rocky spear
Hi, I recently setup a raspberry pi with the HA operating system and got a SLZB-07 flashed with OpenThread (RPC) that I'm trying to use to connect some Inovelli light switches. Whenever I try to add the device from my iPhone I get "Unable to Add Accessory". Where could I look to see more info about what the problem is?
novel sky
Have you installed the OpenThread Border Router add-on and configured that as well as the Matter add-on?
novel sky
And have you synced the Thread credentials to your phone?
novel sky
Well.. Step 2 might be one point of failure as well (configuring the Thread integration)
rocky spear
I was originally using an apple tv but basically after some period of time, all devices would be unreachable (despite one of them being in the same room)
I've gone through the the steps and will try pairing again
Same issue š¦
novel sky
Do you have an Apple phone or an Android?
rocky spear
iPhone
novel sky
Have you joined the Thread networks?
rocky spear
Something that is a little confusing is I see two thread credentials here
rocky spear
Have you joined the Thread networks?
What does that mean? I'm on the same network provided by my router
rocky spear
I've currently unplugged the Apple TV and am trying to just use OTBR
The Apple TV wasn't reliable and I could not figure out what was going wrong
There are no other networks showing up
Which I understand to be expected
novel sky
Maybe someone else has a better idea. š¤
rocky spear
Is there some logging that would maybe show pairing events?
like, why specifically couldn't this device be paired?
novel sky
The add-on logs of the Matter server or OTBR might show something.
rocky spear
I enabled debug logging but I don't know what any of it means...
novel sky
Maybe one of the experts chimes in later.
rocky spear
I pray for experts then!
novel sky
Something that is a little confusing is I see two thread credentials here
Can you remove those (not sure if duplicates might cause any issues) and re-add them, so that there are no duplicates?
rocky spear
I actually can't remove them. One will always remain
Is there a way I can make a brand new thread network?
maybe deconflict the name?
novel sky
You can delete the OTBR add-on and the Thread related integrations.
Re-installing those should create a new one.
novel sky
Not to my knowledge. But take that with a grain of salt.
rocky spear
Yeah, very sad, this just doesn't work š¦
rocky spear
Do experts peruse these threads?
novel sky
Some look into this channel, yes.
rocky spear
Are there other places I should go looking if this thread goes unnoticed?
novel sky
Another place would be the HA forum.
https://community.home-assistant.io
rocky spear
Some followup here. I noticed some warnings about duplicate configs started showing up when I tried using a slzb-06. So after seeing that, I ended up completely reinstalling HAOA (Home Assistant Operating System) on my Raspberry PI (since there's no way to do a factory reset) and after getting everything setup, I'm able to pair devices without issue
I wonder if deleting devices actually leaves some config data around that prevents them from being reintroduced
novel sky
I'm glad you were able to get it working in the end. š
rocky spear
I actually think that by having the Apple TV plugged in, Iām unable to add new thread devices
novel sky
Does it work when it isn't?
rocky spear
Yeah, I went and unplugged my Apple TV and then was able to add the device, I could then plug the Apple TV back in for full homekit support
lyric wagon
I'm having the same message when trying to commission Matter devices to my HA Yellow. The existing devices are functional, but I can't get anything new to commission. My HA is my border router, also using iPhone to commission. Just trying to add a few Kasa plugs and nanoleaf bulbs. Very frustrating.
