#Flickering lights, ZBT-2 - Zigbee2MQTT

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calm tusk
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Hi, I’m struggling to get ZBT-2 to work.
I’ve repaired all devices so they have been added successfully, so that part are working,

All lights are flickering, and controlling them is extremely unstable.
I’m running Home Assistant OS on Proxmox with raw access to the host’s USB controller.
I can switch firmware from Home Assistant, and flashing the ZBT-2 always completes successfully.

serial:
  port: /dev/serial/by-id/usb-Nabu_Casa_ZBT-2_E072A1FBF440-if00
  adapter: ember
  baudrate: 460800
  rtscts: true
{"timeout":10000,"disableResponse":false,"disableRecovery":false,"disableDefaultResponse":false,"direction":0,"reservedBits":0,"writeUndiv":false}) failed ({"target":51353,"apsFrame":{"profileId":260,"clusterId":8,"sourceEndpoint":1,"destinationEndpoint":1,"options":4416,"groupId":0,"sequence":51},"zclSequence":24,"commandIdentifier":11} timed out after 10000ms)'
[2026-03-07 09:33:46] error:     z2m: Publish 'set' 'state' to 'Ikea Taklampa' failed: 'Error: ZCL command 0x680ae2fffe355ba8/1 genLevelCtrl.moveToLevelWithOnOff({"level":0,"transtime":100,"optionsMask":0,"optionsOverride":0}, {"timeout":10000,"disableResponse":false,"disableRecovery":false,"disableDefaultResponse":false,"direction":0,"reservedBits":0,"writeUndiv":false}) failed ({"target":51353,"apsFrame":{"profileId":260,"clusterId":8,"sourceEndpoint":1,"destinationEndpoint":1,"options":4416,"groupId":0,"sequence":52},"zclSequence":25,"commandIdentifier":11} timed out after 10000ms)'
...
warning:     zh:ember:uart:ash: Frame(s) in progress cancelled in [010090100842520c12000804000200001ac2020682af7e]
error:     zh:ember:uart:ash: Received ERROR from adapter, with code=RESET_ASSERT.
error:     zh:ember:uart:ash: ASH disconnected | Adapter status: ASH_NCP_FATAL_ERROR
error:     zh:ember:ezsp: Fatal error, status=ASH_NCP_FATAL_ERROR. Last Frame: [FRAME: ID=38:"GET_EUI64" Seq=33 Len=13]

calm tusk
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Update: Even if I disconnect the ZBT-2, the lights still flicker heavily on and off about twice per second across different Zigbee brands.

This started after the devices were paired with the ZBT-2, so it seems clearly related. It looks like the Zigbee network activity is more or less synchronized: the lights flicker almost at the same time with a slight delay between them. When the flickering pauses, it pauses for all lights at once, and then it starts again.

Both the old and the new ZBT-2 have now been removed, so currently there are only Zigbee devices left powered on.

This is very frustrating because I cannot even use the lights as basic “dumb” lights anymore.

What could pairing with the ZBT-2 have changed in the Zigbee lamps that would cause this behavior?