05.03.2023, 18:35
For the last 3 zigbee devices I bought and the trouble I had/have I'm begining to realise it's no easy job to find the right device.
From what I've read, I think it has a lot to do with the zigbee version (Zigbee Stack) on the coördinator, zigbee products not following standards and the speed of evolution.
I bought 2 zigbee Bosch Smart plugs and wasn't able to pair them, figuring out hours later that they only work with a Bosch zigbee coördinator...or so Bosch says.
I bought 2 knockoff Tuya PIR sensors, thinking such a device would be easy to pair in LM with a 'standard' profile, which it didn't.
I bought a Philips Hue motion sensor and figured out this one paired but that was it, tried it numerous times but always the same result, no data coming through.
The only devices I haven't had any trouble with were the Aqara smart plugs and sensors.
I was still using the zigbee usb stick but had the rs232 version laying around and so I replaced the usb with rs232 version thinking that would change anything, but that didn't solve any of the above pairing problems.
I opted for another route and figured out I could use the recovered zigbee usb stick as 'test coördinator' in a Proxmox Zigbee2MQTT Virtual Machine and see what happens there.
After setting that up I tried pairing the knockoff Tuya PIR sensors which was...successfully.
I then tried pairing the Philips Hue Motion sensor and that also was successfully.
For the Bosch Smart Plugs that's another story, apparently I had to do some extra steps such as adding an external convertor file in zigbee2mqtt, scan the QR-code on the Bosch Smart Plug and enter that string somewhere into zigbee2mqtt as 'install code'.
When trying that zigbee2mqtt showed a message 'Install code is not supported for ZStack 1.2 adapter'
So when I buy another zigbee coördinator (zigstar) I guess I'll be able to use those Bosch plugs eventually.
I'm guessing that the zigbee usb stick from openrb I had used in the LM has ZStack 1.2 on it.
Which Zstack version is the rs232 zigbee device using?
Does this also gets updated on a regulary basis with the LM updates or how is this done?
Are there plans to incorporate the use of install codes such as it is with the Bosch Plug?
Thanks!
From what I've read, I think it has a lot to do with the zigbee version (Zigbee Stack) on the coördinator, zigbee products not following standards and the speed of evolution.
I bought 2 zigbee Bosch Smart plugs and wasn't able to pair them, figuring out hours later that they only work with a Bosch zigbee coördinator...or so Bosch says.
I bought 2 knockoff Tuya PIR sensors, thinking such a device would be easy to pair in LM with a 'standard' profile, which it didn't.
I bought a Philips Hue motion sensor and figured out this one paired but that was it, tried it numerous times but always the same result, no data coming through.
The only devices I haven't had any trouble with were the Aqara smart plugs and sensors.
I was still using the zigbee usb stick but had the rs232 version laying around and so I replaced the usb with rs232 version thinking that would change anything, but that didn't solve any of the above pairing problems.
I opted for another route and figured out I could use the recovered zigbee usb stick as 'test coördinator' in a Proxmox Zigbee2MQTT Virtual Machine and see what happens there.
After setting that up I tried pairing the knockoff Tuya PIR sensors which was...successfully.
I then tried pairing the Philips Hue Motion sensor and that also was successfully.
For the Bosch Smart Plugs that's another story, apparently I had to do some extra steps such as adding an external convertor file in zigbee2mqtt, scan the QR-code on the Bosch Smart Plug and enter that string somewhere into zigbee2mqtt as 'install code'.
When trying that zigbee2mqtt showed a message 'Install code is not supported for ZStack 1.2 adapter'
So when I buy another zigbee coördinator (zigstar) I guess I'll be able to use those Bosch plugs eventually.
I'm guessing that the zigbee usb stick from openrb I had used in the LM has ZStack 1.2 on it.
Which Zstack version is the rs232 zigbee device using?
Does this also gets updated on a regulary basis with the LM updates or how is this done?
Are there plans to incorporate the use of install codes such as it is with the Bosch Plug?
Thanks!