Zigpy-cc adds support for Zigbee adapters based on Texas Instruments chips

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#1

zigpy-cc libary by @sanyatuning for the zigpy project could soon add integrated native support for several inexpensive Texas Instruments based Zigbee USB sticks to ZHA component for Home Assistant

FYI, as I understand, zigpy-cc libary isn’t fully working yet but at least someone has started coding it.

zigpy-cc libary should in the future work with the ZHA (Zigbee Home Automation) integration for Home Assistant that @Adminiuga and @dmulcahey among others have made into very intuitive component to use and IMHO have finally managed to make Zigbee into a first-class citizen in Home Assistant

This will work by zigpy-cc library making zigpy compatible with CC2531 USB sticks and possibly also other TI CC chips if you flash them with the custom Z-Stack firmware from the Zigbee2mqtt project by @Koenkk (however this implementation is not dependent on having Zigbee2mqtt installed or running but is instead a native integration for Home Assistant so it will be very easy to get started)

@sanyatuning sorry if leaked this before you are ready to release it however the news of native support for cheap CC2531 based USB sticks was just too exciting to keep to myself

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ITEAD of Sonoff fame now sells a very inexpensive Zigbee USB dongle that should work out-of-the-box with both Zigbee2mqtt and the ZHA integration
#2

It looks like @sanyatuning has now submitted initial Beta support for Home Assistant’s ZHA integration

  • Texas Instruments CC253x, CC26x2R, and CC13x2 based radios (via the zigpy-cc library for zigpy)
    • CC2531 USB stick hardware flashed with custom Z-Stack coordinator firmware from the Zigbee2mqtt project
    • CC2530 + CC2591 USB stick hardware flashed with custom Z-Stack coordinator firmware from the Zigbee2mqtt project
    • CC2530 + CC2592 dev board hardware flashed with custom Z-Stack coordinator firmware from the Zigbee2mqtt project
    • CC2652R dev board hardware flashed with custom Z-Stack coordinator firmware from the Zigbee2mqtt project
    • CC1352P-2 dev board hardware flashed with custom Z-Stack coordinator firmware from the Zigbee2mqtt project
    • CC2538 + CC2592 dev board hardware flashed with custom Z-Stack coordinator firmware from the Zigbee2mqtt project
#3

I’ve been trying to add the CC2652R (with CC26X2R1) in ZHA with no luck, whereas I can in zigbee2mqtt.

I just get the error that the device can’t be connected (after a few seconds “loading”).

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Just in case, I stoped zigbee2mqtt beforehand.

#4

I’m interested in how this is working for everyone? I gave it a bash but I’m seeing unpredictable results. My Phillips hue lights sometimes fail to to turn on even though the sensors reported movement and the commands been set through NR. I’m new to the ZHA side of things so gonna dig through the logs and see if I can work out why its sometimes failing.

#5

Just noticed it’s actually beta and there was a custom repo to add the dev versions of zigpy/zigpy-cc, I’ll give this a go in the meantime.

#6

Yes there is only exprimental/beta support for TI CC modules for now. Instructions on how to test newer development releases of zigpy-cc outside the release-cycle of Home Assistant is available here:

I would not recommend using a TI CC adapter with ZHA yet this unless you are willing to help alpha/beta test this for bug-testing purposes only in order to help further development to benifit eveyone.

#7

I may already moved everything over. I’ll add some comments to the github when I’ve managed to dig through the logs.

#8

Hello… Did you get any updates since? :slight_smile:
I’m also on my way to migrate away from a RPi+Raspbee setup towards a Dockerized HA + CC2351 + ZHA, so any updates are welcome :+1:t2:

#9

I’m running the 4.4 release, all seems to work well. If i restart HASS a couple of lights wont turn on the first time but this seems to resolve itself after a while.

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#10

Ok great news, thanks.

Let’s see when I can have time to flash the CC2351 and debug away…

Fingers crossed! :crossed_fingers:t2: