SOLVED: ZHA ➡️ Z2M - did it wrong, now need guidance

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Shortly; due to lack of time a bad preparation I tried a quick migration from ZHA to Z2M, but cannot get any of my old devices to pair.

I am on Ubuntu server running HAOS in a VM. Zigbee device is a Sonoff dongle E on an USB extension cable.

This is what I did;

  • Disabled ZHA (yes I have afterwards read that I should have removed my devices first).
  • Installed and configured MQTT and Z2M according to videos :upside_down_face: and it seems work, no errors in any logs for what I can see.

This is what I have tried;

  • I tried to pair some Lidl and IKEA plugs but didn’t manage.
  • I have restarted HA as well as the Ubuntu server.

Unfortunately no success and is now looking for guidance to get back on track. Either to back to ZHA or to functional Z2M.

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Are you clicking this before you start to pair?

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Haha - that worked THANKS! I just paired my first device.

Naturally a rookie mistake, but also kind of bad UI, I thought I just needed to set the drop-down to “pair all”…

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If you are pairing a lot of devices you could also set permit_join: true in zigbee2mqtt/configuration.yaml. For security reasons do set it back to false when done though.