Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 is not found automatically

[Zmash]

Hello everyone,

Since I want to set up an “thread border router” with the help of HomeAssistant, I bought the Connect ZBT-1 and tried to connect it according to the instructions. (Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1)

Unfortunately, my HomeAssistant Green does not seem to recognise it automatically. (like in step 2 of the guide)
However, I found it in the full hardware list.

So I searched the forum here and found the following:

New Skyconnect not working in Proxmox

I also had one of the bad Nov batch devices. The box was labeled “S/N 242303”; apparently some other devices with a similar serial number were affected. Nabu Casa support told me how to assign the correct device name. After running the steps below, the device is auto-recognized by HA. Install Advanced SSH add-on, disable Protected mode in the add-on settings. Connect to SSH terminal and run: # Enter the OS container (make sure "Protection mode" is disabled in the addon) docker exec -it homeas…

I have run the SHH script and my ZBT-1 Connect is now also displayed as follows:

ttyUSB0
/dev/serial/by-id/usb-Nabu_Casa_SkyConnect_v1.0_54d28d500339ef11923ae0d154516304-if00-port0

However, the problem persists that my Home Assistant does not find the stick automatically and I therefore cannot configure it for Thread under System > Hardware.

Does anyone else have an idea what this could be due to or is there a manual way to flash the stick and use it as an open thread border router?

(I don’t want to use multiprotocol or Zigbee with the stick, I have another sonoff stick for this)

Greeting and thanks for your help

Zmash

Edit:
Full Device entry:

Attributes:

DEVLINKS: >-
  /dev/serial/by-id/usb-Nabu_Casa_SkyConnect_v1.0_54d28d500339ef11923ae0d154516304-if00-port0
  /dev/serial/by-path/platform-fd800000.usb-usb-0:1.1:1.0-port0
  /dev/serial/by-path/platform-fd800000.usb-usbv2-0:1.1:1.0-port0
DEVNAME: /dev/ttyUSB0
DEVPATH: /devices/platform/fd800000.usb/usb4/4-1/4-1.1/4-1.1:1.0/ttyUSB0/tty/ttyUSB0
ID_BUS: usb
ID_MODEL: SkyConnect_v1.0
ID_MODEL_ENC: SkyConnect\x20v1.0
ID_MODEL_ID: ea60
ID_PATH: platform-fd800000.usb-usb-0:1.1:1.0
ID_PATH_TAG: platform-fd800000_usb-usb-0_1_1_1_0
ID_PATH_WITH_USB_REVISION: platform-fd800000.usb-usbv2-0:1.1:1.0
ID_REVISION: '0100'
ID_SERIAL: Nabu_Casa_SkyConnect_v1.0_54d28d500339ef11923ae0d154516304
ID_SERIAL_SHORT: 54d28d500339ef11923ae0d154516304
ID_TYPE: generic
ID_USB_DRIVER: cp210x
ID_USB_INTERFACES: ':ff0000:'
ID_USB_INTERFACE_NUM: '00'
ID_USB_MODEL: SkyConnect_v1.0
ID_USB_MODEL_ENC: SkyConnect\x20v1.0
ID_USB_MODEL_ID: ea60
ID_USB_REVISION: '0100'
ID_USB_SERIAL: Nabu_Casa_SkyConnect_v1.0_54d28d500339ef11923ae0d154516304
ID_USB_SERIAL_SHORT: 54d28d500339ef11923ae0d154516304
ID_USB_TYPE: generic
ID_USB_VENDOR: Nabu_Casa
ID_USB_VENDOR_ENC: Nabu\x20Casa
ID_USB_VENDOR_ID: 10c4
ID_VENDOR: Nabu_Casa
ID_VENDOR_ENC: Nabu\x20Casa
ID_VENDOR_ID: 10c4
MAJOR: '188'
MINOR: '0'
SUBSYSTEM: tty
TAGS: ':systemd:'
USEC_INITIALIZED: '3525584449903'

My System:
Home Assistant Green

Core 2024.11.3
Supervisor 2024.11.4
Operating System 13.2
Frontend 20241106.2

[Zmash]

Out of interest, I have now installed the ‘Silicon Labs Multiprotocol’ addon. With the addon I seem to be able to set it up as an OpenThread Border Router automatically by the addon.

But the goal is actually to set it up in the recommended way without Zigbee but only as an OpenThread Border Router.

This actually shows that the stick should work as such, but is simply not recognised automatically, right?