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667

Here is my docker-compose.yaml:

version: "2"
services:
  deconz:
    image: marthoc/deconz
    container_name: deconz
    ports:
      - 8090:8090
      - 8443:8433
      - 5900:5900
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      - /opt/deconz:/root/.local/share/dresden-elektronik/deCONZ
    devices:
      - /dev/ttyUSB0
    environment:
      - DECONZ_WEB_PORT=8090
      - DECONZ_WS_PORT=8443
      - DECONZ_UPNP=0
      - DECONZ_VNC_MODE=1
      - DECONZ_VNC_PORT=5900
      - DECONZ_VNC_PASSWORD=some_password
      - TZ=Europe/Berlin
668

Looks like you have a typo in ports… 8443 is mapped to 8433. That’s the websocket port so makes sense that everything shows unavailable as the integration can’t connect to it.

669

Thank you! In Germany we say: Sometime you can’t see the forest because of all the trees. :sweat_smile:

670

I don’t have Ikea lights and also no remotes, but I use also the Xiaomi door sensors and also the Xiaomi mulitsenors (temperature, humidity and air pressure). I had some problems adding new Xiaomi sensor to phoscon with an older version of deconz. But when they are added they are rock solid. And what is the biggest advantage for me: I have several ZigBee light link wall switches from Busch Jäger. To add them via the phoscon app worked like charm. The software walked you through to whole steps and they are integrated in the UI. Try to do that with the Hue gateway. It is just simply not possible! And even pairing the wall switch with a light was for me not possible …

671

Btw: is it possible to run the container with a different IP address than the host? How would the docker-compose.yaml then look like?

672

ok, i have bought some ikea outlet switches, firmware on it 2.0.0.19
in the VNC GUI, ota section i see a new firmware 2.0.0.22
so i select the outlet, select the OTA file, the click on “update”
the i see the queued message? and now what? when is the firmware going to be installed?
i tried restarting deconz, didnt help :slight_smile:

673

maybe offtopic , but can we also use deconz WITHOUT home assistant?
in phoscon app, you can indeed make scenes and link remotes witth lights, thats interesting
but is there also an APP for android/iphone to control lighs/switches?

674

There is no app but the web front end is good enough for simple operation.

675

Is it mobile friendly?

676

Yes, even it disables configurations on small screens. But nothing compared to home assistant.

677

yeah, but its a question for some of my colleages, that not use Home Assistant, but they want an universal zigbee bridge :slight_smile:

678

Conbee/Deconz/Phoscon (Dresden Elektronik - you should find a common trade name for the system :wink: ) is made to be a replacement of the closed Philips Hue/IKEA Trådfri/Lightify/Xiaomi etc hub systems.

You can set up groups and assign remotes to the groups. You can make scenes. But not nearly as powerful as what you can do when you use a system like Home Assistant/OpenHab/Node Red etc to link it up with other technologies than Zigbee.

With Home Assistant I can press a button on a Philips Zigbee remote. This is received by deconz which sends a message (properly pushed instantly unlike Philips Hue) to Home Assistant. And Home Assistant can now turn on lights on the Deconz Zigbee system as well as maybe a Sonoff switch running Tasmota, and a Z-wave device. And you can make rules so the actual actions depends on time of day or amount of daylight.

The advantage of having a Deconz running independently of Home Assistant and having remotes paired directy with light groups is that this can run while your Home Assistant may be crashed to pieces.

I personally have defined just groups in Phoscon app so I can send efficient dimming commands to a large group of lights but I do all my automations in Home Assistant in yaml files. I like to keep things simple.

I do not not run my Deconz as a Home Assistant addon anymore. It is so easy to install by adding an apt repo and an apt install. And then I am not depending on Docker containers working or being updated. And if HA dies and has to be rebuilt I can quickly open Phoscon and add the remotes to the light groups and have a functioning house (and happy wife) till I have rebuilt HA

Just remember to backup the Phoscon settings from the Phoscon app every time you add or remove devices from the Zigbee. Just like you also do with snapshots in HA!!

679

yeah, i know advantages with HA, but for starters, without knowledge about coding/scripting/RPI systems, deconz is a good alternative if you have limited smart devices :slight_smile:

680

Does a hassio snapshot not backup the deconz add on settings, including phoscon?

I have automated hassio backups to Google drive, I assumed that the whole thing could be restored from a snapshot as long as the conbee stick is connected.

681

Yes. Deconz is full backed up in a hassio addon installation.

I was pointing at running Deconz installed with apt in the host OS

Deconz/Phoscon is a complete solution. You can even buy a physical box with a Rasberry Pi, Rasbee and software installed and configured.

Home Assistant simply release this ass an addon for Hassio. But you can choose to use Deconz installed directly from the Dresden Elektronik repository using apt. It has its advantages.

  • you can install on a different machine than HA
  • deconz does not stop working when the HA docker environment is down
  • you get the latest updates the minute they are released and do not have to wait for the HA devs to release a new version of the addon. Updates with everything else during normal apt update and apt upgrade
  • you do not have the problem with multiple USB serial devices changing sequence (unresolved bug in the addon)

The addon obviously has one huge advantage. It is a one click installation
And you get Phoscon backup as part of HA snapshots. If you remember to make snapshots

My warning repeated. Always make a backup of either Phoscon or HA snapshot each time you add or remove Zigbee devices because if something goes wrong this is what saves you from readding all your devices again. I have 50 or 60 now. It takes a whole weekend.

682

Hello there!
I just bought this Ikea Fyrtur blind and easily paired it with the Phoscon app. Now for the remote I have to access to the old gui from the new gui under help menu, as I read in another post but I do not understand how to pair it.
In the devices menu–>connect a device I found only this 3 options and neither of this seems to work for the remote.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance

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683

I do not have the Fyrtur

But I believe the adding of devices is pretty generic. The only thing Phoscon does when you add something is to provide a description how to put the device in pairing mode. So you have to follow the advice for the Fyrtur. You will not find the correct procedure in Phoscon new or old

684

OK thanks, I’ve made a manual backup of my deconz setup just in case, but I also have 2 or 3 automatic hassio snapshots every week so there’s some piece of mind there too.

For now I prefer having deconz as an addon in my hassio setup as it Just Works, and brings me closer to my goal of having fewer hubs and boxes dotted around the house. 99% of my lighting is automated and controlled through HA so if HA goes down, deconz might as well be down too.

I’ve migrated almost 40 lights and another 10 or so sensors and remotes / dimmers over to deconz and I’m very happy so far. Plugged out the Hue hub earlier! And all going well there’ll be about 30 or so xiaomi sensors joining the network in the coming months.

685

As far as I remember to pair the blind remote switch I did exactly what is visible on your screenshot but I choose Device Type: Lighting Switch and followed on screen instructions. Put your remote very close to the deconz stick when pairing.

After pairing it is not visible in Phoscon app (at least for me) but in the old webapp it shows under Control tab as TRADFRI open/close remote . In Group tab I had tick the box for the membership and since then the remote can also control the blind without any further setting. Initially I had a glitch and there was more than a minute delay but after several Home Assistant restarts now it works perfectly and there is only 1 or 2 sec delay between pressing the remote and the blind starts to move. In HA it will be a light entity. If you want to do something when pressing the remote buttons you have to listen to deconz_event on the event bus by an automation. Closing event will be "event": 2002 and opening event is "event": 1002.

686

Thanks A320Peter for the reply.
Unfortunately there is no way for me to add the remore. Did you reset it before the pairing?