Zigbee + Home Assistant: Ultimate Beginner's Guide (2024)

How to Add Zigbee to Home Assistant and Get Started - Favorites listed down below (affiliate):
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⚡Bulbs

⚡Door/Window Sensors

⚡Motion Sensors

⚡Temperature Sensor

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00:00 Intro & What is Zigbee
06:01 Best Coordinator
08:35 How to Connect Zigbee
09:13 Zigbee HA Setup
10:43 What Channel to Use
12:25 Pairing a Device
16:44 Automations
17:48 Mesh Map
20:19 What to By and Not to Buy
26:12 The BEST Part!

[Sparky_D]

Good timing as I'm currently considering upgrading my Conbee2.

[Bigglare]

Always a great video. Sonoff S40 ZB plugs are great. IKEA, Innr, and many other Zigbee 3.0 bulbs are great. I am replacing all my Sengled bulbs, even their ZB3.0 devices, because they are not repeaters.

[gerryf]

Thanks Travis, for all us rookies. Really want to see the Z2mqtt install. Have tried twice, failed twice. Reditt and HA Community suggestion are often contradictory and wrong. Show how to validate each step and things to do when it goes wrong. Lots of videos out there with perfect installations.

[Stilkdog]

I am currently using a Sonoff Dongle-E, so far had no issues for the last year. I know it's still a work in progress but it's been working fine but I honestly really like the SMLight, that's exactly what I have been looking for. Affordable, full support for Home Assistant and other protocols, WebUI and POE plus more, this is what I have been in search for.

[StevenAmberMaddie]

Love the videos! You have really helped me get an understanding of how everything is put together. Last night ordered a Beelink s12 N100 computer, zigbee antenae, NVMe tool, and poe switch to get started. I have several Lutron Decora light switches, not sure they are zigbee. Any suggestions for Z-Wave antenae? (I think I will probably need one). Currently, they are connecting through a smart things hub.

Thanks!

[Perezpt]

Hi, great channel. Quick question. Why u dont recommend Sonoff dongle E?

Thank you

[djashjones]

In the UK Ikea is really good for remotes, bulbs and plugs. Cheap too.

[wscottfunk]

I see a merchandise opportunity for you Travis... Take your shit out th cloud y'all... digiblur T-shirts!!! Ready to buy one brother! 🤣

[The_Mup]

24:34 I would recommend against rechargeable AAA batteries for zigbee stuff. Rechargeable AAA's have a nominal voltage of about 1.2V and alkaline AAA's have a nominal voltage of 1.5V. The lower voltage can cause problems with some devices. This voltage difference is the reason you often see "do not use with rechargeable batteries" written on some things.

One problem I had was with a Zigbee radiator valve. The device detected the lower voltage as "low battery" and constantly gave me a lower power warning. When i put a regular alkaline battery in those problems went away.

[greenthumbalchemy]

Just figured this out after 2 weeks:
IF YOUR ZIGBEE DONGLE IS NOT CONNECTING TO YOUR HA *make sure* that Home assistant has access to your USB ports.

[GaryMetzker]

I haven’t pulled the trigger with HA yet I’m trying to get to figure out what the firmware update process is. Normally with a bunch of vendor hubs I can set them up for auto update. What is the process like when you use HA. I saw in your video there was some firmware feature. Will that work for say Phillips or Aqara devices?

[marcusone]

bashing my aqara sensors :( unfortunatly i can't argue with anything you said about them lol. That said, if you can get them super cheap (like i did), you can get them to work really well.

[chrisladd]

Just starting a smart home and this may be a stupid question.... but, can you have more than one coordinator in a Zigbee network? To cover two ends of a property? Or would that cause issues?

[HummingLaught]

So I'm in SEA region, the most popular brand in here is Tuya, is there any issue with Tuya device support the zigbee? because all i had are Tuya devices with wifi or bluetooth

[jackipiegg]

26:02
What about ikea stuff? They updated their lineup a few months ago using AAA batteries, no more coin batteries. Are they good?

[florianosabatini]

It is clear we need to have a coordinator to manage our devices but it is not clear to me when we need also a router and why?
thanks

[gadget]

WTF who cares about your favorites .... I want to know is the Best is ;)
Many thanks for all the content and a refresh for or just plain new people ... Take care ...

[mercenaruss]

You know that SLZB-06 is based on ZigStar Firmware?

[Bigglare]

Home Assistant Nuc, Zigbee over Matter with Hue Bridge and a Third Reality Smart Bridge MZ1.

[formatBCE]

So many beginner's guides.... Where are professional guides?!

Just joking, great video. :)