Universal Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus ZBDongle E Gateway with Antenna for Home Assistant, Open HAB etc, Support Data Flow Control

I use this with my homelab to control smart home devices from a variety of manufacturers from a centralised Home Assistant installation - it works across brands, detects new devices quickly, and required very little set up

I bought this item to run from a tiny pc which is running Home assistant to control all my devices at home. I found it well made and packaged nicely, and price-wise was very happy. No problems at all, straight out of the box it worked extremely well and picked up all the devices I needed it to. My home automation journey is just starting out but this dongle, paired with some sonoff zigbee repeaters is going to help a lot.

Bought this as a replacement for the Texas Instruments CC2531 as I kept getting drop outs using Zigbee2MQTT in conjunction with Homeassistant. I can say that I have not had a single drop out issue as a result of this zigbee gateway. While it was a bit of a hassle to migrate every device over (I have over 50) it was absolutely worth it to have them reliable within the interface. I believe there are some methods out there to export then import all your zigbee devices if you are migrating (To save you the headache I had). This was able to manage my zigbee mesh from an external garage to the house, obviously working in tandem with the zigbee router devices in my mesh. I do use it in combination with a USB extender as gets recommended online, however I don't know if that is providing much of a benefit. But goes to show how reliable and secure the connection is even through external walls. While this is a bit more expensive than some of the alternatives, the reliability is worth the money, as it will save you time further down the line.

A must-have for any smart-home enthusiast. Very easy to set up, integrates well with Home Assistant. It is device-agnostic, meaning that you can easily integrate both Sonoff and other manufacturer's Zigbee devices. It is very sturdy, and has a very strong and stable signal range.

Thw most integral part of my smart home...works great

Relatively easy to install Zigbee stick which I used relatively simply on a raspberry Pi with Home Assistant. Only thing to watch out for is to use it with a good quality USB extender cable to move it as far away from the ports on the device you are plugging it into for drastically better performance (and avoid plugging it into a USB 3 port).

works very well in conjunction with a Raspberry Pi

Plugged this in to my ProxMox server (virtualisation) and assigned it to my Home Assistant VM Detected immediately by the ZHA Zigbee plugin as an EZSP device Devices are discovered in seconds. If you're new to doing this without a manufacturer hub, just start a device search in ZHA and then hit the pairing button on the device. Coverage is fairly decent, but it's not covering my whole house. Have tried running it on a USB2 extension cable to avoid the rather well known Zigbee/USB3 interference problems that occur with all Zigbee dongles but in my case, it doesn't make much difference to the LQI or RSSI. Will be adding a couple of cheap Zigbee plugs in unused mains sockets around the house to act as Zigbee routers since all my other Zigbee's are either battery powered devices which don't extend the network, or in seperate manufacturer Zigbee networks that don't play nice together (I'm looking at you Hue and Wiser !).

Ho acquistato il Sonoff ZBDongle-E per trasformare il mio Raspberry Pi in un gateway Zigbee universale, e devo dire che è stato uno degli upgrade più utili per la mia smart home. Il dongle arriva già pre-flashato con firmware EZNet 6.10.3, quindi è pronto all’uso: l’ho collegato alla porta USB del Raspberry Pi, e Home Assistant lo ha riconosciuto subito tramite l’integrazione ZHA. In alternativa, è compatibile anche con Zigbee2MQTT, che ho testato in un secondo momento per una gestione più avanzata dei dispositivi. Entrambe le soluzioni funzionano alla grande. L’antenna esterna SMA garantisce una copertura eccellente: riesco a gestire sensori Zigbee anche in stanze lontane, senza perdita di segnale. Ho integrato interruttori, sensori di movimento, termometri e prese smart, tutti perfettamente funzionanti. Il dongle è basato su EFR32MG21, con potenza di trasmissione fino a +20dBm, e il guscio in alluminio aiuta a ridurre le interferenze. In sintesi, è un dispositivo affidabile, potente e facilissimo da integrare, perfetto per chi vuole un sistema domotico locale e flessibile. 🧪 Esempi di utilizzo 🏠 Gateway Zigbee su Raspberry Pi: con Home Assistant + ZHA o Zigbee2MQTT 🔌 Controllo locale di dispositivi smart: interruttori, prese, sensori, luci 📡 Copertura estesa: antenna esterna per ambienti grandi 🧑‍💻 Domotica open-source: compatibile con OpenHAB, ioBroker, ecc. 🔧 Espansione rete Zigbee: possibilità di flash come router Zigbee ✅ Pregi Compatibile con Home Assistant, Zigbee2MQTT, OpenHAB Preinstallato con firmware EZNet 6.10.3 Basato su chip EFR32MG21 con +20dBm di potenza Antenna esterna SMA per segnale stabile Guscio in alluminio anti-interferenze Plug & play su Raspberry Pi Supporta decine di dispositivi Zigbee Ottimo rapporto qualità/prezzo ⚠️ Difetti Richiede configurazione iniziale se si usa Zigbee2MQTT Non include cavo di estensione USB (consigliato per evitare interferenze)

Have used this with Home Assistant (Zigbee2MQTT) to run dozens of Zigbee devices and have been working great. Make sure to follow the recommended guidelines for optimal performance (i.e. using a USB2.0 extension to connect the device has solved a lot of my issues).

Absolutely no problem setting up, just plugged it in and was found by home assistant. Everything I have tried has paired straight away.

Great device, great support. I use it as a Zigbee gateway and it works really fast

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