Hi,
I’ve had an Ideal Halo based boiler fitted about a month ago. I bought myself a Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus from Amazon (it connected automatically) and I’m now trying to connect the two.
The [documentation[(https://idealheating.com/uploads/documents/halo-wifi-installation-223828-2.pdf) for the Halo system says to just press the “pair” button until the pairing light flashes red - I’ve done that. Then in Home Assistant, I’ve gone to Settings → Devices & Services and clicked on “1 device” under “Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus” then “Add devices using this device”. That then shows on “Searching for Zigbee devices” and then says “Search again”…
Does anyone know what I’m doing wrong? Has anyone got it to work? Is the fact that I’ve already paired it to the Halo device mean that I can’t also pair it with another Zigbee device?
Thanks in advance!
I’ve tried to go the same route and to me it seems to me that the Ideal devices (Halo and smart interface) will not pair with non-Ideal devices. I tried for quite a while to connect the Halo to my own zigbee networks and the other way around, and it looks like their devices are locked down to secret network and installation keys. I asked Ideal support via email, but haven’t received a response…
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