HA yellow usb hub not working | Home Assistant | Page 1

subtle bramble Nov 10, 2025, 6:07 PM

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Hi, I've got HA yellow with aeotec Z-stick Gen 5, TP-link bt adapter(UB500) and skyconnect. Yellow is the Poe variant. The issue is that there are two usb-a ports only. I've tried to use usb hub but devices don't seem to work via that. Then I tried usb-c to usb-a and it doesn't work either. Any ideas why this might be the case?

calm fossil Nov 10, 2025, 6:11 PM

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Is it a powered USB hub? The power draw might be to much for the Yellow.
The Yellow's USB-C port is for debugging only, not for attaching peripherals.

subtle bramble Nov 10, 2025, 6:11 PM

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passive one

calm fossil Nov 10, 2025, 6:12 PM

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A passive USB hub might overwhelm the USB ports.

subtle bramble Nov 10, 2025, 6:14 PM

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also tried usb-c to usb-a and it's straight one-to-one

calm fossil Nov 10, 2025, 6:17 PM

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Yellow C to device A?

subtle bramble Nov 10, 2025, 6:31 PM

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yes

calm fossil Nov 10, 2025, 7:03 PM

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That does not work.

The Yellow's USB-C port is for debugging only, not for attaching peripherals.
It is a serial console, not a port for other devices.

subtle bramble Nov 10, 2025, 9:06 PM

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kind of strange, skyconnect works on the hub, but not the bt nor z-stick

sly holly Nov 11, 2025, 2:58 PM

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i bought and connected this one:
https://www.coolblue.nl/product/933698/bluebuilt-7-poorts-usb-c-usb-a-3-0-hub.html
and it works like a charm

subtle bramble Nov 11, 2025, 7:47 PM

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Unfortunately that is out of reach for me. What devices did you plug to it?

sly holly Nov 11, 2025, 8:21 PM

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The new zwave controller from nabu casa, one zigbee stick and a evohome hgi80

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