Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus Gateway, Universal Zigbee USB Gateway with Antenna for Home Assistant, IoBroker, Wireless Zigbee 3.0 USB Adapter(1 Pack)

Time saver! Within 10 minutes I had my network moved over from my old nortek go control and zha integration to this sonoff stick using zigbee2mqtt and the mqtt integration. This thing is quick! Wish I had bought it sooner, its saved tons of time in troubleshooting (havent had a need to do any) everything just worked for the first time reliably, and is still working. Great product sonoff! =) Well worth its price especially in time saved.

Installed to provide Zigboee functionality to my 'Home Assistant' server. It worked without any issue, including when I moved the HA installation from my QNAP server to a Mac-Mini.

I immediately used this product with Zigbee2MQTT so all of my opinions are for this setup. I followed the instruction for this adapter on the Zigbee2MQTT website (and may have found a YouTube to give me some more confidence) before proceeding to flash the firmware. The written instructions were a little...rough (I love downloading random .docx files, but YOLO and Linux). If followed, they work and getting the stick to work with Zigbee2MQTT (Home Assistant add-on) was also fairly painless. Make sure you understand the network options in Zigbee2MQTT before setting everything up. It's a good idea to personalize your network key and much easier to do before you start including a bunch of devices. I have about 8 smart plugs and a couple of Philips Hue lamps as a mesh and 12 end devices on my network. So far I mostly use my Zigbee network for motion/temperature/lux sensors (since the Hue ones are amazing), door locks, and a couple of cheapo thermostats that work pretty well. The plugs are mostly for the mesh (I think I have a HomePod plugged into one for some reason) and some lamps in an inflexible room. This stick with Zigbee2MQTT has been a solid combination. Not every device has worked perfectly every time, but every device I've bought has worked at least as well as it states in the official Zigbee2MQTT device list. Read the device information carefully before you purchase anything, there may be caveats. My toddler can inundate the network with RGB changes through my phone and I rarely see any lag. I plan to keep adding Philips Hue devices to this network since they have been so solid. I prefer not having to rely on their bridge (3rd party controlled dependency) and this setup got me into the Hue devices fairly painlessly using open source software that I can actually decipher.

Good little USB coordinator that works everything I've tried so far... I am using one of these in 3000 sqft on 2 floors, using Sonoff smart plugs and a few Aeotec range extenders for network stability. It is stuck in a closet so antenna placement isn't ideal, but nonetheless I was able to get a good mesh net going to control lights on both floors. Will be trying some smart blinds next... In case the headline means something to you, consider this one for good compatibility. It uses the Texas Instruments CC2652 chipset which is well supported in Linux systems, including Synology. So if you have a similar setup, consider this as your coordinator. I was able to pass this device through to Home Assistant in a Docker on DSM7.2 (using Portainer to compose the device layer). That lets the USB device show up inside of ZHA without doing anything additional. Haven't tried MQTT but I assume it's similar...

This was easy to install - sort of. I'm using Home Assistant in VMware running on a debian host. It was showing up in the host (debian) just fine. It was not passing through to the VM though. After a LOT of fumbling around with permissions, USB versions in VM settings, hardware searches in the VM cmd line etc. I used an AI to help diagnose the pass-through failure. The fix was to blacklist the Sonoff hardware in modprobe. I also added generic.usb lines in a hidden .vmx file in the VMware config before that. That didn't hurt I'm sure. Do the blacklist first and go from there. I hope this helps others using a similar setup. Once all that was done it popped right up front and center in the integrations tab and installed without a hiccup. Pairing the first device was painless after that.

Would I upgrade to this if I had to do it again -Yes. My previous install a ConBee II running on HA Blue (and before that an old NUC). Now why did I choose to upgrade? Well, I didn’t originally plan to - the ConBee II was working well (had nothing to compare too). Then not long ago during a routine update to HA something just broke. My regular backups didn’t help and the ConBee II decided to just refuse to communicate. So I ordered the Sonoff as a replacement. But by the time it arrived I had managed to get the ConBee II working. I was going to send this back. But, I had to open the box didn’t I?! The Sonoff is in a aluminum case and feels so nice, and the external antenna had me wondering :) so of course I had to try it out. I went in to HA and removed the 20+ devices I had connected through the ConBee II. Yeah - I was committed:) I used ZHA instead of zigbee2mqtt - why - because it was just quicker to test. So one connected (obviously ZHA just picked it up instantly). I thought let’s see how well this picks up my six halo zigbee recessed lighting. Damn. It detected them a lot faster than the ConBee II. I was a little shocked. I then went on to create a group to see how well it’d control the lights - and damn again. The thing was way more smooth and responsive than the previous setup. Note: I installed this is the same spot I had the ConBee II. I’m not saying the ConBee II sucked. Not at all, it did it’s job and I would have been as happy as I was. But after using the Sonoff - definitely glad to have upgraded. Plus it was an excuse to muck around with nerdy stuff for an afternoon. Some other things - yes I had to add all my zigbee devices again - but that really isn’t as big of a pain if you do it in stages. Secondly a lot of my automations are in Node Red and use IEEE which doesn’t change so a majority of those still worked. Overall - I wasn’t planning to upgrade, but happy I did. Now I just have to explain to the wife why it was a good idea - and that might not be as easy :)

Bought this to test out Zigbee2MQTT in Home Assistant but I already had a ZHA radio in the same area which was having it's own issues and between that and Wifi interference, I didn't have a good experience - not that any of this was Sonoff's fault. Once I cleared up my Wifi issues, I moved to a POE Zigbee radio which solved my problems. The good news was that I didn't lose my investment in the Sonoff because you can flash it as a router instead of a main coordinator. Flashing was easy and straight forward and once I got it paired to my new network, it does an AWESOME job as a router - I now have great signal strength in the farthest corner of my house and paring the stuff I still had yet to migrate was a much better experience.

In a recent trip to China I had purchased some Zigbee sensors which were a fraction of cost of what the manufacturer’s US site was selling. Unfortunately, these sensors failed to pair with the Zigbee hub I had at home. The manufacturer has the hub region locked and even after going back and forth with their support team nothing fruitful came out. Not willing to just throwaway the sensors I looked for alternatives and came across a solution to build my own Zigbee hub using Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus. I was able to get it working with Zigbee2MQTT and paired to my Homebridge HomeKit hub. Initially the dongle was not able to recognize the sensors purchased from China but after firmware update all issues were resolved. I have been using it for 5+ months and it is very stable and solid. I also purchased some cheap Zigbee USB repeaters (from China lol) and have extended the range of my Zigbee hub to cover a 2 story house.

I got this to create a Zigbee network in Home Assistant after finding that many of the devices and sensors that I wanted to use made use of this protocol. So far, I have only positive things to say. It was detected right away after rebooting my Home Assistant host, and configuring the first few Zigbee devices was a painless experience, including Ikea globes and remotes too. It is a bulky case, so if you are plugging it directly into your machine, you might find some clearance issues, but a small extension can fix that easily. I would definitely recommend this device based on my own experiences so far.

Es un dongle USB que necesitas sí o sí si quieres usar dispositivos Zigbee dentro de un sistema de domótica. En mi caso lo utilizo para integrar sensores y actuadores Zigbee sin depender de hubs propietarios. En cuanto lo tienes en la mano, se nota que es compacto y sencillo. Es un USB tipo A, así que se conecta directamente a un ordenador o a sistemas como Home Assistant Green sin adaptadores raros. Incluye una antena externa que se enrosca, algo que se agradece mucho para mejorar el alcance y la estabilidad de la red. En el uso diario funciona de manera muy fiable. Este modelo P monta el chipset TI CC2652P, compatible con Zigbee 3.0, y permite trabajar tanto con ZHA como con Zigbee2MQTT. La potencia de señal es uno de sus puntos fuertes, ya que incorpora amplificador de potencia, lo que se traduce en mejor cobertura y menos cortes, sobre todo en casas medianas o grandes con muchos dispositivos. La diferencia principal frente al otro modelo del dongle Zigbee de Sonoff es precisamente esa. El modelo P ofrece mayor alcance y una compatibilidad muy probada con Home Assistant y Zigbee2MQTT, mientras que el otro modelo es algo más limitado en potencia y suele recomendarse para instalaciones más sencillas. Si quieres algo estable y con margen de crecimiento, este es claramente el más recomendable. En resumen, es pequeño, fácil de instalar, bien soportado por la comunidad y cumple perfectamente su función como coordinador Zigbee. Un cacharro discreto, pero absolutamente clave en cualquier instalación de domótica bien montada.

Flawless functionality in HAOS. Pass through the usb device in proxmox to the Vm if you’re using that kind of setup. Instead of ZHA, Use MQTT and you will not be disappointed. No need to flash firmware but if you want to, use the python method.

Works!

Il Dongle Plus (CC2652P) è senza dubbio uno dei migliori coordinatori Zigbee disponibili per chi utilizza Home Assistant o sistemi domotici avanzati. L’ho scelto per sostituire hub proprietari e il miglioramento in termini di stabilità, reattività e controllo della rete è stato evidente fin da subito. Basato sul chip TI CC2652P, offre una potenza di trasmissione elevata e una gestione eccellente della rete mesh Zigbee. Anche con numerosi dispositivi collegati (sensori, prese, interruttori, ripetitori), la rete resta solida e reattiva, senza perdite di nodi o ritardi nei comandi. Le automazioni scattano in modo immediato, segno di una comunicazione molto efficiente. L’installazione è semplice: collegato via USB al server Home Assistant, viene riconosciuto subito e funziona perfettamente sia con ZHA che con Zigbee2MQTT. Un grande vantaggio è la compatibilità universale, che permette di usare dispositivi Zigbee di brand diversi senza dipendere da hub chiusi o cloud esterni. La presenza dell’antenna esterna migliora notevolmente la copertura, soprattutto in case su più piani o ambienti complessi. In confronto a chiavette Zigbee più economiche, la differenza in termini di portata e affidabilità si sente eccome. Altro aspetto fondamentale: zero cloud, zero dipendenze esterne. Tutto gira in locale, con maggiore velocità, sicurezza e controllo totale del proprio impianto domotico. In uso quotidiano è estremamente affidabile: – nessuna disconnessione – rete stabile anche nel tempo – aggiornamenti e gestione senza problemi In conclusione, se si utilizza Home Assistant e si vuole una rete Zigbee seria, scalabile e professionale, questo dongle è praticamente una scelta obbligata.