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January 2, 2024, 3:11pm
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FYI, Sonoff ZBDongle-E (Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 based) is not recommended for Zigbee2MQTT and is still listed as experimental only because Z2M does not yet support backup and restore for Silabs based Zigbee Coordinator adapters → Supported Adapters | Zigbee2MQTT
So if you are going to use Zigbee2MQTT then better to buy the Sonoff ZBDongle-P (Texas Instruments CC2652P based) instead and just flash the Sonoff ZBDongle-E adapter with Zigbee Router firmware in orde to re-purpose it as a dedicated stand-alone Zigbee Router adapter by powering it via a USB-charger.
Note that adding a few dedicated stand-alone Zigbee Router adapters are recommended regardless if using ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT as a Zigbee network depends heavily on its mesh networking technology.
I recommend not using multi-protocol/multi-PAN firmware and instead suggest using a separate dedicated radio adapter for each wireless IoT protocol that you want to use.
Also highly recommend you read and try to follow all the tips in these other threads:
Who is this guide for?
I have tried to make this guide to be a comprehensive collection of the most basic yet essential tips with a set of actions and best practice steps that should be applicable to all types of Zigbee setups, regardless of what type of Zigbee adapter/gateway/hub/bridge/devices that you are using, however, it has been written with a point-of-view in mind of Zigbee solutions that use a Zigbee Coordinator adapter locally via USB dongle/stick or remotely using a serial server ove…
Don’t forget that the first post in a community guide is a wiki - feel free to add to it or correct it.
This guide was written with reference to:
Core 2023.11.3
Supervisor 2023.11.6
Operating System 11.2
Frontend 20231030.2
Summary
This post is aimed at newcomers to Zigbee - and possibly to Home Assistant - who have stumbled into the wild west of Zigbee devices and manufacturers. It does not recommend particular products; instead it advocates a cautious approach to buying. When it comes t…
UPDATED! The announced TI CC2652P based “Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus” from ITead, later renamed to “ZBDongle-P”, has been released and looks to be great value for a premium hardware package sold for a low price. It is based on Texas Instruments CC2652P radio chip and this “ZBDongle-P” variant is to be sold side-by-side as an alternative to their new “ZBDongle-E” variant that is instead based on Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 radio SoC chip, and while both practically have the same specifications o…
Don’t forget that the first post in a community guide is a wiki - feel free to add to it or correct it.
This guide was written with reference to:
Core 2023.12.3
Supervisor 2023.11.6
Operating System 11.2
Frontend 20231208.2
Some subjects come up quite a lot...
That map
[That map...]
The ZHA “network visualisation” was originally a dashboard card. It was absorbed into ZHA and the card is now deprecated, but the repository is still on Github .
The lines on the map show every route between …
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