How to add unsupported device to zigbee2mqtt on Hassio?!

Installation Home Assistant OS
1

I just bought an “iluminize 511.202” Zigbee dimmer and believed the zigbee2mqtt page that it was super simple to add unsupported devices … xD

However, I just can’t get it to work… I TRIED to follow this guide
https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/how_tos/how_to_support_new_devices_on_hassio.html
And this one

But I can’t even figure out how to

docker ps

to find the Container ID

I have a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ with the “normal” Hassio image on it. I did figure out how to ssh into the base device (not through the addon), but that’s it for me…

Anyone can help?! Or point me into the right direction?! a “for Dummies” guide would be highly appreciated

2

No one has ever managed to do that?! :frowning:

3

So, (I think) I’ve done what the tutorial says.

in the configration I added "zigbee_shepherd_devices": true and in my share/zigbee2mqtt folder, I created a devices.js file, copy pasted the one from github in it, and added:

    {
        zigbeeModel: ['Schalt-Aktor 511.202'],
        model: '511.202',
        vendor: 'Iluminize',
        description: 'Zigbee 3.0 Schalt-Aktor 200W ',
        toZigbee: generic.light_onoff_brightness.toZigbee,
    },

Then I restarted the Addon and enabled joining. Still the error

  zigbee2mqtt:warn 8/1/2019, 6:15:32 PM Message without device!
  zigbee2mqtt:warn 8/1/2019, 6:15:39 PM Device with modelID '511.202' is not supported.
  zigbee2mqtt:warn 8/1/2019, 6:15:39 PM Please see: https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/how_tos/how_to_support_new_devices.html

comes up.

What else should I do?! I didn’t find a way to access the actual devices.js file in the zigbee2mqtt container…

4

I’d love to know this too. Can’t figure out where the devices.js file is on Hassio

Edit:
@Farnsworth check this out

And

https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/how_tos/how_to_support_new_devices_on_hassio.html

I managed to pair an unsupported device following it the first link

5

I did that - the weird thing is, the device is listed in the devices.yaml and database.db file, but the log still says

  zigbee2mqtt:warn 8/1/2019, 6:15:32 PM Message without device!
  zigbee2mqtt:warn 8/1/2019, 6:15:39 PM Device with modelID '511.202' is not supported.
  zigbee2mqtt:warn 8/1/2019, 6:15:39 PM Please see: https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/how_tos/how_to_support_new_devices.html

:frowning:

6

@Farnsworth Did you pass this problem? I facing to this, do you have any suggestion for me? Thanks in advance

7

sorry for the late reply - but the answer is frustrating anyway… No, I did not manage to add unsupported devices within the Home Assistant Addon.
I did move to a separate Pi on which I installed Zigbee2MQTT to add it, but since it did not work as expected, I went back and got a different device. I’ve decided to leave the advanced stuff to the pros and stick to officially supported devices - there’s so many now, that I don’t see a reason to go through the hassle of adding them myself