SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus Gateway, Universal Zigbee USB Gateway with Antenna for Home Assistant, Open HAB etc, Wireless Zigbee 3.0 USB Adapter(1 Pack)

Works great with Raspberry Pi 4 but you do need to put an extension cable between the dongle and the Raspberry Pi to avoid interference. After adding the cable it works flawlessly.

I was used the Nortek HUSBZB-1 Z-Wave + Zigbee stick and after a long period of stability Home Assistant was unresponsive at startup. I traced it to the ZHA (Zigbee Home Automation) integration and ultimately to the root cause which was the HUSBZB-1. I still use it for Z-Wave but the Sonoff has been rock solid and stable for Zigbee.

This was my first Zigbee device and, with that, there was a bit of learning and troubleshooting to be done. It took a bit to get everything working as expected, but I’m certain that was all from my lack of experience. Below I’ve hit on the process I went through and some of my hiccups. A couple of notes about my setup, I’m using Home Assistant with the Mosquitto Broker and Zigbee2mqtt add-ons. You should also be able to use ZHA, but that’s not the route I went. I started off by flashing updated firmware (this is entirely optional). Following a video by Mark Watt Tech, I was able to update the firmware no problem. After flashing, I plugged the Sonoff dongle into my raspberry pi that’s running HA, started Mosquitto, and then started Zigbee2mqtt. Mosquitto started just fine, but Zigbee2mqtt was complaining about not being able to start Herdsman. After a bit of digging and some testing, I figured out that it was a matter of interference. My initial solution was removing the antenna for the dongle. This worked, but isn’t ideal as it reduces the potential signal strength and range. I was able to reinstall the antenna by picking up a USB extension cable, and moving the dongle further away from from the pi and the network hardware in the area. Since the addition of the USB extension cable, this has worked great and has enabled several new automations into my smart home.

I want to try some ZigBee products so a ZigBee radio is necessary. Easy install to Home Assistant 8.1.Added a temp sensor, all works fine.

This has been reliable for me. I use a lot of zigbee devices with a home automation server.

I couldnt open with the tiny screws. Smashed with hammer and throw away. A product that didnt come with base firmware.

Migrated my Smart Home from the Samsung ST Hub over to Home Assistant for better privacy and control. This USB dongle for Zigbee worked flawlessly with Home Assistant (HA OS, VM Image) and supported all of the Samsung devices (outlets / multi-sensors) and Jasco light switches for a native connection to Home Assistant without requiring a separate hub/cloud integration.

Worked perfect for HA. Just make sure to get a USB extension cable or you may have interference issues.

This works ggod for my Home Assistant setup on Linux.

Uses a modern chip from TI. Comes in a good quality aluminum case. Great bang for buck to bootstrap or extend (with the router firmware) your Zigbee network. - Update your firmware as documented on Zigbee2MQTT website. Texas Instruments is continually fixing issues and improving performance. - Do not directly attach this to a computer but use a USB 3.0 extension cable to increase coverage - Do not crank the transmit power up without understanding the consequences. It is more likely to make your network less reliable than increase coverage.