How to replace Conbee 2 Zigbee stick and retain current config?

Well, I’ve had a chance to run through this. Apart from making a mistake at one point, it’s actually fairly straightforward.

The device address tripped me up as I was using /dev/serial/by-id and (obviously) the id of the device changed to the replacement conbee. I have changed this to a physical address to make changing the adapter more straightforward.

Without the mistake, I think the process is as follows:-

  • Create snapshot of Hassio and copy to PC
  • Create Backup of Conbee config on PC
  • Stop live system and power off
  • Swap Conbee with standby conbee and Power on rPi
  • Check device address is correct. in add-in configuration E.g. /dev/ttyACM0
  • Restart add-in
  • Restore Phoscon backup from PC
  • Devices now seen in deconz (vnc) but no network connections
  • Go into hidden advanced config and load correct network config
  • Deconz (vnc) now shows network connections.
  • All working correctly now
  • Reboot rPi to tidy up
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