Sonoff Zigbee USB Dongle Plus-E Not connecting to Silabs multiprotocol Add-On | Home Assistant | Page 1

potent igloo Sep 23, 2024, 12:38 PM

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Hi, I just got a Sonoff Zigbee USB Dongle Plus-E which i flashed with the multipath firmware 4.4.4 (https://github.com/darkxst/silabs-firmware-builder/raw/refs/heads/main/firmware_builds/zbdonglee/rcp-uart-802154-v4.4.4-zbdonglee-460800.gbl) but its refusing to connect with the Silicon Labs Multiprotocol add-on. I have two tty ports and tried both /dev/ttyAMA10 and /dev/serial/by-id/usb-Itead_Sonoff_Zigbee_3.0_USB_Dongle_Plus_V2_aa9902179512ef118afe75b8bf9df066-if00-port0. It just gets stuck on "Failed to connect, secondary seems unresponsive"

vernal venture Sep 23, 2024, 12:41 PM

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Using the Multiprotocol add-on is not recommended. It is experimental and development has been frozen.

potent igloo Sep 23, 2024, 12:42 PM

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So there is no way to set up thread+zigbee on the same dongle? I have to switch to zigbee-only for now?

vernal venture Sep 23, 2024, 12:42 PM

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No recommended and stable way.

potent igloo Sep 23, 2024, 12:43 PM

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Thanks, i will switch back to ezsp then.

spiral storm Sep 23, 2024, 12:43 PM

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Plan a move to ember at some point

potent igloo Sep 23, 2024, 12:44 PM

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What is ember? Im just setting this up now

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Different adapter?

spiral storm Sep 23, 2024, 12:44 PM

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The replacement for ezsp in Z2M

potent igloo Sep 23, 2024, 12:44 PM

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But does that work with the Sonoff stick or do i need a new adapter?

spiral storm Sep 23, 2024, 12:44 PM

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Yes

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The Z2M docs cover it

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https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/adapters/emberznet.html

potent igloo Sep 23, 2024, 12:46 PM

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Yes google just sent me there. So ember is just the part of Z2M that has changed, firmware is just standard ezsp 7.4.4.0?

spiral storm Sep 23, 2024, 12:46 PM

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ezsp was deprecated ages ago, replaced by ember

potent igloo Sep 23, 2024, 12:47 PM

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Ok the confusion comes from the flasher website calling it ezsp https://darkxst.github.io/silabs-firmware-builder/

spiral storm Sep 23, 2024, 12:47 PM

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Third party guides will be outdated

potent igloo Sep 23, 2024, 12:54 PM

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This is the correct firmware for Z2M right?

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I have tried both

serial:
adapter: ember
rtscts: false
port: /dev/ttyUSB0

and

serial:
port: /dev/ttyUSB0

They both error out with

Error: spawn udevadm ENOENT

While HASS hardware page says /dev/ttyUSB0 is an Itead_Sonoff_Zigbee_3.0_USB_Dongle_Plus_V2_aa9902179512ef118afe75b8bf9df066

vernal venture Sep 23, 2024, 12:56 PM

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Is the stick in use by the ZHA integration?

potent igloo Sep 23, 2024, 12:56 PM

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I havent touched ZHA, unless its installed and enabled by default

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It says discovered, is that a problem?

vernal venture Sep 23, 2024, 12:56 PM

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I would look at the integrations page to check that.

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Ignore it.

potent igloo Sep 23, 2024, 12:57 PM

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Ignored it, same ENOENT error

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I uninstalled the silabs flasher and multipath addons and rebooted btw, shouldnt be anything using that port

vernal venture Sep 23, 2024, 1:01 PM

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The people in #1284966617670881350 (use the "Zigbee" tag) might be able to help you set up Z2M or to choose the right firmware.

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