Help with Zigbee

Hedda · May 17, 2023, 9:49am

Personally, I recommend going with either the ZHA integration or Zigbee2MQTT over deCONZ/Phoscon, but the best is to first try to learn about all of those as well as read up on the differences between them:

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha

https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io

https://www.phoscon.de/en/conbee2/software#deconz

If decide to use ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT and not deCONZ then recommend “Sonoff ZBDongle-P” instead:

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/iteads-sonoff-zigbee-3-0-usb-dongle-plus-model-zbdongle-p-based-on-texas-instruments-cc2652p-20dbm-radio-soc-mcu/340705

Note that there “Sonoff ZBDongle-E” variant that still only has experimental support in Zigbee2MQTT:

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/itead-s-sonoff-zigbee-3-0-usb-dongle-plus-v2-model-zbdongle-e-based-on-silicon-labs-efr32mg21-20dbm-radio-soc-mcu/442695

Only thing not yet supported with ConBee in ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT is joining devices via install code:

github.com/dresden-elektronik/deconz-serial-protocol

Does deCONZ serial protocol for ConBee/RaspBee Zigbee Coordinator adapters not support joining/pairing via install code and qr code?

opened 04:40PM - 12 Feb 23 UTC

Hedda

@manup Reposting from https://github.com/zigpy/zigpy-deconz/issues/214 and https…://github.com/Koenkk/zigbee2mqtt/issues/17492 as a public request to you dresden-elektronik's deCONZ (ConBee) developers because the developers of zigpy (used by Home Assistant's ZHA integration + Zigbee plugins for Domoticz and Jeedom) and zigbee-herdsman (Zigbee2MQTT + IoBroker) replied there that this function is not supported in zigpy-deconz or zigbee-herdsman since the function for install code (and qr code) is not a documented in the linked deCONZ serial protocol documentation: https://github.com/dresden-elektronik/deconz-serial-protocol/blob/master/README.md **UPDATE:** The exact same issue also applies to Zigbee2MQTT (Z2M) and IoBroker (which are both based on zigbee-herdsman): https://github.com/Koenkk/zigbee2mqtt/issues/17492 It started with one user of Home Assistant’s ZHA integration with an ConBee Zigbee Coordinator adapter posted that they could not join/pair a Zigbee 3.0 (ZB3) device that required an "install code", and then some other user replied to that post saying "install code" (and "qr code"?) support is not implemented in the zigpy-deconz radio library for zigpy which the ZHA integration depends on. Is that true? https://github.com/zigpy/zigpy-deconz/blob/80041b9dbf334e0224b95081fcd49bb2da3e8c5d/zigpy_deconz/zigbee/application.py#L108 For reference that specific Zigbee 3.0 device that require install code to join was the "Bosch Thermostat 2": https://community.home-assistant.io/t/bosch-thermostat-2/492845/ [ZHA](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha) (and [zigpy](https://github.com/zigpy/zigpy)) can set an Install Code for Zigbee 3.0 devices if using Silicon Labs EmberZNet or Texas Instruments Z-Stack ZNP: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha#services https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/application-notes/an1089-using-installation-codes-with-zigbee-devices.pdf https://wiki.st.com/stm32mcu/wiki/Connectivity:Zigbee_Install_Code Just reposting this issue reported in the Home Assistant community forum: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/bosch-thermostat-2/492845/10 https://community.home-assistant.io/t/bosch-thermostat-2/492845/11 The first device in question was the [Bosch Thermostat II 230 V (BTH-RA / BTH-RM230Z)](https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/BTH-RA.html), however, I understand that some people using deCONZ or Zigbee2MQTT have reported the same issue with a few other Bosch-branded Zigbee devices, like [Bosch Smoke Alarm II (BSD-2)](https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/BSD-2.html), Bosch Door/window contact II (RBSH-SWD-ZB), and Bosch BWA-1 water sensor, all of which require adding the install code to pair/join. Another device that been mentioned to require install code is the rotary switch Aqara H1 -> https://github.com/Koenkk/zigbee-herdsman/issues/420 PS: I do not have a ConBee/RaspBee Zigbee Coordinator setup myself any longer so can not replicate it to confirm or disconfirm this but think that it would be a good idea if this could be tracked as a feature request because the function is missing the deconz serial protocol documentation and for deconz firmware based Zigbee Coordinator adapters like ConBee/RaspBee but supported by other Zigbee Coordinator adapters like Silicon Labs and Texas Instruments based Zigbee Coordinator adapters via their respective radio library for zigpy.

If however you want the option to use deCONZ then your only option is to buy a ConBee II (2) dongle.

While that might hold true for future firmware updates I believe that the latest versions of ZHA, Zigbee2MQTT, and deCONZ all fully support latest firmware release of the deconz firmware.