Upgrade to THREAD on a Sonoff ZBDongle-E
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- čas přidán 11. 07. 2024
- Welcome to our comprehensive guide on installing custom firmware from Darkxst on your ZBDongle-E, enabling Thread and Matter support.
In this video, we’ll walk you through the entire process, from firmware installation to device pairing, and even exploring additional Thread functionality. Here’s what you can expect:
*Custom Firmware Installation:* We start by guiding you through the process of installing the custom firmware from Darkxst on your ZBDongle-E. This upgrade will enable your device to support Thread and Matter.
*Testing the Installation:* Once the firmware is installed, we’ll configure the ZBDongle-E with ZHA and Zigbee 2 MQTT. We’ll then pair a device to confirm the functionality of the new firmware.
*Thread and Matter Integration:* After confirming the functionality, we’ll install Thread and Matter integration. This will allow you to use the additional Thread functionality that comes with the custom firmware.
*Conclusion:* We’ll wrap up the video with a discussion on whether you should consider this upgrade or wait for Sonoff to potentially release official Thread support.
Stay tuned for a detailed walkthrough of each step, and by the end of this video, you’ll have a ZBDongle-E with enhanced capabilities. Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe for more helpful guides!
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00:00 - Introduction
02:55 - UART Driver Installation
04:18 - Flash Firmware (WebFlasher)
05:41 - Silicon Labs Multiprotocol Installation
06:28 - ZHA Configuration
07:13 - Zigbee 2 MQTT Configuration
08:59 - Thread Integration
09:33 - Matter Integration
10:07 - Roundup
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Hmmm, it's looking much easier now. I had a crack at enabling this at the start of the year and gave up out of frustration. I couldn't for the life of me correctly configure the multiprotocol pass-through to Zigbee2MQTT, so I gave up on it all, reflashed the dongle back to Zigbee only and put ZHA back on. I even tried using the SkyConnect dongle I have as a spare, no joy there either. Right now I do have Thread on the network as well but it's currently using my Eero mesh APs as the border routers, and I really want to remove that hardware dependency.
Might spin up a lab hassio on the weekend and have a tinker. Thanks for posting!
My advice, give it a go. :)
Remember that you can have multiple Z2MQTT networks (check out that video czcams.com/video/ZBbl0I-Zpuk/video.html) so you don't even need a new HA instance to test it out.
USB-Flashing is also possible with Firefox if you add the "WebSerial for Firefox"-Addon to your Firefox-browser.
Thanks, I wasn't aware of that. I assumed as Firefox was not Chromium based it would not work, but am pleased it does as I've always liked Firefox.
I was running this for years. Issue was that I started getting errors and everyone in the forums wouldn't help as they kept saying I was running an unsupported config. Ended up just flashing back to a ZigBee coordinator. I bought a second $15 dongle for Thread but haven't set it up. Any chance you can do a video on running these on separate dongles?
Thats the issue with running bleeding edge and topics where there is no community to collectively solve issues. Its one of the reasons I started this channel.
Which Thread dongle did you buy? I'll see if I can get hold of one.
@@smart_home_australia I just bought another of the Sonoff ones. My WAF plummeted when I couldn't turn on or off the lights 😅 so I need a stable ZigBee coordinator but want to meas around with Thread too. I assume you could run two of the same dongles with different firmware on each?
OMG, WAF is the MOST important part of Smart Homes !! Get that fixed. ;)
Yes you can run multiple Z2MQTT coordiantors (czcams.com/video/ZBbl0I-Zpuk/video.html) so you can setup a "primary" zigbee network and spin up a secondary for testing and YES they can be on different firmware with no issues.
Good luck with the WAF :)
@@smart_home_australia I'm not using MQTT though. I want to just run ZHA on one and the thread stack on the other.
Yep, you can run a second ZBDongle just for thread if you want, just skip the section about setting up ZHA to access via the socket and leave your primary ZBDongle as ZHA. Let us know how that works out as I've never tried that.
Great video as always.... thank you!
I find these things so bloody frustrating - spent so much time mucking around with this thing and havent got much joy back in return...
So in this weeks episode - a clean build of Win 11, plug the dongle in, load up the driver, connect via the web flasher - the running firmware could not be detected!!!!! URGH
Not really sure how to tackle this new one if I'm honest...
Rant over...
OK can I ask the obvious, sorry, are you using a chromium based browser? Can you see the device in device manager? and have you tried a different USB port.
@@smart_home_australia hi there, fair questions to be honest... Yes I had tried all of the above...
Since my tantrum I've managed to flash it manually using Secure CRT and the latest firmware file.
I think what is actually my greatest challenge here is getting the dongle to present to Home Assistant through my current crappy setup - virtualbox on win11. This seems to be the source of the bulk of my issues with the dongle. Cause I can't make the dongle appear in Settings/Hardware - I've presumed that the dongle is actually faulty and not an issue with my virtualbox setup.
Thanks for taking the time to reply!!!
Wow its not supposed to be this hard.... very strange. I had some initial issues with making the dongle appear but that was in Edge (which is also a Chromium based browser and should work), but when I switched to Chrome it worked.
Making the dongle appear inside of the VM should be super simple.
1) Launch VirtualBox on your system.
2) Click on the USB option present in the vertical menu.
3) Click on the USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 controller radio button.
4) Navigate to the USB device filters section and click on the add USB devices icon with a + sign on it.
5) You will see a list of the available devices.
6) Select the USB device you want to attach.
7) Click OK to save changes and exit.
If this doesn't work then I think it might be a defective dongle, then i'd RMA the dongle.
@@smart_home_australia Thanj you again …. Might have a dongle then.
This has provided me though the impetus to get of Windows though.