Using a 2nd Raspberry Pi with a Remote Zigbee stick CC2531

Hey guys!

It seems I cannot understand what I have to do to make this work! My HA runs in a Raspberry Pi 3 but I need to setup a 2nd Raspberry Pi in my garage to implement some Zigbee sensors around the area.

I bought:

  • Raspberry Pi Zero
  • SD card
  • CC2531 USB stick with an antenna (it already came flashed and ready for Zigbee!)
  • USB to Micro USB OTG cable to connect the USB stick to the Pi Zero Micro USB port.

I was trying to read these instructions: https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/how_tos/how_to_connect_to_a_remote_adapter.html

But it talks about a ā€œWiFi-based Serial-to-IP bridgesā€. Some tutorials on the web talk about a serial to USB cable. I simply canā€™t understand that.

Can anybody please help me here?

You havenā€™t got the silicon labs device so the sentence

WiFi-based Serial-to-IP bridges are not recommended for Silicon Labs EZSP adapters as the serial protocol does not have enough fault-tolerance to handle packet loss or latency delays that can normally occur over WiFi connections.

So what is your concern?

I am actually looking for a tutorial or better instructions on how to do it. How can I flash ser2net or similar to my Raspberry Pi Zero? Do I install Raspbian/Raspberry Pi OS 1st then use the command line to install ser2net?

Did I buy everything that was necessary to do it?

You will need to install raspberry pi os then

apt install ser2net

I think you have everything :slight_smile:

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Thank you! I will give it a try! :grinning:

Come back if you need more help.

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Another route would be to run all of the zigbee2mqtt software on the 2nd rpi, install a MQTT server if you do not have one running and then use MQTT messages between your HA server and the zigbee2mqtt server:

Before starting make sure you have an MQTT broker installed on your system. There are many tutorials available on how to do this, example. Mosquitto is the recommended MQTT broker but others should also work fine.

https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/getting_started/running_zigbee2mqtt.html#running-zigbee2mqtt

And yesā€¦ I had to come back! :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

I am trying to go with the ser2net way.

First of all, I have tested my CC2531 dongle on my Home Assistant Raspberry Pi 3. It worked flawlessly with the Zigbee2MQTT Add-on.

Now letā€™s go to the issue! Since I need this dongle to be at a remote place, I have bought a Raspberry Pi Zero W. Then, I installed Raspberry Pi OS (the regular version), enabled SSH via SD card, and set up a Wi-Fi connection. Everything is all right and I can access the Pi Zero using Putty.

I plugged the dongle to a Micro USB OTG adapter and pluged everything to the Raspberry Pi Zero. The LED from the dongle stays ā€˜onā€™ for about a minute, then it turns off (I donā€™t know if this is a normal behaviour).

The main problem is that I canā€™t find the USB device. I tried:

ls -l /dev/ttyA*

I could not find any device named as ttyACM0. For some reason, it looks like the Pi is not recognizing the USB stick.

Any ideas of how I should proceed? :pensive:

Type dmesg immediately after plugging it in. This is the kernel log and it should report the new device name.

The easy way to install 2nd HASS on your 2nd RPI and sent info to your master HASS the data required. You can use the remote assistant plugin to connect both systems.

Bit hard to install ha in a zero. Not recommended at all.

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I respectfully disagree. HA on a pi zero is not recommended.
The easy way is to do a bare metal installation of Zigbee2MQTT on the pi zero, and point it to the existing mqtt server.
2 things to consider :
you have to change the mqtt topic from zigbee2mqtt to e.g zigbee2mqtt2 or zigbee2mqttgarage, as you can not have 2 zigbee2mqtt instances using the same mqtt topic
you have to use another panid for the same reason.

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Heā€™d still need to find the co-ordinator device, but yes this is certainly an equally valid way as ser2net.

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upsā€¦ yeah sorryā€¦ did not read pi zero in the listā€¦ my bad

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I tried that but I still canā€™t see anything.

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ dmesg
[    0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0
[    0.000000] Linux version 5.10.17+ (dom@buildbot) (arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc-8 (Ubuntu/Linaro 8.4.0-3ubuntu1) 8.4.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.34) #1414 Fri Apr 30 13:16:27 BST 2021
[    0.000000] CPU: ARMv6-compatible processor [410fb767] revision 7 (ARMv7), cr=00c5387d
[    0.000000] CPU: PIPT / VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT nonaliasing instruction cache
[    0.000000] OF: fdt: Machine model: Raspberry Pi Zero W Rev 1.1
[    0.000000] Memory policy: Data cache writeback
[    0.000000] Reserved memory: created CMA memory pool at 0x17c00000, size 64 MiB
[    0.000000] OF: reserved mem: initialized node linux,cma, compatible id shared-dma-pool
[    0.000000] Zone ranges:
[    0.000000]   Normal   [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000001bffffff]
[    0.000000] Movable zone start for each node
[    0.000000] Early memory node ranges
[    0.000000]   node   0: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000001bffffff]
[    0.000000] Initmem setup node 0 [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000001bffffff]
[    0.000000] On node 0 totalpages: 114688
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 1008 pages used for memmap
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 0 pages reserved
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 114688 pages, LIFO batch:31
[    0.000000] pcpu-alloc: s0 r0 d32768 u32768 alloc=1*32768
[    0.000000] pcpu-alloc: [0] 0
[    0.000000] Built 1 zonelists, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 113680
[    0.000000] Kernel command line: coherent_pool=1M 8250.nr_uarts=0 snd_bcm2835.enable_compat_alsa=0 snd_bcm2835.enable_hdmi=1 bcm2708_fb.fbwidth=656 bcm2708_fb.fbheight=416 bcm2708_fb.fbswap=1 smsc95xx.macaddr=B8:27:EB:BB:6B:93 vc_mem.mem_base=0x1ec00000 vc_mem.mem_size=0x20000000  console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty1 root=PARTUUID=716408ef-02 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes rootwait quiet splash plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles
[    0.000000] Kernel parameter elevator= does not have any effect anymore.
               Please use sysfs to set IO scheduler for individual devices.
[    0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes, linear)
[    0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes, linear)
[    0.000000] mem auto-init: stack:off, heap alloc:off, heap free:off
[    0.000000] Memory: 374456K/458752K available (8638K kernel code, 1324K rwdata, 2816K rodata, 420K init, 837K bss, 18760K reserved, 65536K cma-reserved)
[    0.000000] SLUB: HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
[    0.000000] ftrace: allocating 30576 entries in 60 pages
[    0.000000] ftrace: allocated 60 pages with 4 groups
[    0.000000] NR_IRQS: 16, nr_irqs: 16, preallocated irqs: 16
[    0.000000] random: get_random_bytes called from start_kernel+0x324/0x564 with crng_init=0
[    0.000030] sched_clock: 32 bits at 1000kHz, resolution 1000ns, wraps every 2147483647500ns
[    0.000092] clocksource: timer: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 1911260446275 ns
[    0.000184] bcm2835: system timer (irq = 27)
[    0.000877] Console: colour dummy device 80x30
[    0.000972] printk: console [tty1] enabled
[    0.001053] Calibrating delay loop... 697.95 BogoMIPS (lpj=3489792)
[    0.060337] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
[    0.060646] LSM: Security Framework initializing
[    0.060965] Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
[    0.061002] Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
[    0.063418] Disabling memory control group subsystem
[    0.063703] CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
[    0.065752] Setting up static identity map for 0x8200 - 0x8238
[    0.067126] devtmpfs: initialized
[    0.080791] VFP support v0.3: implementor 41 architecture 1 part 20 variant b rev 5
[    0.081200] clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 19112604462750000 ns
[    0.081248] futex hash table entries: 256 (order: -1, 3072 bytes, linear)
[    0.090132] pinctrl core: initialized pinctrl subsystem
[    0.092364] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[    0.097220] DMA: preallocated 1024 KiB pool for atomic coherent allocations
[    0.104174] audit: initializing netlink subsys (disabled)
[    0.105824] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'step_wise'
[    0.107026] hw-breakpoint: found 6 breakpoint and 1 watchpoint registers.
[    0.107052] hw-breakpoint: maximum watchpoint size is 4 bytes.
[    0.107320] Serial: AMBA PL011 UART driver
[    0.110711] audit: type=2000 audit(0.100:1): state=initialized audit_enabled=0 res=1
[    0.131058] bcm2835-mbox 2000b880.mailbox: mailbox enabled
[    0.150925] raspberrypi-firmware soc:firmware: Attached to firmware from 2021-04-30T13:47:07, variant start
[    0.160938] raspberrypi-firmware soc:firmware: Firmware hash is d7f29d96450abfc77cd6cf011af1faf1e03e5e56
[    0.224196] bcm2835-dma 20007000.dma: DMA legacy API manager, dmachans=0x1
[    0.227496] SCSI subsystem initialized
[    0.228008] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[    0.228135] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[    0.228258] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[    0.231447] clocksource: Switched to clocksource timer
[    2.242398] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.6.0
[    2.242549] VFS: Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[    2.242833] FS-Cache: Loaded
[    2.243272] CacheFiles: Loaded
[    2.264654] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[    2.266088] tcp_listen_portaddr_hash hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
[    2.266206] TCP established hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes, linear)
[    2.266291] TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes, linear)
[    2.266370] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096)
[    2.266580] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
[    2.266632] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
[    2.267129] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[    2.268531] RPC: Registered named UNIX socket transport module.
[    2.268560] RPC: Registered udp transport module.
[    2.268574] RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
[    2.268587] RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module.
[    2.270321] hw perfevents: no irqs for PMU, sampling events not supported
[    2.270413] hw perfevents: enabled with armv6_1176 PMU driver, 3 counters available
[    2.275822] Initialise system trusted keyrings
[    2.276390] workingset: timestamp_bits=14 max_order=17 bucket_order=3
[    2.289313] zbud: loaded
[    2.292824] FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs' registered for caching
[    2.294392] NFS: Registering the id_resolver key type
[    2.294470] Key type id_resolver registered
[    2.294489] Key type id_legacy registered
[    2.294734] nfs4filelayout_init: NFSv4 File Layout Driver Registering...
[    2.296827] Key type asymmetric registered
[    2.296861] Asymmetric key parser 'x509' registered
[    2.296969] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 249)
[    2.296992] io scheduler mq-deadline registered
[    2.297009] io scheduler kyber registered
[    2.300517] bcm2708_fb soc:fb: FB found 1 display(s)
[    2.307831] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 82x26
[    2.313476] bcm2708_fb soc:fb: Registered framebuffer for display 0, size 656x416
[    2.315416] random: fast init done
[    2.322147] bcm2835-rng 20104000.rng: hwrng registered
[    2.322761] vc-mem: phys_addr:0x00000000 mem_base=0x1ec00000 mem_size:0x20000000(512 MiB)
[    2.324502] gpiomem-bcm2835 20200000.gpiomem: Initialised: Registers at 0x20200000
[    2.348694] brd: module loaded
[    2.365703] loop: module loaded
[    2.368234] Loading iSCSI transport class v2.0-870.
[    2.370930] libphy: Fixed MDIO Bus: probed
[    2.371425] usbcore: registered new interface driver smsc95xx
[    2.371569] dwc_otg: version 3.00a 10-AUG-2012 (platform bus)
[    3.100099] Core Release: 2.80a
[    3.100133] Setting default values for core params
[    3.100177] Finished setting default values for core params
[    3.300635] Using Buffer DMA mode
[    3.300666] Periodic Transfer Interrupt Enhancement - disabled
[    3.300680] Multiprocessor Interrupt Enhancement - disabled
[    3.300698] OTG VER PARAM: 0, OTG VER FLAG: 0
[    3.300882] Dedicated Tx FIFOs mode

[    3.301978] WARN::dwc_otg_hcd_init:1074: FIQ DMA bounce buffers: virt = d7d14000 dma = 0x97d14000 len=9024
[    3.302021] FIQ FSM acceleration enabled for :
               Non-periodic Split Transactions
               Periodic Split Transactions
               High-Speed Isochronous Endpoints
               Interrupt/Control Split Transaction hack enabled
[    3.302044] dwc_otg: Microframe scheduler enabled

[    3.302240] WARN::hcd_init_fiq:457: FIQ on core 0

[    3.302264] WARN::hcd_init_fiq:458: FIQ ASM at c0652330 length 36

[    3.302301] WARN::hcd_init_fiq:497: MPHI regs_base at dc810000
[    3.302342] dwc_otg 20980000.usb: DWC OTG Controller
[    3.302417] dwc_otg 20980000.usb: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[    3.302516] dwc_otg 20980000.usb: irq 56, io mem 0x00000000
[    3.302582] Init: Port Power? op_state=1
[    3.302597] Init: Power Port (0)
[    3.303223] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bcdDevice= 5.10
[    3.303257] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
[    3.303281] usb usb1: Product: DWC OTG Controller
[    3.303301] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 5.10.17+ dwc_otg_hcd
[    3.303319] usb usb1: SerialNumber: 20980000.usb
[    3.304719] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[    3.304865] hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected
[    3.306689] dwc_otg: FIQ enabled
[    3.306717] dwc_otg: NAK holdoff enabled
[    3.306731] dwc_otg: FIQ split-transaction FSM enabled
[    3.306759] Module dwc_common_port init
[    3.307375] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[    3.307888] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[    3.309725] bcm2835-wdt bcm2835-wdt: Broadcom BCM2835 watchdog timer
[    3.313490] sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
[    3.313520] sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
[    3.314425] mmc-bcm2835 20300000.mmcnr: could not get clk, deferring probe
[    3.315485] sdhost-bcm2835 20202000.mmc: could not get clk, deferring probe
[    3.315854] sdhci-pltfm: SDHCI platform and OF driver helper
[    3.316732] ledtrig-cpu: registered to indicate activity on CPUs
[    3.317300] hid: raw HID events driver (C) Jiri Kosina
[    3.317638] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[    3.317659] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[    3.325384] Initializing XFRM netlink socket
[    3.325474] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[    3.325734] Key type dns_resolver registered
[    3.326866] registered taskstats version 1
[    3.326929] Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates
[    3.345552] uart-pl011 20201000.serial: cts_event_workaround enabled
[    3.345732] 20201000.serial: ttyAMA0 at MMIO 0x20201000 (irq = 81, base_baud = 0) is a PL011 rev2
[    3.349542] bcm2835-power bcm2835-power: Broadcom BCM2835 power domains driver
[    3.352320] mmc-bcm2835 20300000.mmcnr: mmc_debug:0 mmc_debug2:0
[    3.352358] mmc-bcm2835 20300000.mmcnr: DMA channel allocated
[    3.382994] sdhost: log_buf @ (ptrval) (97d13000)
[    3.420032] mmc1: queuing unknown CIS tuple 0x80 (2 bytes)
[    3.421908] mmc1: queuing unknown CIS tuple 0x80 (3 bytes)
[    3.423753] mmc1: queuing unknown CIS tuple 0x80 (3 bytes)
[    3.427016] mmc1: queuing unknown CIS tuple 0x80 (7 bytes)
[    3.431934] mmc0: sdhost-bcm2835 loaded - DMA enabled (>1)
[    3.436195] of_cfs_init
[    3.436494] of_cfs_init: OK
[    3.459045] Waiting for root device PARTUUID=716408ef-02...
[    3.499460] mmc0: host does not support reading read-only switch, assuming write-enable
[    3.501611] mmc0: Problem switching card into high-speed mode!
[    3.502817] mmc0: new SDHC card at address 0001
[    3.504784] mmcblk0: mmc0:0001 ASTC 14.6 GiB
[    3.509540]  mmcblk0: p1 p2
[    3.560319] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem
[    3.560353] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): write access will be enabled during recovery
[    3.570934] mmc1: new high speed SDIO card at address 0001
[    4.994768] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): recovery complete
[    5.004819] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)
[    5.004979] VFS: Mounted root (ext4 filesystem) readonly on device 179:2.
[    5.007660] devtmpfs: mounted
[    5.014564] Freeing unused kernel memory: 420K
[    5.014592] Kernel memory protection not selected by kernel config.
[    5.014658] Run /sbin/init as init process
[    5.014673]   with arguments:
[    5.014686]     /sbin/init
[    5.014700]     splash
[    5.014711]   with environment:
[    5.014722]     HOME=/
[    5.014734]     TERM=linux
[    6.268519] systemd[1]: System time before build time, advancing clock.
[    6.548501] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[    6.550819] Segment Routing with IPv6
[    6.684846] systemd[1]: systemd 241 running in system mode. (+PAM +AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP +GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ +LZ4 +SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS +KMOD -IDN2 +IDN -PCRE2 default-hierarchy=hybrid)
[    6.686807] systemd[1]: Detected architecture arm.
[    6.700430] systemd[1]: Set hostname to <raspberrypi>.
[    9.715792] random: systemd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[    9.747514] random: systemd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[    9.753417] systemd[1]: Created slice User and Session Slice.
[    9.754360] random: systemd: uninitialized urandom read (16 bytes read)
[    9.756049] systemd[1]: Listening on Syslog Socket.
[    9.762887] systemd[1]: Created slice system-systemd\x2dfsck.slice.
[    9.763394] systemd[1]: Reached target Slices.
[    9.766065] systemd[1]: Listening on Journal Audit Socket.
[    9.767336] systemd[1]: Listening on initctl Compatibility Named Pipe.
[    9.769476] systemd[1]: Listening on udev Control Socket.
[   10.197211] i2c /dev entries driver
[   12.271792] systemd[1]: Started File System Check on Root Device.
[   12.333956] systemd[1]: Starting Remount Root and Kernel File Systems...
[   12.562946] systemd[1]: Started Journal Service.
[   13.491665] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
[   14.363857] systemd-journald[83]: Received request to flush runtime journal from PID 1
[   17.114644] mc: Linux media interface: v0.10
[   17.345718] vc_sm_cma: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[   17.348556] bcm2835_vc_sm_cma_probe: Videocore shared memory driver
[   17.348596] [vc_sm_connected_init]: start
[   17.355439] videodev: Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[   17.399248] [vc_sm_connected_init]: installed successfully
[   17.463615] bcm2835_mmal_vchiq: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[   17.466385] bcm2835_mmal_vchiq: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[   17.468176] bcm2835_mmal_vchiq: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[   17.495254] bcm2835_v4l2: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[   17.506324] bcm2835_isp: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[   17.573109] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Device node output[0] registered as /dev/video13
[   17.580268] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Device node capture[0] registered as /dev/video14
[   17.581238] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Device node capture[1] registered as /dev/video15
[   17.585358] bcm2835_codec: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[   17.591955] snd_bcm2835: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
[   17.594592] bcm2835_audio bcm2835_audio: there is not valid maps for state default
[   17.595512] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Device node stats[2] registered as /dev/video16
[   17.595577] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Register output node 0 with media controller
[   17.595619] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Register capture node 1 with media controller
[   17.595652] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Register capture node 2 with media controller
[   17.595683] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Register capture node 3 with media controller
[   17.611941] bcm2835-isp bcm2835-isp: Loaded V4L2 bcm2835-isp
[   17.648221] bcm2835-codec bcm2835-codec: Device registered as /dev/video10
[   17.648317] bcm2835-codec bcm2835-codec: Loaded V4L2 decode
[   17.730995] bcm2835-codec bcm2835-codec: Device registered as /dev/video11
[   17.731113] bcm2835-codec bcm2835-codec: Loaded V4L2 encode
[   17.746313] bcm2835-codec bcm2835-codec: Device registered as /dev/video12
[   17.746405] bcm2835-codec bcm2835-codec: Loaded V4L2 isp
[   20.529272] cfg80211: Loading compiled-in X.509 certificates for regulatory database
[   21.109811] cfg80211: Loaded X.509 cert 'sforshee: 00b28ddf47aef9cea7'
[   21.692149] brcmfmac: F1 signature read @0x18000000=0x1541a9a6
[   21.712517] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio for chip BCM43430/1
[   21.713061] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
[   21.769077] brcmfmac mmc1:0001:1: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio.raspberrypi,model-zero-w.txt failed with error -2
[   22.048059] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43430-sdio for chip BCM43430/1
[   22.048309] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_process_clm_blob: no clm_blob available (err=-2), device may have limited channels available
[   22.049669] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware: BCM43430/1 wl0: Oct 22 2019 01:59:28 version 7.45.98.94 (r723000 CY) FWID 01-3b33decd
[   30.734179] uart-pl011 20201000.serial: no DMA platform data
[   32.475382] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8
[   33.031816] random: crng init done
[   33.031859] random: 7 urandom warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting
[   33.684792] Adding 102396k swap on /var/swap.  Priority:-2 extents:1 across:102396k SSFS
[   34.858450] brcmfmac: brcmf_cfg80211_set_power_mgmt: power save enabled
[   36.475830] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.22
[   36.476080] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[   36.476104] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[   36.511626] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[   36.511679] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[   36.511773] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[   36.632012] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.3
[   36.632055] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol H4 registered
[   36.632285] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Three-wire (H5) registered
[   36.632693] Bluetooth: HCI UART protocol Broadcom registered
[   39.117802] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[   39.492979] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[   39.493004] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[   39.493039] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[   41.163234] ICMPv6: process `dhcpcd' is using deprecated sysctl (syscall) net.ipv6.neigh.wlan0.retrans_time - use net.ipv6.neigh.wlan0.retrans_time_ms instead
[   53.179228] fuse: init (API version 7.32)
[   58.801650] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[   58.801698] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[   58.801758] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11

Exactly. This is the problem right now. I just bought a new OTG cable. The one I am using is too cheap to work properly. The new one will arrive tomorrow. I will let you know.

What does lsusb show?

pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Are you sure that is all? And everything is plugged in?

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Yes I am sure. But as I told before I am starting to think that the OTG adapter is malfunctioning.

My CC2631 has an USB-A port and the Raspberry Zero only has a micro USB port so I need an adapter that works.

What else can I plug in this micro USB port in order to test it?