When 2 Z2Ms installed anyway to name them differently?

Busta999x · December 7, 2025, 2:46pm

I have one for the front of the house and one for the back of the house.

After 23 months of the 60 zigbee2MQTT devices failing despite all the usual checks - all up to date with latest versions of everything and no interference at all from anything else and over half of the devices being routers 10% of devices were failing everyday.

In the end resolved by running up two z2ms and since no issues been totally solid (apart from a buggy sonoff here or there)

So now I have two zigbee2MQTTs in Home Assistant - anyway to rename to say z2m-Front and z2m-Back ? would make it it easier

Any input, much appreciated

francisp · December 7, 2025, 2:50pm

Why not use one front-end for both ?

it is the new web-UI for Zigbee2mqtt, but can show/configure more then 1 zigbee2mqtt interface (I have 3 in it)

Busta999x · December 7, 2025, 3:26pm

Really like the idea and have been trawling through documentation but cannot see any reference to how to join two different zigbee2MQTT into one under Home Assistant.

Can you possibly share a pointer to the documentation to do this please?

francisp · December 7, 2025, 3:29pm

You just configure it in the add-on

First list is the URL’s, second the name shown in the UI

Busta999x · December 7, 2025, 3:42pm

I am using zigbee2MQTT 2.7.1-1

You have different config than mine,

Which zigbee2MQTT add are you using?

francisp · December 7, 2025, 3:43pm

Up is the config for the stand-alone front-end

Busta999x · December 10, 2025, 2:20pm

Sorry going around in circles here.

It appears I am using the windfront interface.

I cannot find the zigbee2mqtt WindFront Options page.

I really like the idea of combining the two zigbee2MQTTs.

I have followed the Home Assistant instructions for ensuring I am running the Windfront interface.

I have reviewed the link to the GitHub supplied earlier and WindFront Wiki but cannot find how to access the Windfront Options page you show.

I would really appreciate further pointers please.

francisp · December 10, 2025, 2:22pm

Did you install the stand-alone Windfront Front-end Add-on ?

Busta999x · December 10, 2025, 4:27pm

Ok I think I understand the issue.

I had been working on that WindFront was installed and operational according to zigbee2MQTT Settings/Frontend which shows package zigbeemqtt-windfront.

And if both zigbee2MQTT configuration.yaml contain

frontend:
enabled: true
package: zigbee2mqtt-windfront

The Frontend is not Windfront

Sorry in that case Windfront is not installed and I really appreciate your help here but I am lost.

Searching Home Assistant Add-Ons does not show anything called Windfront.

I checked adding a new integration but can’t find a WindFront.

I checked the link you shared but the Readme had nothing on installing it that I could see.

I don’t want to be a pain so will live with it being a bit sucky for now.

Thanks, much appreciated.

francisp · December 10, 2025, 4:29pm

Second post in this topic. You need to add that repository to the add-on store, and then install the add-on

Busta999x · December 10, 2025, 4:36pm

OK tried adding

and good luck

https://nerivec.github.io/zigbee2mqtt-windfront/


https://github.com/Nerivec/zigbee2mqtt-windfront is not a valid add-on repository

What am I missing here?

francisp · December 10, 2025, 4:40pm

https://github.com/Nerivec/zigbee2mqtt-windfront

Busta999x · December 10, 2025, 4:41pm

[(https://github.com/Nerivec/zigbee2mqtt-windfront is not a valid add-on repository

francisp · December 10, 2025, 4:44pm

Yes, wrong link

Busta999x · December 10, 2025, 4:47pm

Well hopefully there will be a working link sometime

No rush on this.

I can wait

Thanks for trying- appreciated.

francisp · December 10, 2025, 4:51pm

https://github.com/Nerivec/ha-zigbee2mqtt-windfront

Busta999x · December 10, 2025, 4:52pm

Ok figured it out.

You can’t add that as a repository, you have to go to the link and select and follow the add on link, then it adds the repository then you can add it
Getting there