Zigbee (and Home Assistant) is driving me nuts!

aidbish · January 11, 2021, 3:19am

i use deconz

m0wlheld · January 13, 2021, 10:42am

Just to provide another feedback: I started placing the first 8 smart bulbs in the “red” areas and all have joined the network flawlessly. Started with the “blacks” top left, then the “greens” in the lower section.

For the blacks, I put each lamp temporary to a position close to the coordinator to join, then moved it to it’s final position (left to right). After a couple of seconds, they became available again.

The green ones I didn’t move. Instead directly installed them in their final position (right to left) and they where able to join, too. Network diagram shows, that they are (of course) not directly connected to the coordinator, but to all/some of the first 4 “black” bulbs.

All lamps are Innr RB265 E27. Next, going to put Ikea Trådfri bulbs in the remaining black spots, let’s see how they perform.

m0wlheld · January 13, 2021, 5:54pm

And more feedback: Installed the first 6 IKEA Tradfi bulbs. As statet on the device support page of zigbee2mqtt, they have to be factory-resetted first (quite easy) and paired within close range to the coordinater. After moving them to their final location, it takes less then a minute for them to re-connect to the network.

6 “blacks” done, 12 to go.