Conbee II not able to integrate [Win10[Virtualbox[Linux + Ubuntu 64[Hassio]]]]

alexus · December 16, 2019, 2:57pm

I have now got a running hassio for the past weeks.
Hue, smartthings Lifx and other devices have been connected successfully.

To avoid any confusion:

However, im now trying to move from having external bridges for zigbee to a Conbee II stick.
There seems to be a problem where HA cannot find the device.
I have set up the usb stick in virtualbox:

Im able to access the phoscon app:

But authentication always fails:

I have tried searching for an answer for the past week, but been unsuccessful.
Is there anyone who has experience from this on a similar set up?

Thankful for any help!

LogisticaLux · December 16, 2019, 3:17pm

You have to press the “Authenticate App” button in the phoscon app, when the “Link with deCONZ” window opens.

Windows is a bad idea for home assistant!

Burningstone · December 16, 2019, 3:26pm

Agree on Windows being bad

Try adding this to your configuration.yaml, where x is the ip of deconz and y the port of deconz.

deconz:
  host: x
  port: y

After adding this, restart home assistant, and try to configure it again over the GUI.

Ekstrom · December 16, 2019, 3:30pm

You also need to add this under Hass.io–>Dashboard–>Deconz–>Config.

You can find your device address under Hass.io–>System–>Hardware

alexus · December 16, 2019, 7:18pm

Thanks, i already tried that, but didn’t work.
Hmm, i don’t really have any options since the computer is running other stuff in addition to HA. Surveilance etc.

Burningstone · December 16, 2019, 7:22pm

Buy a Pi and install home assistant there

alexus · December 16, 2019, 7:24pm

Thank you. Maybe i should have written a little more details. I have this in the config:
deconz:
host: 192.168.56.1
port: 8090
Im not the best at these things. But by looking at this picture, would you say i got it right? Or should it be the ip in the upper right corner?

alexus · December 16, 2019, 7:30pm

Thank you, ive added the text to Deconz. But how do i know its ttyACM1 and not one of the following?
“/dev/ttyUSB0”
“/dev/ttyAMA0”
“/dev/ttyACM0”

Cant really see the device address, hmm

Burningstone · December 16, 2019, 7:41pm

Doesn’t look like Hass.io recognizes your USB passtrough. I think you may need to add the stick as a serial device in virtualbox not as USB. See the linked topic for an Aeotec stick.

alexus · December 16, 2019, 8:18pm

Thanks again. Any idea what to add in the path/address field?

Burningstone · December 16, 2019, 8:23pm

Don’t know, maybe the path you want to have it in the VM “/dev/conbee”?

michaelblight · December 17, 2019, 3:17am

Given you’re already using VitualBox, I think you should start by creating another VM just for HA - an Ubuntu VM, not a Win10 one. If you have an existing VM running “other stuff”, leave it alone. If you run HA under Windows, it will be the first question for any problem you encounter (as you’re already getting). If you run HA under Ubuntu, you’re the same as a lot of people out there, so they won’t be blaming the OS you’re using.

alexus · December 17, 2019, 6:41am

Hi Michael. I think there is a missunderstanding. My set up is the following:

The windows reference is just to inform that this is all running on a windows PC (if that makes any difference).

Thanks for pointing it out! Ill update the initial post.

Burningstone · December 17, 2019, 6:48am

Did my suggestion not work?

alexus · December 17, 2019, 7:08am

Ive tried several combinations, but each time i try to start the machine again i get this:

sjee · December 17, 2019, 8:28am

I think you’re troubleshooting the wrong problem. In your screenshots Phoscon shows your Conbee II including firmware so it recognized it perfectly fine. You’re “just” having problems with the conenction to HA.

Burningstone · December 17, 2019, 8:34am

Are you sure? For me it looks like he is accessing the ConBee stick from the Windows machine and not from inside the VM, however I’m not sure. @alexus how and from which machine did you access the Phoscon interface?

sjee · December 17, 2019, 10:17am

Accessing it from a windows computer isn’t an issue, as long as @alexus installed the hassio addon and deconz is running inside the VM.

Burningstone · December 17, 2019, 11:03am

What I mean’t was where he installed deconz. It’s not really clear for me, where deconz is installed. From the posts it doesn’t look like he configured the deconz hass.io addon. Also it looks like the device doesn’t show up in the Hass.io system information, so how would the addon be able to use the stick if it is not recognized?

SethKins · December 17, 2019, 2:44pm

Hi Alexus,

I’m not going to answer your question - but you have my sympathies as I went around and around with Conbee and a W10 machine running a Linux VM in terms of being able to pair my lights and switches. I am not convinced the Conbee plays well with this set-up, as I’ve not had any trouble at all with my Z-wave stick.

To address your specific problem - are you running your VM with a fixed IP address on your network? If so then your conbee should have the same IP Address as your HA instance.

John.