#Destroyed my ZHA settings

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past schooner
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Through a series of embarassing steps, I've completely destroyed my ZHA settings for my ConBee II ZB network. (see attachments)
I've attempted a restore, but the ConBee II won't come back up - it says something about not being able to overwrite the values. What do I do from here?

Do I simply accept these new settings? If so, will I have to readopt every device? Will their names be restored so that I will know which one is "living room light switch", or will I have to sort that all out by hand again?

ConBee_Not_Found.png ZigBee_Config_Error.png
past schooner
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Any help, tips, pointers? Lights aren't working and the WAF is plummeting rapidly!

willow marlin
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WAF is dependent on you lol. 😂 at this point you either try and it works or you reset your adapter and devices and learn from it.

past schooner
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So I haven't missed any "magic tricks" that might recover automatically?
I was afraid I hadn't, but was hoping that there was something that would make it Just Work™

past schooner
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I've accepted the ineviteable and used the new settings. Not totally surprised, but now nothing is connected to the controller. Do I simply "Reconfigure" each device to get it to to communicate, or do I have to adopt each individual item back to the controller?

willow marlin
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Unfortunately yes.

past schooner
# willow marlin Unfortunately yes.

"yes" remove each device and readopt it?
I presume that will break any automations on that device, even if I name it the same, so I'll need put them all back together, too?
I understand that the ConBee II is pretty old... Would it be any easier/more difficult if I swapped for a new coordinator at the same time?

willow marlin
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May as well swap if you have it. Do you have a backup of your network?

brittle ingot
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Just to get back to this: We solved it.
The main issue was that old Conbee firmware doesn't allow for restoring network settings. So, after that was upgraded, the ZHA restore dialog would have worked.

If, however, you click on "Keep the new settings" first, the old backup needs to be extracted from zigbee.db, so those settings can be restored.