The Connect ZBT-2 is Nabu Casa's second-generation USB radio for Home Assistant, replacing the ZBT-1 (formerly SkyConnect). It's built around a Silicon Labs MG24 for the Zigbee/Thread radio paired with an ESP32-S3 handling the USB-serial bridge, running at 460800 baud…
If you've run Home Assistant for any length of time, you've almost certainly built your smart home on Zigbee. It's been the dependable default for years: cheap devices, solid local control, and a mature mesh that just works. But the ground has shifted. Matter…
If you've been running the SONOFF ZBDongle-P and considering an upgrade, the new Dongle Plus MG24 brings some compelling improvements to the table. What's Changed? The most significant upgrade is the EFR32MG24 chip, which delivers faster automation processing and more stable device control. Compared to…
Introduction I recently updated the firmware on my Sonoff Zigbee USB Dongle Plus device. It wasn't the easiest process but the results were a big improvement in range and reliability from the firmware version that came on the device. I watched a YouTube video showing the procedure using…
Introduction Zigbee is a standards-based wireless technology developed to enable low-cost, low-power wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) and internet of things (IoT) networks. Zigbee is for low-data rate, low-power applications and is an open standard. This, theoretically, enables the mixing of implementations from different manufacturers,…
Introduction Eclipse Mosquitto is an open source (EPL/EDL licensed) message broker that implements the MQTT protocol versions 5.0, 3.1.1 and 3.1. Mosquitto is lightweight and is suitable for use on all devices from low power single board computers to full servers. The MQTT protocol provides…
One of the common problems people have when they use Home Assistant Container is getting Home Assistant to recognise USB devices that you have plugged into the host computer, usually things like Zigbee or Z-Wave USB dongles. To make this work you need to map the USB stick from…
SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle is a universal Zigbee USB stick. It can be used as a universal Zigbee gateway in Home Assistant or other open-source platforms via ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT. The device allows you to locally control all your Zigbee devices, so you don’t need multiple…