Setting up Zigbee with Home Assistant - Unlock the full potential! (Part 3: Zigbee Dongle Plus)

Zigbee is a protocol for wireless mesh networking that is used in both consumer and industrial settings. Mesh networks are formed by Zigbee devices, which means that a majority of mains-powered devices can operate as repeaters for other devices in the network. This makes Home Assistant the ideal candidate, in my opinion, as it allows us to control our devices without relying on cloud services.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:45 Background
2:48 Requirements
3:04 Version Check
3:23 Flashing Methods
4:58 Dongle Background
7:55 Flashing with Python
15:48 Integrate into Home Assistant
18:37 Pairing

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🧰 HARDWARE
Sonoff Zigbee 3 Dongle Plus - https://amzn.to/3UNYjG2
Zigbee Device - https://amzn.to/3if8y7O
USB Extension Cable - https://amzn.to/3gjzF12

💻 SOFTWARE
Texas Instruments Flashing Tool - https://www.ti.com/tool/FLASH-PROGRAMMER
Texas Instruments UniFlash Tool - https://www.ti.com/tool/UNIFLASH
Code Composer Studio - https://www.ti.com/tool/CCSTUDIO
ZigStar - https://zig-star.com/radio-docs/zigst...
CP210x Drivers - https://www.silabs.com/developers/usb...
Python Install - https://www.python.org/downloads/

🔗 GitHub Links
Coordinator Firmware for Dongle Plus - https://github.com/Koenkk/Z-Stack-fir...
Router Firmware for Dongle Plus - https://github.com/Koenkk/Z-Stack-fir...
Docker-Compose Flashing - https://github.com/git-developer/ti-c...
JelmerT Python Script - https://github.com/JelmerT/cc2538-bsl

🔗 Additional Links
Great Zigbee Reference Site - https://zigbee.blakadder.com/index.html
Zigbee Dongle Plus Guide - https://zigbee.blakadder.com/Sonoff_Z...
Sonoff Flashing Guide - https://sonoff.tech/wp-content/upload...

🔗 Console Commands for Finding Port
MacOS;
ls /dev/tty.*

Windows;
$comports = Get-WMIObject Win32_SerialPort; $comports | Get-PnpDeviceProperty -InstanceId {$_.pnpdeviceid} -Keyname DEVPKEY_Device_BusReportedDeviceDesc | ForEach-Object { foreach($comport in $comports) { if ($comport.pnpdeviceid -eq $_.instanceid) { new-object psobject -property @{COMPORT = $comport.deviceid; 'Device-Name' = $_.data} } } }

Flashing Command;
python cc2538-bsl.py -p COM_PORT -evw --bootloader-sonoff-usb FIRMWARE_HEX

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