OK, I have a Home Assistant Green that I received a month or so ago. I got it running and connected to my Kasa devices and a couple Matter devices (AC unit, mostly)… So I’m working with the standard out of the box Home Assistant Green and the standard out of the box Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 USB dongle connected to the included USB extender. Everything is standard and I’m not running in a docker container or Pi or any set up other than the basics.
Unfortunately, I think I’ve reached the point where I’m ready to unplug everything and burn it.
After 2 weeks of frustration, last night I finally managed to get my Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 running, one Hue bulb connected and working (as a test), and ready to start working on my other Zigbee devices.
When I looked at HA tonight, there was a firmware update for the ZBT-1. So, I loaded it and restarted HA. After that, the Hue device could be controlled through the Dashboard without any problems, but ZHA couldn’t see the ZBT-1 anymore and it kept returning me to the Configuration page. No matter what I entered, it couldn’t see the ZBT-1 anymore. Everything seemed to be working, but ZHA kept trying to run through the configuration.
So far tonight, I’ve spent the better part of 4 hours uninstalling everything Zigbee & ZBT-1 related and started over from scratch at least 3 times, made copies of the config files and removed them to prevent them from picking up any old configurations. Nothing works anymore.
All I can get is the oh so very helpful message “Failed to connect” when trying to add a device. And actually, when I do that, it tells me I need a Zigbee radio and asks if I want to configure it. The ZBT-1 shows up in the Serial Port list:
So I select it and hit Submit, then I get the “Failed to connect” message. It obviously sees it.
I’ve worked on corporate networks and servers for years, and I have never been this completely frustrated and stumped. Everything looks like it should be working, but no matter what I try, it won’t.
Can anyone point me to a straightforward set of instructions to completely remove the ZBT-1 from HA, so I can start completely fresh with it?
It’s either that, or I’m just going to have to figure out how to do a hard reset on the Home Assistant Green and just start with a blank slate.
I apologize for rambling a bit. But I’m super frustrated and would really appreciate ANY advice at this point… Tonight is the second night in a row I’ve worked on this until after 1am, and I’ve got to get up and get ready for work in about 5 hours.
Thanks to anyone who has read this far.