Tube's ZB Coordinators and Routers (was Zigbee router on steroids?)

Configuration Zigbee
949

This is the one based on the same chip as Skyconnect

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950

So does this mean that it provides the same coverage? Or is it better due to antenna design?

951

For zigbee coverage your better off utilizing the nature of the mesh with a mix of devices that route/repeat (most mains powered devices).

Also look at interference either near the coordinator or near the devices.

The external antenna may give you boost of about 3-5 dbi, I am not sure itā€™s super significant when taking into consideration the comments I made above about a good mesh.

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952

For me the big difference is that you can place the coordinator where it gives best coverage. I have mine in the middle of the house. And away from disturbance sources like usb. I will never go back.

953

Thank you very much for your comments. That makes sense. I will experiment with a repeater first since Iā€™d like to have the coordinator in the network rack. Perhaps I also have to find a better position in the rack as well for the skyconnect.

Is it a problem to use a longer USB cable to get just the antenna out of the rack housing?

954

If you have the coordinator in the rack it probably explains your problems. There is ofc all kind of interference. Put it as far away as possible using a long usb cable

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955

Thanks for the advice. I will try this one as well.

956

I have downloaded both addons and try to flash my "tubeszb-efr32-mgm210-poe-2022ā€. But I consistently receive error:
Error: ā€˜/root/firmware.gblā€™ does not appear to be a valid GBL image: ValidationError(ā€˜Image is truncated: tag value is cut offā€™)

I have this URL configured: https://github.com/tube0013/tube_gateways/blob/2d581cd39adc086fed41d8413032f7dce1ab0b24/models/current/tubeszb-efr32-MGM210-poe/firmware/efr32_MGM210/ncp/MGM210PA32JIA_ncp-uart-sw_7.2.2_TubesZB_2022.gbl

Probably a beginners mistake?

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957

Iā€™m not on desktop so canā€™t grab the link right now, but you need the raw link from GitHub.

958

Yes, I checked the youtube movie and noted ā€œrawā€. Upgraded with success!

BIG THANKS for a good tool!

960

Been having an intermittent problem. I am using one of your coordinators ,Black,round.

tube-zb-gw-cc2652p2-v2

Recently zigbee2mqqt has stopped working. The error I get is
ā€œError: Failed to connect to the adapterā€

My config

data_path: /config/zigbee2mqtt
socat:
  enabled: false
  master: pty,raw,echo=0,link=/tmp/ttyZ2M,mode=777
  slave: tcp-listen:8485,keepalive,nodelay,reuseaddr,keepidle=1,keepintvl=1,keepcnt=5
  options: "-d -d"
  log: false
mqtt:
  base_topic: zigbee2mqtt
serial:
  port: tcp://10.0.0.91:6638
external_converters: []
devices: devices.yaml
groups: groups.yaml
homeassistant: true
permit_join: false
advanced:
  log_level: info
  pan_id: 6756
  channel: 20
  network_key:
    - 1
    - 3
    - 5
    - 7
    - 9
    - 11
    - 13
    - 15
    - 0
    - 2
    - 4
    - 6
    - 8
    - 10
    - 12
    - 13
  availability_blocklist: []
  availability_passlist: []
device_options: {}
blocklist: []

At first I thought a network issue
I can connect to the web interface so IP is correct
I pinged both the adapter and home assistant for about 15 min neither dropped a single packet.
It will sometimes work after multiple reboots and powercycling the coordinator. It stays working until I reboot usually.
Looking for any suggestions.

Thanks

Craig

961

I just listed CC2652 P7 based PoE coordinators in the storeā€¦ I had 2 testers who have been testing/using them for the last few months I havenā€™t heard from them in awhile :joy: so figured it was good to finally list as I have way to many of these modules on hand to keep through the end of the year :grimacing: If you have a 2022 or 2023 p2 and want to update I hope to get a listing for that up soon!

962

Hi,

I use a tubeszb-efr32-MGM210-poe for several time now and always recognized some bad behavior after rebooting, device is pingable but no service like web or 6638 is available.
Several reboots usually fixes the behavior but with latest ESPhome update the 6638 port is always dead, portscans even do not find it. ESPhome log Button goes into connection timeouts, like my Z2M.

Anyone with an idea how to fix this?
Would love to supply logs but have no real clue how to get themā€¦

Some additional question: does a radio update mean you have to re-pair every device or should all run as before?

Dan

963

Try flashing the original binary from github via USB

you can use the binary from there, lift the device up front he case to access the micro usb port on the side of the Olimex ESP32-PoE.

You can use the ESPHome flasher to flash to the device:

This describes the process, https://github.com/tube0013/tube_gateways/tree/main/models/current/tubeszb-cc2652-poe-2023#esp32-flashing

even though itā€™s under the cc2652 model, its the same process.

964

I put device back to life flashing again the esphome fw generated by the addon via web page.
Now over night the 6638 port seems to be crashed, in the logs I noticed this:

10:50:20	[W]	[component:214]	
Component esphome.coroutine took a long time for an operation (0.05 s).
10:50:20	[W]	[component:215]	
Components should block for at most 20-30ms.
10:50:20	[W]	[component:215]	
Components should block for at most 20-30ms.

Can you also give an answer to the radio flashing? Does this enforce to repair the whole ZB clients?

Many thanks,
Dan

965

both zha and z2m make regulary backups so when a coordinator is flashed and reset in the process is detected they will write the last backup to the coordinator restoring itā€™s state pre flash.

I believe best practicve for z2m is to stop and do a clean start of z2m before stopping it to do the flash, so it pulls a fresh backup at startup. ZHA you can pull a back up manually or restart HA as I believe it does a backup then as well, as well as every few hours.

966

Thanks for your explanations, the EFR Update worked fine via the HASS addon.
Z2M is running again but the above mentioned ā€œlong timeā€ messages are happening quite often now.

When I flash the older esphome fw from your github, do I need to re-adopt it into my esphome?

Dan

967

Iā€™m not 100% sure on that. Using an EFR32 radio with z2m is considered experimental so canā€™t guarantee there wonā€™t be issues there.

968

Last year I did buy one of your PoE coordinators. Iā€™m running HASSIO on a Synology VVM. Used ZHA until now, but I want to change Z2M. Removed ZHA add on. Installed Z2M add on. On tubeszb-cc2652-poe-2022 consol I can see Client is connecting and disconnection continously. Z2M-upstart service is stucked. Last log entry of Z2M is Zigbee2MQTT info 2023-11-14 20:58:19 Starting zigbee-herdsman (0.21.0).
IP and ports seems okay. What to do?
NB: Thanks for a very nice product.

969

Nothing else in the log? you should see more as Z2M starts with an additional error if something is wrong.