Need Help with Zigbee Stick on HA | Home Assistant | Page 1

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 2:09 PM

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i've just configured my brand new zigbee stick on Mosquitto broker. How can i test my integration?

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 2:16 PM

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Configured it with ... Zigbee2MQTT? Or with ZHA? Or something else?

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 2:47 PM

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i tried first Zigbee2MQTT. But was not available on my adon store. So i decided to user Mosquitto broker.

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 2:47 PM

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The broker has nothing to do with Zigbee

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 2:47 PM

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what is the difference?

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 2:48 PM

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The broker is how MQTT works

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So for Zigbee2MQTT (which uses the stick) to talk to Home Assistant

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 2:48 PM

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so i need to install Zigbee2MQTT?

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 2:48 PM

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Or use ZHA, which is built into Home Assistant

random templeBOT Jan 22, 2025, 2:49 PM

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Zigbee Home Automation

Instructions on how to integrate your Zigbee Home Automation (ZHA) devices within Home Assistant.

Documentation

View the documentation

Quality scale

No score

IoT Class

Local Polling

Integration type

integration

Source

View the source on GitHub

Issues

View known issues

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 2:49 PM

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If you don't need MQTT for something else then ZHA is the easier route

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 2:51 PM

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im pretty new

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so maybe it is better to use ZHA?

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 2:51 PM

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ZHA is easier to set up

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Just plug the stick in (to a USB extension cable) and set up the integration

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 2:51 PM

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is ZHA working with this stick? https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005006390819314.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.5.35013105o5J5N3&algo_pvid=eecf6e70-4ceb-4510-80c4-e21864ec5c1b&algo_exp_id=eecf6e70-4ceb-4510-80c4-e21864ec5c1b-2&pdp_npi=4%40dis!CHF!14.20!8.77!!!15.36!9.48!%402103867617375412986636638e8718!12000036997041357!sea!CH!0!ABX&curPageLogUid=zSPkwVtCH5uB&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch|query_from%3A

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 2:52 PM

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It should, yes, the chipset is supported

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That's not a great stick though, no external antenna

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 2:52 PM

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cool,

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ok.. what does that mean?

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is the range very low?

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 2:52 PM

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Well, maybe

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Depends on the effort they've put in to the design

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 2:53 PM

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lower than 10 meters?

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 2:53 PM

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It could be fine, or it could be cheap junk

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Zigbee range is typically under 10 meters with a good antenna

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It's a low power mesh network 😉

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 2:53 PM

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ok

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thanks!

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 2:54 PM

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SMLight are a good brand to buy - they cost more, but you get something well designed

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 2:54 PM

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i also have an aqara hub, can i improve the range with that?

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 2:54 PM

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No

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That will create it's own separate mesh, and cause you problems instead

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 2:55 PM

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i will try to install ZHA

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i installed HA on proxmox

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is it supported?

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 2:55 PM

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Lots of people do that, yes

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 2:55 PM

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ok thanks

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and thanks for all your help!

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can i install zha over ad-on store?

random templeBOT Jan 22, 2025, 3:03 PM

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Zigbee Home Automation

Instructions on how to integrate your Zigbee Home Automation (ZHA) devices within Home Assistant.

Documentation

View the documentation

Quality scale

No score

IoT Class

Local Polling

Integration type

integration

Source

View the source on GitHub

Issues

View known issues

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 3:03 PM

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Just view the docs and click the option to add it

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It's an integration, no add-ons involved

random templeBOT Jan 22, 2025, 3:03 PM

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#integrations-archived integrate Home Assistant with devices or services, or provide functionality within Home Assistant.

#add-ons-archived provide additional software or services, which an integration could possibility integrate with. Add-ons are for Home Assistant OS and Supervised only, other install methods can install software other ways.

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 3:07 PM

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sorry i dont get it..

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im not able to find the option to add it

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 3:09 PM

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https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/config_flow_start?domain=zha

My Home Assistant

Link to Integrations: add integration – My Home Assistant

Start setting up a new integration in Home Assistant.

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Click that link

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 3:10 PM

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thx

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 3:10 PM

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As seen in the docs

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 3:10 PM

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Pick your Zigbee radio type ?

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 3:10 PM

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EZSP

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 3:11 PM

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and how can i find the serial path?

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/dev/bus/usb/005/001

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like this?

random templeBOT Jan 22, 2025, 3:12 PM

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Hardware

Open your Home Assistant instance and show hardware information

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 3:13 PM

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Nah, /dev/serial/by-id/...

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 3:14 PM

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/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.2/usb5 ?

earnest lagoon Jan 22, 2025, 3:14 PM

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No

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/dev/serial/by-id/..

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that

craggy sparrow Jan 22, 2025, 3:33 PM

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i reconfigured my stick on proxmox

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look like it works!

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