Prerequisites
- Home Assistant installed on your board (for example on a Home Assistant Green, Home Assistant Yellow or on a Raspberry Pi) with the latest updates installed.
- Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 dongle and USB extension cable.
To form a new Zigbee network
Step 1
Plugging the extension cable into Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1
Notice
USB 3.0 ports and USB 3.0 drives can cause interference with 2.4 GHz protocols, including the ones provided by Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1.
- It is important to use the USB extension cable and to position the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 away from possible interference sources.
- This video shows the effect of interference.
- Plug the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 into the USB extension cable.
- Plug the extension cable into your Home Assistant instance.
- If you are using the standalone Home Assistant Container installation method, make sure Connect ZBT-1 is mapped to the container.
Step 1
Locating the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 integration
- Go to Settings > Devices & services.
- Connect ZBT-1 should now have been discovered.
- Select Add.
Step 2
Picking your firmware
- In the dialog, select Zigbee.
Step 3
Completing the Zigbee setup
- Select Submit to complete the setup of the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 integration.
- Your Connect ZBT-1 is now a Zigbee coordinator.
Step 4
Configuring the Zigbee Home Automation integration
- Connect ZBT-1 will be shown in your Zigbee Home Automation integration.
- Select Add.
- To confirm, select Submit.
Step 5
Creating a network
- Select Create network.
Step 6
Adding devices to an area
- Once the network has been set up, add the Zigbee coordinator to an area.
- Select Finish.
- Your Zigbee devices are now added to your Zigbee network.
Step 7
Adding Zigbee devices
Notice
USB 3.0 ports and USB 3.0 drives can cause interference with 2.4 GHz protocols, including the ones provided by Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1.
- It is important to use the USB extension cable and to position the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 away from possible interference sources.
- This video shows the effect of interference.
- Select 1 device and select Add devices via this device. ZHA will now search for Zigbee devices in pairing mode.
- Put your Zigbee device into pairing mode.