
#

I'd expect that "line of sight" range on a quality CC2652 based stick to be easily 20 meters. I get a useable signal about 10 meters through multiple plasterboard walls

unreal flicker
#

but the name kind of says it all, 1mW.....

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and just use the usb port only for power

flat rock
sour shadow
unreal flicker
harsh zenith
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Any recs on zigbee repeaters besides the Ikea ones? I realize this is a terrible reason, but I think they just look really ugly

plain latch
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evening folks

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how would I go about debugging these? I've got both lights and remote connected via ZHA

harsh zenith
#

On the subject on zigbee hardware, I think I'd like to pull the trigger on door sensors and temp/humidity sensors. Would going with Aqara for both be a good starting point for me into zigbee? I see the door sensor has an e1 (zigbee 3.0 version), but it doesn't look like thats the case for the temp/humidity sensor

raven jewel
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I have the older Aqara sensors and they're great, cheap, reliable, and if you're so inclined, hackable

harsh zenith
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Hackable in a good or bad sense? Haha

raven jewel
harsh zenith
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Ha, nice!

limpid cloud
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You can also use the Aquara door sensor to read the magnet on many Gas meters, if you take out of the plastic case.

fair mountain
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the Aqara door sensors are great.

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I would not call their sensors reliable, though πŸ˜‰

fair mountain
raven jewel
fair mountain
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They are not the same.

limpid cloud
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Aqara is Xiaomi

fair mountain
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Yes, Xiamoi makes Aqara sensors.

raven jewel
#

I have done the same thing with Aqara sensors.

fair mountain
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But they are not the same sensors.

#

my Aqara sensors look nothing like that.. internally, even.

raven jewel
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Aqara make Xiaomi things. And the door sensors work the exact same way from the hackability perspective. I took one apart to do the same trick, and had no problems πŸ˜‰

fair mountain
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Which I acknowledged.

raven jewel
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No, you said the inverse

harsh zenith
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Wait, now I'm confused. If I'm getting Aqara sensors on AliExpress, am I getting the kind that we were referring to earlier?

sour shadow
#

Depends on what ones you're getting

solid hollow
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Is ZHA (technically) more responsive than Z2MQTT because its reading values directly as opposed to dealing with a broker?

austere patio
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Maybe by 0.05ms, sure

solid hollow
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And I assume if I'm running a broker/Z2M on a different machine its going to be a greater delay then

austere patio
#

Nothing perceptible if they're on the same network and wired together

solid hollow
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(I'm currently running Z2M on a sonoff stick on a separate machine to see if it will destroy some tardif stuff) - and it seems slow an twitchy on response

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But its wireless not wired

austere patio
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That'd introduce some small delays if your connection isn't great

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But "responsiveness" for a setup that includes five moving parts requires more investigation: is it the Zigbee network that's responding poorly due to interference? The MQTT broker connection over WiFi? Whatever automation system you're using?

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If you collect debug logs, that should give you some insight into what is introducing the delays

jolly narwhal
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I've been running z2m with three different hosts involved

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Stuff reacts faster than i can open a door

sterile sleet
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would be so awesome to automate with door openers if they were not that clunky πŸ˜„

jolly narwhal
harsh zenith
# sour shadow Depends on what ones you're getting

So my goal is to get the following. Are there any particular aliexpress sellers you would recommend? Or do I just need to make sure it says Aqara and not Xiaomi?

  • Aqara E1 door/window sensors
  • Aqara temp/humidity sensors
  • Aqara water sensor
plain latch
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on ZHA, can I somehow see the events that happen when I press on a trΓ₯dfi button I added?

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also, why can I read the battery % of remotes that I paired with the ikea gateway, but not from the ones on zha?

sour shadow
covert matrix
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Hey guys, Getting this on supported sensor
Zigbee2MQTT:info 2022-03-04 21:06:25: MQTT publish: topic 'zigbee2mqtt/Dining_Temp', payload '{"battery":null,"humidity":62.8,"last_seen":"2022-03-04T19:06:25.314Z","linkquality":32,"temperature":17.8,"voltage":null}'
i saw other people seeing battery without issues

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any idea where should i start looking ?

grave rune
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Hi!
I'm trying to move to a conbee II from a Tradfri Gateway. I've followed the Zigbee Home Automation guide, added the integration (ZHA) into HA (but did nothing else). I'm running HA in docker and passed the USB via docker compose 'devices'. that seemed to work, but I'm failing to pair devices. Am I missing something?

sour shadow
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Is the ConBee on a USB extension cable, and not on a USB 3.0 port?

grave rune
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it's directly on the port on a raspy 4

harsh zenith
sour shadow
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That guy doesn't know what he's talking about

harsh zenith
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fair enough

austere patio
grave rune
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@sour shadow trying with an extension cable now...

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have no cable that's working around, trying a small usb hub to get 'away' from the rapsy, does not seem to do anything

austere patio
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Especially with the Conbee, you very much want to avoid USB 3.0 and any potential sources of interference, like the pi itself

grave rune
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the pi is in a aluminium case, so interference should be minimal. but there are walls in between the conbee and the devices

sour shadow
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How many walls, and what type of walls?

harsh zenith
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alright, about to place an order for aqara sensors (temp/humidity, water/leak, vibration, and window/door). should i get some zigbee repeaters from aliexpress as well, while I'm at it. if so, any recs?

sour shadow
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Buy some Zigbee plugs, they're more useful than dumb repeaters

harsh zenith
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any particular brand/model you recommend? they need to work well with the aqara sensors

fair mountain
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I wonder how the Sonoff S31 Zigbee plugs are?

echo yarrow
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@distant gulch said he's using the s31zb

grave rune
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brick walls! but it worked with a bulb and an usb hub! thanks!!!

sour shadow
harsh zenith
#

US

sour shadow
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I can recommend some UK plugs...

royal hollow
distant gulch
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my S31s work great

harsh zenith
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with aqara sensors specifically? and they definitely connect/use the repeaters?

echo yarrow
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I have one in my cart.

distant gulch
echo yarrow
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along with the aqara temp/humid sensor, because I need more sensors. πŸ™‚

distant gulch
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i've only just started with a couple of zigbee devices

echo yarrow
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I just keep coming back to the zwave stuff, seems more solid. I'll try a repeater with that motion sensor for the understairs pantry.

distant gulch
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I'm using zig2mqtt so if you know how I can see if they're meshing in that I can tell you for sure

echo yarrow
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youc an in that.

royal hollow
distant gulch
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Β―_(ツ)_/Β―

austere patio
#

Scan results are self-reported. If the device isn't listed in the neighbor table of the switch, it won't show up. But that doesn't mean that it's not connected.

sour shadow
harsh zenith
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I'm just baffled that my google-fu isn't netting me any solid answers on good US plugs for Aqara. Aren't Aqara sensors like one of the most popular cheap zigbee options that a lot of folks go with?

austere patio
#

If it's Zigbee 3.0 it'll work with Aqara

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If it's not listed as 3.0, it'll probably work with Aqara

royal hollow
#

yeah, why would it need to be 'for Aqara'?

harsh zenith
#

I'm reading tons of posts about Aqara sensors being picky

austere patio
#

Aqara devices are a lot more battery-conscious than other devices and sleep for longer than they should. This makes some parent routers assume they disconnected from the mesh.

sour shadow
#

Interestingly my Tuya and Konke devices sleep longer then the Aqara ones...

austere patio
#

Some people also join them to the mesh right next to the coordinator them walk them up three flights of stairs. Since they won't re-scan for a new parent, they'll only barely work.

sour shadow
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My Aqara devices check in every hour, the others check in every few hours

austere patio
#

The other devices likely poll their parent for new packets (so they're still "awake") but not actually send anything to the coordinator. Aqara doesn't...

echo yarrow
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@harsh zenith part of the reason I just went zwave. not much cost difference in the sensors.

austere patio
#

You're in the wrong channel then πŸ˜†

echo yarrow
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aqara motion sensor just dropping off the network.

#

puddly I'm in both channels. πŸ™‚

sour shadow
#

Sub Β£10 for a sensor, or Β£40+ for a sensor... ablobthinking not much difference in the cost

distant gulch
austere patio
#

I only ever saw that happen with the motion sensors and when they have the fast reset hardware mod. No other Aqara devices did when I last checked.

echo yarrow
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@sour shadow 20.49 for the aqara motion on amazon, $18.99 for the zse18 zooz motion on smartesthouse.

sour shadow
#

See, that's where you're going wrong

#

AliExpress

distant gulch
#

so you have to unjoin/rejoin the device to get them to play nice?

sour shadow
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Only if their parent dies... I've had no issues with any of mine

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I can't say the same for my Tuya or Konke devices

distant gulch
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the LQI is low for mine like 33 - 40 but they still report regularly

sour shadow
#

I've got a few devices with an LQI that sits down around 10 ... they're still rock solid

echo yarrow
#

what's the delivery time from aliexpress?

sour shadow
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A week to a month

echo yarrow
#

I think I ordered from there once and waited for a few weeks.

distant gulch
#

then I won't sweat the low LQI πŸ˜›

#

i had one order from aliexpress come in less than a week, I was amazed

harsh zenith
#

$11.67 avg sensor cost is really reasonable

grave rune
#

@sour shadow thx for the help. the ZHA component works solid now. got some devices up tonight.

flat rock
#

If I'm running zigbee2mqtt in a docker image, where can I find/edit the configuration.yaml?

simple sentinel
#

It's in the volume you mapped your /app/data to

ivory hound
#

@flat rockif you know hpw to run docker images read how to map a volume

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or how to ssh in a docker image

flat rock
#

hmmm

simple sentinel
#

If you haven't mapped it to any specific directory, things get tricky.
Doing so also makes things very portable, so recommended

flat rock
#

I cannot get zigbee2mqtt to quit listening for the mqtt broker (mosquitto) on an old IP address that no longer exists. I was assuming setting the IP in the configuration file might fix it, but idk. I can completely remove the container, the image, etc, and re-up it and every time it's trying to listen to an IP that no longer exists, and I can't figure out from where it's getting that IP.

#

Where the heck is it getting an old IP address from, lol

simple sentinel
#

and./zigbee2mqtt-data doesn't exist?

flat rock
#

I'm not sure where that'd be.

simple sentinel
#

in the same directory as your compose file, if there is any justice

#

unless you are doing something fancy that isn't regular docker-compose

flat rock
#

Well would you friggin' look at that. Boy do I feel dumb. I'm used to directories being a different color; SecureCRT is not coloring it. Ugh. Thank you, let's see if that fixes the issue.

simple sentinel
#

I checked my file and the mqtt connection string is in the yaml

flat rock
#

It sure did fix it. Good lord, lol.

#

I appreciate your help so much, that was such a silly thing to overlook.

simple sentinel
#

It's all good; keeping all plates spinning all the time is hard

sweet prawn
#

Normal w/ Z2M for entities to reflect final state for light transitions rather than actual state? Did the same when I tried ZHA. Entities through Hue always reflected actual state through transition in HA. HA Supervisor on Pi with Sonoff 3 Dongle Plus, Ikea and Hue bulbs.

mellow geode
#

Bulbs which send attribute reports will actually reflect their current state (which can be very annoying if you have a default 1 seconds transition set and just try to change the brightness)

#

The newer Hue bulbs (which also have Bluetooth) do send attribute reports

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How long is your transition? And which lights are you using (only Hue/IKEA?)?

sweet prawn
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If I have a 5-min transition off, they show off the whole time

mellow geode
#

oh yeah, I see

#

I guess what I said only applies to "turn on" transitions

sweet prawn
#

TRADFRI bulb E26 WW 806lm

mellow geode
#

Yeah, I also tried on a newer Hue bulb

#

AFAIK, most Home Assistant integrations only show the final state (which is what ZHA/Z2M/Hue should probably also be doing)

#

Or maybe it should show the actual state (with transitions included) if the transition is like longer than 10 seconds.

#

That way a short 1 second transition wouldn't cause the brightness slider to glitch around.

austere patio
#

I just tested my Tradfri bulb and it sends per-second attribute reports for a 30s dim to 0%

sweet prawn
#

I found something referring to reporting additions for the ikea bulb. i'll check that.

mellow geode
#

For me, it works fine when turning on the light. However, it instantly goes off when turning it off with a transition

austere patio
#

move_to_level_with_on_off? Or move_to_level?

mellow geode
#

uh, I meant when using the normal Home Assistant UI/service call (light.toggle with a 20s transition). So probably move_to_level_with_on_off

sweet prawn
harsh zenith
#

for someone starting from scratch with zigbee. would you all recommend ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT?

mellow geode
simple sentinel
harsh zenith
#

I've got HAOS on a VM. And for what it's worth, for the Zwave side, I went with ZwaveJS2MQTT (but I have MQTT disabled in it)

sweet prawn
simple sentinel
#

I have MQTT caring for my Zwave2MQTT, Zigbee2MQTT and my Valetudo robovacuum

mellow geode
simple sentinel
#

It is the workhorse of my Smart Home

harsh zenith
#

i see, gotcha!

simple sentinel
#

But it just comes more naturally when you do docker/docker-compose

#

Since ZHA works as an integration in HA rather than an addon, it will feel like less moving parts which can be good

fair mountain
simple sentinel
#

Limiting how often external services like zigbee and zwave had to go through startups was what pushed me over to docker, rather than HAOS.

fair mountain
#

yeah makes me want to switch to z2m, but z2m has its downsides too .. long having to have explicit support for ever ydevice ..

austere patio
#

Why do you have a lot of offline devices?

fair mountain
mellow geode
#

you're not supposed to do that frequently with Zigbee routers (which all bulbs are except Sengled lights)

#

it would be best if you could hookup a (Hue/IKEA/Xiaomi/Aqara/...) battery-powered switch or whatever

#

and then toggle them through Home Assistant (or bind them directly if the remote supports it)

#

else, smart switches are a good way too go (if you don't have smart bulbs there)

#

It's also possible to use Shellys in the wall and basically always leave the power on and just send the switch position to HA

still raptor
#

Hey everybody. Can someone help me with something that it's causing me trouble for weeks now..

#

I have 2 Yale door locks.. YMF40 and YRL226L. The 226 paired and it is working flawless. The problem is with the 40...

#

Every time I try to pair it, the pair kinda works.. The lock appears in the zigbee2mqtt dashboard, but with a red exclamation in the icon

#

It won't show battery level

#

and it won't send anything when it's unlocked via fingerprint, but when it's unlocked via HA or password, it works normally

#

I even tried opening a github issue in the zigbee2mqtt repository, but got no response after weeks

#

I use the new sonoff 3.0 zigbee hub as coordinator and 2 more as routers, but the coordinator is the closest to the lock

#

this is the error that appears when I try to pair it

#

Error Failed to configure 'Fechadura Sala', attempt 1 (Error: Bind 0x000d6f0016fdc36f/1 closuresDoorLock from '0x00124b00256c5557/1' failed (AREQ - ZDO - bindRsp after 10000ms) at Timeout._onTimeout (/app/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/utils/waitress.ts:64:35) at listOnTimeout (internal/timers.js:557:17) at processTimers (internal/timers.js:500:7))
Error Failed to interview 'Fechadura Sala', device has not successfully been paired
Error Failed to configure 'Fechadura Sala', attempt 2 (Error: Bind 0x000d6f0016fdc36f/1 genPowerCfg from '0x00124b00256c5557/1' failed (AREQ - ZDO - bindRsp after 10000ms) at Timeout._onTimeout (/app/node_modules/zigbee-herdsman/src/utils/waitress.ts:64:35) at listOnTimeout (internal/timers.js:557:17) at processTimers (internal/timers.js:500:7))

warm umbra
#

Hello,
Maybe a stupid question but is it possible to use multiple usb hubs for home assistant? I got a Conbee II USB atm for my main/ground floor but because I dont have any devices planned for the first floor but I do want some at the second floor. I'm remodeling and found a way to get a USB cable (5m) up to the stairs to the second floor and was thinking of installing a second Conbee II there to make sure I will have a zigbee signal to the top part of the house. Will this work or can only one zigbee hub be installed on HA

gaunt forge
#

@warm umbra You could use one with ZHA, one with Zigbee2MQTT and if needed a ConbeeII with DeConz.
However you only need two in your scenario
Do you have ethernet on the second floor? Then I recommend using a LAN-gateway (like Tube SZ or ZigStar, both CC2652 based) on the second floor, no need for getting USB close up there…

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However keep in mind that you are then managing two completely separate Zigbee-networks.

#

And the Conbee II is using old technology, better go for CC2652 controller instead and of getting a second one.

warm umbra
#

@gaunt forge ok thanks! The fact that I would have 2 separate zigbee networks is kind of a turn off for me. I was told before that using something like a zigbee 230v plug on the first floor to get the network to the second floor

#

Could also work

#

Was just hoping that a second conbee II would expand the network instead of create a new one

gaunt forge
#

No, there can only be one coordinator per zigbee mesh

#

However using a repeater (zigbee router) might work, just give it a try. Put one on the first floor and another one above it on the second floor

twilit narwhal
#

Conbee is not a router, it’s a coordinator so it’s one per Zigbee network. But you can of course put an outlet plug or a light bulb on the first floor (2 might be a better idea to have multiple routes). That should be enough to extend your Zigbee network.

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My Zigbee network extend on 3 floors, my yard and in the garage and staircase I have in the building across the yard. If you can add outlets that’s a neat way to extend your Zigbee mesh. There are also pure repeaters with antennas that do the trick but they’re more DIY.

#

Another point to take into account is the limit of devices per network. It depends on your coordinator but some of them won’t behave well past 100 devices. And you can’t pair more than 20-25 devices per router either.

#

Past the hard limit you will need to create a second network

balmy ginkgo
#

And what happens when i press?

#

It's a motion sensor so i doubt it has a beep :/

warm umbra
gaunt forge
#

How many is β€ža lotβ€œ?

#

You can add more than one router on the first floor

warm umbra
#

right now I have around 34 devices on the ground floor with around that amount planned for the second floor. Mostly sensors, bulbs and ledstrip controllers

#

my house is a little out of balance when it comes to such devices as the first floor is pretty empty. most "living" happens on ground and second floor

gaunt forge
#

Iβ€˜d recommend putting 2-3 routers on the first floor but only if the link quality to both - ground and second floor) is sufficient. Otherwise go for the second network on the second floor.

warm umbra
#

the route from ground to first floor (and where my conbee is located now) is pretty close to each other. The conbee is in the hallway and its just straight up to get to the next floor. the room is pretty much open

gaunt forge
#

You might get away with this although the Conbee is not very strong and for sure I would not recommend any non-CC2652P coordinator nowadays…

warm umbra
#

So I'd say that the signal should have no issues to get to the first floor. Just not sure on how I'd go adding more to the first floor. I had hoped to just add one plug in the hallway on the first floor but it seems that would not be enough?

#

please advise me on which coordinator I should look into?

#

I have bought this conbee when I had like a bulb or 2 and some ledstrip controllers

#

never really intended to have this much as I have now

gaunt forge
#

Go for a usb-powered Tube SZ cc2652 router, maybe 2 of them on the first floor and you should be fine.

warm umbra
#

ok thank you. I'll take a look at them

#

last followup question about that

#

Is it possible to migrate my devices to a new router?

#

or will I have to reconnect them all

gaunt forge
warm umbra
#

oh wow they're cheaper than a conbee. Would've thought that a stronger one would be more expansive πŸ˜„

gaunt forge
#

No. But don’t confuse routers and coordinators. They run different firmware

warm umbra
#

yeah I was just about to ask about that

gaunt forge
#

And only one coordinator per network but many routers are welcome!

warm umbra
#

the conbee is a coordinator ? and this one is a router ?

#

so I would have to keep the conbee as coordinator and add this ZB tube router for additional range ?

austere patio
warm umbra
#

Will a zigbee router not have less issues with this?

austere patio
#

They're the same thing. A dedicated Zigbee router is like a bulb that doesn't have a light inside, though Tube's comes with firmware that supports more child devices than typical devices (50 vs ~10)

#

In any case, your can always add more routers if range becomes an issue

jolly narwhal
#

Always add more routers

warm umbra
#

And just to be sure here

#

A router is always a dedicated device purely for range? So a 230v zigbee plug for example is not seen as a router?

jolly python
#

It is a router too

#

There are dedicated routers and routers that are also lamps or power plugs, nearly all mains powered devices are routers except sengled lamps

warm umbra
#

Ok so if you're telling me I need to add more routers it can either be a dedicated one or just a non battery powered device like a plug?

jolly python
#

Yes

simple sentinel
#

Most are, some not. Feel free to check before ordering 100x

austere patio
#

Are there any exceptions other than Sengled bulbs?

jolly python
#

Xiamoi switches without neutral

simple sentinel
#

I have one of those

warm umbra
#

I got these

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Oh right can't send pictures here

jolly python
#

use Imgur

jolly narwhal
#

First gen Osram is also horrible I've heard

upper latch
#

Man, scored the greatest hue deal I've ever managed today, holy crap

#

In a local hardware store and asked them the price of some clearance hue gear, ended up with the a60 ambience starter kit (non Bluetooth) with hub, switch and 2 bulbs for 12.50aud. Mental

#

Starting to think I enjoy hunting for bargains more than the hobby of it working lol

rotund escarp
#

Anyone online that has knowledge of zha-device-handlers? I am working on a quirk for the Aqara E1 roller shade but I am encountering a weird bug that I don't know how to fix.

gaunt forge
#

No sorry but maybe check the Zigbee2MQTT code because the E1 roller shade driver is perfectly working there including battery state.

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(ZHA imho needs way more work before Iβ€˜d like to use it, Z2M is so much smoother and more mature)

austere patio
rotund escarp
#

I am aware if the zha en z2mqtt code. Thanks

austere patio
#

You want to do await self.endpoint.analog_output.write_attributes({PRESENT_VALUE: 100})

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Or am I misunderstanding the problem?

wet rapids
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Hi friends, already asked this ijln #hardware-archived a couple of hours ago but no one seems to have the answer. I am looking for a device to make my motor powered shutters smart. I know people love the shelly 2.5 module but this is WiFi. I am wondering of there is also a good zigbee option you all prefer.

woeful sentinel
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I have a motion sensor with x y z axis values but they are coming in from z2m as strings, not integers. Can I change this?

warm talon
woeful sentinel
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You mean, make a separate template Sensor and use a string convert filter? I’d rather fix it at the source if possible

lilac wharf
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Are those values their own entities in HA?

warm talon
lilac wharf
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They also asked in the z2m discord server. Here was my reply there (they mentioned they want the values to be graphed in history):

in HA, all states are strings. That being said, it sounds like a unit_of_measurement needs to be sent with the discovery payload for those entities for that device (can be anything, even unit_of_measurement: '1') which will allow those values to be graphed. I've worked with HA MQTT discovery on a number of my own projects, so I'll try to dig in to z2m sometime to figure out how to adjust the payload accordingly

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Or I suppose degrees would make sense as the unit of measurement in this case

rotund escarp
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@austere patio cheers. I already tried write_attributes but the motor didn't do antything. I did the hex value (0x0055) as the name (present_value) of the attribute when using write_attributes.. What am I missing? Heck I even tried both the write_attributes and update_attributes at the same time.

austere patio
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Maybe that attribute needs to be defined on the analog cluster, if it's not a standard one

woeful sentinel
woeful sentinel
rotund escarp
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@austere patio it's a standard attribute for analog_output. I'll try a few things again for write_attributes soon. Atleast now I know which one to use, so cheers for that. I looked into ZHA debug (and other related debugs). Only thing I could find is that the attribute wasn't reporting any changes. I could see the commands being triggerd. I'm still looking into it.

austere patio
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Enable all of the ZHA debug loggers, the zigpy log will show what the device responds with when you write the attribute

novel gyro
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After a upgrade to core 2022.3.1 and a server restart ( not only HA, the hardware server). I'm unable to use my Texas Instruments, Inc. CC2531 ZigBee Stick. The integration page shows to reconfigure, but that doesn't worked. So I removed the complete zha integration. But now I'm unable to add the zha again. It crashes always the complete HA. Restore a backup via supervisor of core 2022.2x doesn'T work too. When I want to add zha, it ask for my stick and showes the right one, but then only a spinner shows and after some time the HA restarts complete

austere patio
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Unplug the CC2531 and plug it back in

novel gyro
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should I create a debug report ?

austere patio
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There are also some serious time sync issues happening for you on startup. Do you have some custom component running or very slow hardware? A 10 second event loop stall is probably breaking things.

novel gyro
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from 2022.3 to 2022.3.1, but I think hte problem caused the reboot

storm palm
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For ZHA zigbee integration, where is the option to pair a new device?

novel gyro
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the hardware is a celeron dual core and the boot was only so slow because I added the debug output for zha

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is there a way to test the stick outside of home assistant?

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maybe the stick got damaged

timid niche
austere patio
novel gyro
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maybe really the stick has get some hint

sour shadow
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It's not uncommon for a CC2531 to need re-flashed to get it to work

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It makes no sense, but ... that's those sticks for you

austere patio
novel gyro
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the stick has worked, but when I can't a connection to it, I ca't flash itn

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Yeah, the led lights for 1 or 2 seconds

austere patio
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You can always flash it with the programming headers

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The green one? What about the red one? Does it turn on if you plug the stick in and immediately press the button closest to the USB port?

novel gyro
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I think I have to reconnect all devices anyway.

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if I plug it, the green one and if I plug it and press the button closest to the usb nothing happen, if I plug it closest to the antenna the red one.

austere patio
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So if the red one lights up then you have access to the bootloader

novel gyro
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I have read the firmware successfully

austere patio
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I don't remember if I added the CRC computation to it but if you know what's supposed to be running on it, see if it matches

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It won't include NVRAM so all of your settings are still stuck on the stick but if you flash a similar version over the serial bootloader and miraculously the firmware was corrupted, it should just start working again

novel gyro
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If I understand it right, I need a flasher utility which I don't have.

austere patio
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No, not for the serial bootloader

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It lets you read and write the firmware portion over USB. It won't let you reset the stick completely. If you want to avoid rejoining devices and only the firmware portion is corrupted, in theory reflashing it this way will fix it. If not, you'll have to use a pi or an Arduino and do it via the programming header.

novel gyro
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hm, should I reflash the readed bootloader?

austere patio
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It wouldn't get corrupted while it's being read. Re-flash new firmware from the Z-Stack repo.

novel gyro
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ok, there is a bin and a hex file. I assume the bin is for the bootloader and the hex for the firmware?

zinc finch
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Anyone who knows if it possible to do a touchlink reset with deconz add-on? I can not find a way to access the old web app

austere patio
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You'd use the .bin for flashing with the bootloader

storm palm
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I have a zigbee temp sensor that doesn't seem reliable is there any way to see signal quality with ZHA integration?

novel gyro
sour shadow
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Now buy something better so you don't have to keep doing this

novel gyro
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yeah, can you recommend the conbeeII stick?

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or something else

obsidian sandalBOT
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Buy something CC2652 based. This list is a good one, both Tube and Electrolama have been proven to have excellent customer service. The current generation of EZSP sticks (see here for some) are also a good choice for ZHA.

Anything CC2530 or CC2531 based should be avoided - they're old, slow, and only suitable for a dozen or so devices. The Sonoff ZBbridge isn't advised since it uses WiFi (built in interference causing stability/reliability issues), and the HUSBZB-1 uses an older chipset so should be avoided.

Finally, the ConBee range are fine with deCONZ, but experience with ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT appears to be mixed.

Command '.pickyourstick' was invoked by: Tinkerer
sour shadow
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Not the ConBee, though it seems to be mostly fine with ZHA

austere patio
novel gyro
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not the firmware, the bootloader

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and yes, I have it and can send it

novel gyro
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thanks and good night

radiant spruce
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using ZHA when added the Moes version of:
https://zigbee.blakadder.com/Eardatek_ESW-0ZAA-EU.html
I don't see any buttons for the device. but if I listen to zha_event I see these: "command": "on", "command": "off", "command": "step", "args": [0, 51, 10], and "command": "step", "args": [1, 51, 10]
I tried to remove and readded and now the battery that was reporting correctly isn't. how do I get the buttons to show up?

rancid sky
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Does anyone know how to find the address of mu zigbee stick?

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Its not popping up in the integrations tab

radiant spruce
rancid sky
austere patio
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What is a "mu zigbee stick"?

radiant spruce
radiant spruce
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mu zigbee stick?

warm veldt
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Hello! I'm new to the HA Discord, and I'm wondering if this is the right place to ask if anyone's had any luck with specific Zigbee model lights, or if that should somewhere else?

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Did you buy these? I bought 10 of them before asking on the discord. And here I am, as a total HA n00b, looking for some help. I got them to integrate with HA via ZHA no problem, but some of them seem to go offline regularly, and I'm not sure how to troubleshoot (if its my conbee ii stick, ZHA, or the lights themselves)

austere patio
warm veldt
austere patio
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Try moving the Conbee to a better spot. Devices are marked unavailable when ZHA doesn't hear from them for a while and it can't reach them to check manually.

rapid skiff
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Do you have the upgraded USB chip?

warm veldt
rapid skiff
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I was running into issues, yes

warm veldt
austere patio
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How did you install HA?

warm veldt
austere patio
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As long as you set up ZHA with a /dev/serial/by-id/... serial port symlink, the physical location of the stick shouldn't matter

rapid skiff
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How close is the dongle to your lights?

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Do you have any other devices?

warm veldt
austere patio
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Yeah, if you just clicked things to set ZHA up it's the default.

warm veldt
warm veldt
rapid skiff
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And you hit reconfigure right?

warm veldt
austere patio
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Can you upload the device signature of one of the lights somewhere?

rancid sky
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Hey guys, im listening to zha_event to see when my zigbee button is pressed but i'm getting nothing back

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Does anyone know why this could be happening? Im using the zigbee home automation integration

warm veldt
austere patio
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There's just a button in the ZHA device page that shows you a big JSON document with info

warm veldt
austere patio
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Can you scroll to select more of it? Most of the JSON is cut off

warm veldt
austere patio
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Maybe it's a HA bug then, because the JSON definitely can't abruptly end with "0x0008",

warm veldt
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yeah, trying to find something online that will take the copy/paste and not ruin it

austere patio
warm veldt
austere patio
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Looks like ABL-LIGHT-Z-001 is mains powered, says it's a router, and appears to be spec compliant enough to "just work"

warm veldt