Sonoff Zigbee Bridge with Tasmota And Home Assistant using ZHA
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2024
- In this video I will show you how to flash the Sonoff Zigbee Bridge with Tasmota and how to integrate it straight into Home Assistant using ZHA. The Sonoff Zigbee Bridge is a very nice little Zigbee hub for the money, its small, cheap and its excellent for 3rd party firmware like Tasmota. Tasmota is an open source firmware that allows you to control your esp8266 based devices quickly, easily and locally.
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There seems to be issues with the latest version (9.3.0+) of Tasmota which are the current latest releases, which is causing disconnects of either the bridge itself from Wifi or sometimes devices are dropping off.
I'm using version 9.1.0 in this video and has been absolutely flawless, I suggest using this version instead of the latest at the moment till the issues are sorted, I will try to update this in future when newer releases are safe again.
I can agree to this. I had a reboot loop with version 9.3.1
This version will be downloaded automatically when you use tasmotizer. Meanwhile you can find the latest version 9.3.1.3 and it works perfectly.
Just switch to development in tasmotizer.
Thanks for the update!
i tried these versions also newest one but couldnt get rid of this wifi connection problem, at one stage its having a wifi connect/disconnect loop in every 3 seconds. i think i setup around 20-30 times from the beginng but no solution. only once it worked and but in that one home assistnt give fail to connect message:(
@@eurencb any updates on this? My bridge has started entering bootloops after a power cycle, or on DHCP refresh - the only way to reconnect is to reboot the wifi router which is a pain
@@eurencb this is the reason why the sonoff zigbee bridge isnt recommended by ZHA or Z2M
i was a bit apprehensive about doing this as i have never done anything like this hardware wise. your instructions are so clear and simple. i made a few mistakes but found them easily. thanks so much for taking the time to do these videos. this and the alexa skill video have saved me hours of stress. Thanks again and i have subscribed and look forward to more videos in the future
Thanks Mark, glad you got it working! Well done 🙏
I love this guide although I've had many issues that didn't go as smooth as it is shown here and took me about 3-4 hours to resolve all of them. Finally it worked for me, great stuff!
Hey Jem, thanks! What issues did you have?? Glad you got it!
Fixed my previous integration by following this video. Static IP addresses really help here. My router gave my bridge a new address and sent my system into a tailspin. But as ever 10 minutes with your video and everything is working again.
Just converted one of these Sonoff bridges following your instructions: flawless. Thanks a lot!!!
with what FW?
Thank you very much. Just a tip for those who face the "Upload failed - wrong signature" while uploading the uart file. Before uploading the file type "Backlog Weblog 3; so65 1; Module 75" in tasmota console.
By far the best SonOff Zigbee flashing tutorial! Thanks alot.
Thanks my friend, glad it was useful!
Love your video's! I hope more people will find their way to this channel since you really deserve it! Looks like it takes a lot of work & time to make these. Oh and I've currently 4 fully working bed occupancy sensors
Ah thank you 🙏 far too kind! Thanks for all your support!
Thanks a lot, didnt have jumper wires use the bread wire in pieces works perfect
again thanks for making our life easy. with beautiful tutorial. again lots of love from India
Thanks my friend!
Amazing tutorial mate, thank you. I've never done anything like this before but your video made it really easy. I've subbed for some more!
Hey Alex, thank you very much appreciate that! And I'm glad you got it working!
You can make flashing a bit easier by powering the bridge via the micro USB port. You can short gpio 0 to ground while connecting it. After that you only have to hold down RX and TX while flashing.
Thanks for this video! I've been deciding between the Sonoff Zigbee WiFi Bridge and the new Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus. I have great luck with my 35 IoT devices on my multi-AP home WiFi network and your posts help convince me that the Sonoff Zigbee WiFi Bridge is a stable solution!
If you can, I'd go with the newer USB dongle (if placement allows)
@@EverythingSmartHome OK. Passing USB dongle to a VM it is! Ordered using your Itead discount link! Thanks again!
@@EverythingSmartHome Hi, Is the USB dongle plug and play? I am just starting with home assistant and choosing Zigbee router for my x86 machine.
@@atomikrobot300099 Please let us know how it went as th-cam.com/video/I5eEAnRWz-g/w-d-xo.html complained that pairing was an issue.
@@EverythingSmartHome why you would go with the dongle? Is it better?
THanks very much. you saved the day for me. i followed another incomplete guide and was not able to get ZHA connected
Glad it worked 🙏
Thanks, this got my going with the last step - configuring the module. Thank you!
Excellent!
best, most clear guide I found. Now if you could just start your videos by saying, "It's now 3:30, let's get started."
Thanks very much, appreciate it! 🙏 Although not sure what you mean, that reference has went over my head 😂 please enlighten me
@@EverythingSmartHome just a yank having a friendly go at your lovely Irish accent. 🤪
I wish I could claim it's a lovely Irish accent, except it's Scottish 😅 close!
@@EverythingSmartHome oh snap. The hard R and the normal O really threw me off. Love the accent and the videos. Binging channel as we speak.
Thanks for sharing this. Very easy to follow.
Thank you!! I followed along the video and managed to do it successfully and everything is working great! :D
That's awesome! Glad it worked 🙌
I'm pretty sure this is more magical and complex than anything Harry Potter and crew ever experienced!
😂😂😂 uhhh thanks!
Hello. Great video, again. I've done this well. Now I got some blitzwolf SHP13. And working well on HA. The queation is... is there any ways to put and on off agenda.inside.the socket? In case home assistant fails.. like we used to do at eewelink app? Thanks in advance
Hi there. Fantastic video worked a treat. I decided to do with as I though it might be a reliable solution. How ever after about 12 hours of all devices working perfectly gradually they have started dropping off the network.
Is there any idea why devices keep doing doing ? They all have good battery life.
Nice video, all worked out, i want to inegrate the tuya plug TS011F in the ZHA, wich is possible I saw in the blackadder list. But how to pair this switch to ZHA because pairing is in bluetooth mode. What do I miss ? Thank you?
Nice explanation ....very thankfull
Flashed everything had it working but a month later the bridge is down in HA. deleted the integration and tried to setup again but wont let me setup at serial port settings. not sure why?
Thanks, I should have gone straight to your video, the two previous tutorials I followed failed to mention your point 7:34 where you selected the newly created template. Without that it was not starting the port 8888 part.
Thanks Matthew, glad you got it working!
Great video, it worked for me and I have used the bridge with home assistant for more than a year but now I have a sonoff dongle and would like to go back to original firmware to use it elsewhere. is it possible?
Hi I follow the full process until the end for my Smart Lock ZKTeco DL30Z and the result was "The device is ready to use" but no Controls to open and close the door any ideas how to continue? Thanks
On the tazmotizer you can easy send your wifi and mqtt details with "send config" safes you a lot of playing around.
Yeah that's right! I just didn't show that incase people were using other tools so that I could demonstrate the first screen you might get, but good advice!
Louis, great video as always! One question for you, few years back Zigbee's appeal was that WiFi routers could not handle too many devices but that does not seem so relevant with latest routers. Do you see Zigbee as a viable and long lasting tech say 5 years from now?
One a side note, Tasmota is awesome! The few devices that I flashed do not even attempt to communicate outside the LAN for any reason and it is quiet a relief!
Thanks! It's very hard to predict but yes I think ZigBee will be around for the next 5 years at least!
Tasmota is excellent, along with ESPHome!
Perfect timing sir! I have one of these on the way. Awesome guide!
Thank you my friend, much appreciate that! Let me know how it goes!
Hi great vid , just woul;d like to know what would happen if you chose to upgrade the firmware using the OTA Url instead of downloading the file as recommended , thanks again
Great vid just stumbled on your channel, just ordered the bridge with the intention of flashing it and handful of different sensors from sonoff. Can you use the ikea tradfi sensors, switches and lamps with the Sonoff bridge? This my first adventure into zigbee as always used flashed wifi stuff. Thanks subscribed.
Hey Paul, thanks for the kind words! You should be able to use the Tradfri stuff but I haven't tested it so not 100% sure but they should in theory work!
Another question. Will it connect any Zigbee device or just sonoffo ons?
I like to compare zigbee2mqtt and the sonoff tasmotized zigbee bridge, which one is the most suiteable ?
Do you know if Zigbee devices themselves (sensors, buttons etc) are secure in the sense that they don't "phone home" like I would expect a stock device to do? Is all that connectivity handled by the bridge and we cut any unwanted activity out by flashing Tasmota to it? No 3rd party phone apps with cloud components doing god only knows what?
Please your help, when flashing procees ends I had the message MD5 of 0xFF is 4ec2e29ca3952043a72fadadd997769a. The Zigbee bridge is a V1.1 dated 20.02.28, it's powered by a 3,3V power supply, the ground is common with the USB to Serial converter, and ETx to RXD and ERX to TXD are proppertly connected. Flashing was used Tasmotizer, and also NodeMCU-PyFlasher, both whit the same results.
Thanks for your help.
It'S working only with zha? not possible with Zigbee2MQTT
I am getting problem to connect to the bridge it says
21:51:50.135 TCP: to MCU/1: 1AC038BC7E
I can see the TCP starts at the port 8888 but no connection
do you have any idea ?
@Lewis, thank you for the great tutorial. I managed to get the bridge working but I was intending to use the bridge as an extender while keeping the Nortec plugged in.
Is there anyway I could do that, or any other way I could add other bridges to extend the range? I don't mind removing Nortek.
Thanks.
Hi - can you confirm what firmware and ncp-uart files you used to get this working? I have tried just now with latest version in Tasmotizer (10.1.0) and ncp-uart-sw_6.7.8_115200.ota, but when I flash the latter using the over-the-air firmware uploader, it says "invalid file signature". I have tried resetting and reflashing tasmota from scratch, I get the same thing over and over. I thought the latest version of Tasmota zbbridge firmware was a problem, but noticed you posted this in the last day so wondered how you got it working? Thanks in advance!
Thanks 👍 Do you think this would give noticeable response time improvements over stock Ewelink? I use the Sonoff SNZB-01 button with it through Home Assistant (local mode) and I find response time a bit too slow. I would flash to Tasmota if I could get improvements in response speed.
Responsiveness is great in my experience so far but I guess it could be dependant on your environment and devices!
hello a question the sonoff with tasmota aqara devices are accepted
Hi!
Any recommendations about a Zigbee bridge but with LAN? Thanks!
Do you know how to add the Flashed Zigbee Bridge to Alexa, and add sensors. Without using Home Assistant?
Great tutorial! Keep it up :).
Thanks dude!
I think I missed a critical part which was to switch the jumper on the FTDI adapter from 5v to 3v. I received a solid green light on the bridge, and checked the wiring was correct about 50 times. However, I can't get Tasmotizer to work, it keeps giving me the error 'Failed to connect to ESP2866: Timed out waiting for packet header'. Have I accidentally fried the ESP2866, or is there another explanation for this? Is there any way to confirm I have killed it?
Quite possibly, join the discord and I'm sure someone can help you out!
Wow bro!! we can it!!
Not sure if this will help anyone but I needed to be plugged into a power brick (not my PC) to upload the file. It kept crashing my Sonoff when I tried to do it via the pins on the board.
eWeLink will not work after this point right?
iam using zigbee dongole and want use many gateway also
how to config it ?
can you share configration ?
Only worked after I clicked on the 'Activate' under the pasted template (copied from blackadder) in the 'other parameters'.😅 Is this manditory or only with me?
Please can you do a video on spotcast so that Spotify can be seen as a media source
Is it better to stay with the Sonoff Hub (without flashing) or Flash . I have 10 child devices (including 2 routers) on the Sonoff Hub (plus many Sonoff's on WiFi) and other than an occasional device falling asleep , works well . They all come together in HA where I also have a Conbee II with deCONZ and Aqara devices. What I miss is in Sonoff is the network mesh , available in deCONZ but then the eWelink App shows all the devices , even when I am out of my home network . Is there any significant performance advantages to flash with Tasmota ? I am also in two minds whether to move all the Zigbee devices to deCONZ . Your thoughts will be appreciated !!
Hey Mohan,
That's a tough question to answer! If your happy with what you have now then I'd be inclined to just say to stick to what you have, however having never used the eWelink app myself (I always flash straight away) it's hard for me to say. Does the eWelink app require internet connectivity to work? If so then that would be an advantage of using Tasmota!
1. Sonoff zigbee devices do not function properly under ewelink. See snzb-03 example, while under Tasmota in HA same devices work flawlessly...
2. You never know when the Chinise cloud stops crashing, and it never does so far..
3. Device limit gone
4. You can have devices of different manufacturers on single network
@@powerofwisdom2336 you mean flashing the bridge will let me add an unlimited amount of zigbee devices?
Will ZHA work with the new Sonoff Zigbee Bridge Pro, flashed with Tasmota?
Hello, great vídeo by the way, One question, the sonoff brigbe connect via Wi-fi ir usb to our HA system?
Hello, thanks! It's via WiFi, so you can place it where ever you want!
Is there going to come "Matter / Thread" firmware for this bridge?
Hi! Great video, your explanations are really clear and easy to understand! I have some (stupid, i think) questions:
1) Will this allow me to control all my scenes and zigbee devices locally (with no internet connection)?
2) Do I have to flash tasmota to every zigbee device in my network for it to be located by this hub?
3) After flashing tasmota, will the hub stop working on ewelink app?
Thanks, in advance and congratz for the channel!
Thanks Igor! This does all work locally but you'll need something else like Home Assistant to control it. You don't need to update firmware on any other devices just the bridge and yes the bridge will stop working in the eWelink app! Hope that helps!
@@EverythingSmartHome Thank you very much for the fast reply! I've been studying a lot to automate my home and I needt it to be controlled locally, especially due to all alarm automations with zigbee sensors. It seems to be VERY hard to make everything work together. Could you please help me just a little more :D?
1) I've saw some zigbee2mqtt dongles, do you know if it's better than flashing the hub like you did? How about the number of devices each method can control?
2) If I opt for HUBITAT instead of Home Assistant, will I have the same difficult to control every scene and devices locally?
3) There is a lot of information on youtube and right now I'm completely lost, as your channel is the best that I've seen, I would like to know your opinion: Which would be the best option for me?
Thanks!
Hello! Your welcome. It's probably easiest if you want to hop into the discord server, we have lots of people there to help with your questions that aren't easy to answer over TH-cam
great video, would this be instead of a usb dongle plugged into the home assistant computer / pi?
Thank you! Yes that's right!
Hi, thanks for this great tutorial, but i getting the error "RESULT = {"Command":"Unknown"}" after the line of TSPSTART.
Anybody here an idea?
Hello and thanks for your videos. They help a lot. I have a Conbee 2 USB stick connecting my Zigbee devices - and I have 100+ og them. Will this be a better way for me to go? Does the Sonoff Bridge with Tasmodo have any advantages here?
Hello and thank you for watching! If you are happy with the way it works then I wouldn't suggest changing. One advantage of this is the placement of the bridge. You aren't tied to having it plugged into your HA server you can place this anywhere in your home but other than that no real difference
@@EverythingSmartHome could I have more than one sonoff hubs in different rooms all connected to home assistant? I'd need to cover distant rooms and don't want to have zigbee routers all around the house. Thanks.
New to Zigbee - I have the Bridge and tried (xiaomi) Aqara door/window sensor - oddly, the device adds to ewelink app and I see a quick green led flash on the bridge when I make/break the sensor but there is no status change on the app (I also want it in SmartThings and it shows there, but does not change state there either - probably because it does not in ewelink!) I don't use HA so is process essentially same except the last stage? SO then how do I pair if not using ewelink or HA?
Hello! Sorry I'm not sure the question and not sure if I'm the best person to answer since I never used the eWelink app at all, I flashed as soon as I opened it!
I have quetions, in order to increate the range of zigbee signals due to my house have 4 floors, is it possible to have this Sonoff Zigbee bridge saveral units? Thank you very much.
I think you would just use mains powered devices which would form a mesh and eventually reach your bridge. You have probably already sorted this.
Nice video! But I just cant get the jumperwires through the tiny holes! Do you use a spesific brand etc. of wires?
Thanks! You can apparently use pins or sewing needles to do it too, that might be worth a try!
@@EverythingSmartHome I used staples after straightening one end to fit the holes and folding over the other to double it to fit the female end of the DuPont wire.
Hello everyone. This tutorial works with ZB-GW03? I follow all steps but didn't work. I dont know if i am make some mistake ;c
i am not getting the device on the COM port
Hi followed your guide but getting an issue, im using the latest tasmota but getting this error "tasmotizer permission error 13 access is denied none 5" tried other usb ports, running administrator etc. re sat the solder joints on pads now getting the esp time out error? any ideas? ive flashed sonoff switches in the past and been fine. thanks paul
Hi Paul, assume you are on Windows? Did you.double check your RX and TX lines? Feel free to jump into Discord and I can try help
@@EverythingSmartHomethanks for your reply, yer triple checked everything, I found another thread similar problem where they changed the ttl usb and cured it. So ive ordered the Same as yours. I had tapped the 3v line on to the log pad on the pcb accidently so hope I havnt cooked anything. I t still works in eewee so fingers crossed thanks for your help
Same issues here, version 1.1. With color box orange. Flash was successful, when locating then inputting network and password with option of changing device name and saving. The bridge powers off and blink blue for a bit and powers off. Reflashed a couple of times with the same results. Did you get yours up successfully? UPDATE: I Was able to figure it out. Works great. Thanks
Feel free to hop into the discord and I can try help you out! I had the orange box version too so I don't think it's that, but I've seen that there can be issues with dry solder joints on the chip
@@EverythingSmartHome thank you for the reply. I managed to figure it out.
Nice, what was it?
Being new to tasmota and not understanding the flash process. I'm used to devices flashing light letting me know I'm awake! After flash it blinked 3 times and went off. I thought it was unsuccessful, but then decided to check my ip address and bam! there it was. Thanks for the useful tutorial.
Great work thank you
Got mine working but i got a problem after i disconnected the hub for about an hour and connected back all my sensors state stuck and not updating what could be wrong?
Thanks! Re-pair your devices and then leave them for a while, ZigBee takes a little while to work out its pathways
@@EverythingSmartHome Thanks man
Does this work with 5Ghz wifi or only 2.4?
hi, first i was not able to connect with bridge as per the jumpers arrangement. Then came to a reddit discussion where many people advised to connect Z_RST to GRD as well in addition to GPIO0. I am able to flash successfully this way , tasmota AP appears, i can connect and enter my wifi ap details. bridge can connect to my router and i can access it with IP. the problem i am facing is that it is constantly connecting and disconnecting to router , normally both LEDs on bridge are off but every 20- 30 LED1-Zigbee (green) on bridge blink and then LED2-Wifi (blue) starts blinking, meaning its disconnected to router and then it connects again but few moments later again LED1-zigbee blink and LED2-wifi also starts blinking and bridge is disconnected from router again. I cant proceed further with flashing zigbee chip. I tried falshing bridge several times but same happnings....can anyone help whats wrong am i doing?
Hello, use an older version, the version I'm using in this video is stable, later versions seem to have issues
@@EverythingSmartHome thanks, using old version of bin file worked
Will this work with zigbee bridge pro?
Hi... Great vídeo... Just have question, how to use the tasmotized Bridge with node red.... Dont found any way to do it...
Hello, thanks! Sorry not sure what you mean, the devices are exposed the same as any other devices are so it shouldn't be any different.
Hello Everything Smart Home,
I tried several times, but keep on running in this error:
Failed to connect to ESP8266: Timed out waiting for packet header
Do you have a suggestion for this issue?
removing the "erase before flashing" option shows progress on the blue backup bar.
Writing to the sonoff device does not work well
Can I do this with zigbee2mqtt?
"Failed to connect to ESP8266: Timed out waiting for packet header"
I could not figure out what the issue is when I try flashing in Tasmotizer 1.2.
Any direction would be highly appreciated. Thanks!
Hello! Make sure to check your TX and RX lines are the correct way round as per the video and make sure you are grounding IO0 on startup too! If your still stuck feel free to hop in the discord server!
@@EverythingSmartHome redid the wiring today and BAAMMM..... ZHA integrated.
Why doesn't TH-cam have a button give like a 100 likes.
Thanks a lot for the video and responding to my comment.
Hey that's awesome, glad you got it! 🙌
Nice and quick explanation. Sub'd
Thanks Paul!
thank you !
Thanks for watching!
Man, why flashing this require those extra wire and thing. Make things do complicated. Is there another way to easier than this?
So if i just get the Zigbee Dongle, i dont have to do anything like thst right?
I got exactly the same flasher. When I plug the usb in windows gives it a com port no problem but as soon as I attach the wires from the bridge the device manager shows "Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed). Did any one encounter the same issue or knows how to fix it? Thanks
Check the driver that's being loaded
@@EverythingSmartHome Thanks, I used the driver windows assigned to it. Any idea where I might be able to get the correct driver?
Hey man, great video! I was able to flash my Sonoff ZB Bridge without any problems. I want to ask something though. I flashed it with the "ncp-uart-sw_6.7.6_115200.ota" but I now want to upgrade to the latest "ncp-uart-sw-6.7.8_115200.ota". Any ideas on how I can do that? When I try to upload the file and upgrade via the Firmware Upgrade from the Tasmota UI, I am getting a "Upload Failed - Invalid file signature" message.
Thanks!! Is there any reason you need or want to upgrade? If everything is working correctly then this is one of those times I would recommend just leaving firmware alone if it works, and that's coming from someone who loves to update 😅
@@EverythingSmartHome I wanted to update to 6.7.8 because I am an update freak and want the latest firmware most of the times (as long as it works of course). In this case, I took into consideration the changelog for 6.7.6 that said "contains a bug that can cause battery of IKEA and Philips remotes to drain". So, since I have 2 IKEA and 2 Hue remotes in my home, I thought it would be better to get on the 6.7.8 version. But the upload fails constantly and maybe this is due to the Tasmota version I installed (9.3.1).
As you say in your pinned comment the latest versions have issues and it is advisable to flash a previous version (you recommend 9.1 while others say that 9.2 is fine too). So, the question is: in order to downgrade to Tasmota 9.1 will I have to go through the same flashing process as in your video (USB flasher, cables and all)? Should I download a previous version and choose that .bin file to flash the ZB Bridge with?
Edit: I went to "Configure template" page via the Tasmota UI, I changed the Template parameters "Based on" from "Generic (18)" to "Sonoff ZbBridge (75)" and I was able to upgrade my firmware to the "ncp-uart-sw-6.7.8_115200.ota".
@@manouallou2189 please be sure to type this command on your console and hit enter:
Backlog weblog 3; SetOption65 1; Module 75;
In particular the "Module 75;" is key to could to flash a new firmware!
ZHA fails to connect. I can flash the device fine. The console shows "TCP: Starting TCP server on port 8888 - RSL: RESULT = {"TCPStart":"Done"}" but when entering "socket://my_lan_ip:8888" HA gives a cannot connect error. Can nc from another device and the port is open. Anyone seen this before?!
Which version of Tasmota you on?
For the MQTT, is The HA server the MQTT server? Do I need to set that up?
For the ZigBee bridge you don't need to setup MQTT at all to work with HA since it has a direct integration
@@EverythingSmartHome do you know if it will work for homebridge this way?
In my case the light turns green but it doesn't boot
hi. gr8 videos. following your channel.
today i am following your zb bridge flashing.
i have flased successfully, but ota update of ncp-uart-sw_6.7.6_115200.ota failed to upload
i have even chaned my usb cable and power source. but still. tried this file as well ncp-uart-sw_6.5.5_115200.ota.
Hey Syed, thanks! What is the output from the console when the failure happens? Feel free to hop on discord if you need help!
Same here got XMD : Bootloader timeout
Great
My Adapter does not show in the "Select Port" Dropdown, it does not show any
You have likely used a non data cable
@@EverythingSmartHome Fixed it, i needed a specific driver for my usb adapter
Backlog weblog 3; SetOption65 1, Module 75;
1:36 bodyboilding hands?
I’ve no idea about flashing etc. Does this bridge work right off the box?
Sorry I'm not sure what you mean?
@@EverythingSmartHome why is there a need to flash it? What can it do without flashing?
Much greater compatibility with other devices and more choice over the software, better integration with HA are the main ones
@@EverythingSmartHome do you know if this would work with a Yale smart lock without flashing?
No idea sorry
Hey great vid and extremely well explained. I get an issue with trying to flash the Zigbee chipset
15:08:04 UPL: File ncp-uart-sw_6.7.6_115200.ota ...
15:08:04 UPL: File type 4
15:08:07 UPL: Successful 190272 bytes
15:08:07 HTP: Upload transfer
15:08:07 XMD: Init bootloader
15:08:37 XMD: Bootloader timeout
15:08:37 XMD: Restarting
15:08:38 HTP: Upload done
Also shows Upload failed on the other screen. Have been trying to get the working for several weeks after DigiBlur posed it. Any ideas what's going on?
What version of the Zigbee Bridge do you have? Mine is v1.1 (2020.02.28) Thought there might be different version of the board
Hey James, thanks appreciate it!
That's strange, if you want to hop into our discord server I'll be happy to try and help fix it!
Did u got a orange box ? Instead of white box version ?
Do you mean the actual box it came in? The Sonoff I have is white but the box was orange
@@Bhitiwat I was referring to the version no. printed on the board
Same issues here, version 1.1. With color box orange. Flash was successful, when locating then inputting network and password with option of changing device name and saving. The bridge powers off and blink blue for a bit and powers off. Reflashed a couple of times with the same results. Did you get yours up successfully?
I thought it was not nescecarry to flash SONOFF any more, did I miss somthing?
You don't need to but it's way better than using the stock firmware still
How do you know all this? :)
If your click on rename in your integration you can delete your email address and your don’t have to blank the information ;)
Good to know thanks!
@@EverythingSmartHome you are welcome!
I follow everything and the ZHA integration works, I'm able to add a couple of Ikea tradfi switches.. all is great until the bridge randomly disconnects from HA in a day or so and everything is lost. The IP is fixed so the problem must be elsewhere. Anyone having same issue ? It's driving me crazy 😅
Hello! Hmm that's strange, never had that issue before. Is the bridge far away from your access point and on the edge of the WiFi? Which firmware versions did you flash also?
@@EverythingSmartHome Thanks mate ! It seems uploaded the older 6.7.6 version previously, which had the bug ' original stable version for EZSP v8 compatible hosts, contains a bug that can cause battery of IKEA and Philips remotes to drain'. I think my IKEA tradfri remotes disconnected as the bug drained the battery empty... Will test thoroughly on new FW 6.7.8. Thanks again ! :)
anyone got their Samsung button working with this zigbee bridge?
Unfortunately don't have one to test but I'd say there is hopefully a good chance of it working! If you take the plunge please let me know 😅
Good video ! But I think that the Sonoff ZB bridge with tasmota is probably the worst Zigbee experience comparing to other solutions (I tried many : zigate, conbee, z2m, SLS, xiaomi gw v2, v3, ...).
I find the UI poor, the pairing hard, the events limiteds, the compatibility bad. I’m not a fan of zha too...
But with the big tasmota community it will getting better in the futur.
My advice is always to test SLS gateway : it is probably the easiest , most powerful and the best Zigbee gateway but it suffers of a lack of notoriety due to the fact that the russian author of this project doesn’t make efforts to make it famous outside Russia. Make a try, you will not be disappointed 😉
every time I try and flash the Zigbee chip I get XMD failed. Am I doing something wrong or is there a step I am missing?
Hi Craig, which version of the firmware are you using?
Could you fix that?
Q1 2023: this tutorial doesnt work anymore. But just the from the point of the commands further. i couldnt connect to my tasmota. buiit if i run this command it works:
backlog rule1 on system#boot do TCPStart 8888 endon ; rule1 1 ; template {"NAME":"Sonoff ZbBridge","GPIO":[56,208,0,209,59,58,0,0,0,0,0,0,17],"FLAG":0,"BASE":18} ; module 0
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see I like being First!
Haha thanks buddy!
Don't use 9.3!
What's up with it??
@@EverythingSmartHome Zigbee radio flash ota does not work. 9.2 last good firmware.
Thanks for the update on that, useful to know!
And this massively complex process is why SmartThings, Google Home, Alex etc exists
Don't see the crossover your trying to make, this has nothing to do with home assistant being difficult lol this is something else entirely.
@@EverythingSmartHome This is a whole other level! 😂 I've been looking at multiple smart home options over the last few weeks. I'm starting from scratch. When I watched this (great video by the way), I finally realized why I should stick with an off-the-shelf option. This is WAY too much effort, for me at least. For people who have the time, patience, resources to replace bricked devices etc., your video is a great resource
Sure but what I mean is that this isn't required for home assistant at all, there is much easier ways to get ZigBee with home assistant that are just plug in and away you go
@@EverythingSmartHome Yes, I know. Sorry, I can see I wasn't being clear. I simply meant that based on this video, getting the Sonoff Zigbee bridge connected to Home Assistant is far more complex than connecting it with, Google Home, for example. I realize they do different things (one local, the other web based). I'm considering buying all Sonoff devices, and when I watched this, I realized connecting them to Home Assistant may be a bit of a mission
@@EverythingSmartHome Thank you for responding by the way. Didn't expect a response. Impressive communication with your subscribers 😊