I can agree to this. I had a reboot loop with version 9.3.1 This version will be downloaded automatically when you use tasmotizer. Meanwhile you can find the latest version 9.3.1.3 and it works perfectly. Just switch to development in tasmotizer.

Thanks for the update!

i tried these versions also newest one but couldnt get rid of this wifi connection problem, at one stage its having a wifi connect/disconnect loop in every 3 seconds. i think i setup around 20-30 times from the beginng but no solution. only once it worked and but in that one home assistnt give fail to connect message:(

@@eurencb any updates on this? My bridge has started entering bootloops after a power cycle, or on DHCP refresh - the only way to reconnect is to reboot the wifi router which is a pain

@@eurencb this is the reason why the sonoff zigbee bridge isnt recommended by ZHA or Z2M

Thanks very much, appreciate it! 🙏 Although not sure what you mean, that reference has went over my head 😂 please enlighten me

@@EverythingSmartHome just a yank having a friendly go at your lovely Irish accent. 🤪

I wish I could claim it's a lovely Irish accent, except it's Scottish 😅 close!

@@EverythingSmartHome oh snap. The hard R and the normal O really threw me off. Love the accent and the videos. Binging channel as we speak.

😂😂😂 uhhh thanks!

Thanks my friend, glad it was useful!

Thanks my friend!

Thanks Mark, glad you got it working! Well done 🙏

with what FW?

Ah thank you 🙏 far too kind! Thanks for all your support!

Hey Jem, thanks! What issues did you have?? Glad you got it!

If you can, I'd go with the newer USB dongle (if placement allows)

@@EverythingSmartHome OK. Passing USB dongle to a VM it is! Ordered using your Itead discount link! Thanks again!

@@EverythingSmartHome Hi, Is the USB dongle plug and play? I am just starting with home assistant and choosing Zigbee router for my x86 machine.

@@atomikrobot300099 Please let us know how it went as kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f5uVeKSft73eXZs.html complained that pairing was an issue.

@@EverythingSmartHome why you would go with the dongle? Is it better?

Glad it worked 🙏

Excellent!

Hey Alex, thank you very much appreciate that! And I'm glad you got it working!

That's awesome! Glad it worked 🙌

Thanks Matthew, glad you got it working!

Thanks Igor! This does all work locally but you'll need something else like Home Assistant to control it. You don't need to update firmware on any other devices just the bridge and yes the bridge will stop working in the eWelink app! Hope that helps!

@@EverythingSmartHome Thank you very much for the fast reply! I've been studying a lot to automate my home and I needt it to be controlled locally, especially due to all alarm automations with zigbee sensors. It seems to be VERY hard to make everything work together. Could you please help me just a little more :D? 1) I've saw some zigbee2mqtt dongles, do you know if it's better than flashing the hub like you did? How about the number of devices each method can control? 2) If I opt for HUBITAT instead of Home Assistant, will I have the same difficult to control every scene and devices locally? 3) There is a lot of information on youtube and right now I'm completely lost, as your channel is the best that I've seen, I would like to know your opinion: Which would be the best option for me? Thanks!

Hello! Your welcome. It's probably easiest if you want to hop into the discord server, we have lots of people there to help with your questions that aren't easy to answer over KZfaq

Feel free to hop into the discord and I can try help you out! I had the orange box version too so I don't think it's that, but I've seen that there can be issues with dry solder joints on the chip

@@EverythingSmartHome thank you for the reply. I managed to figure it out.

Nice, what was it?

Being new to tasmota and not understanding the flash process. I'm used to devices flashing light letting me know I'm awake! After flash it blinked 3 times and went off. I thought it was unsuccessful, but then decided to check my ip address and bam! there it was. Thanks for the useful tutorial.

Thank you my friend, much appreciate that! Let me know how it goes!

Hello, use an older version, the version I'm using in this video is stable, later versions seem to have issues

@@EverythingSmartHome thanks, using old version of bin file worked

Thanks! It's very hard to predict but yes I think ZigBee will be around for the next 5 years at least! Tasmota is excellent, along with ESPHome!

Yeah that's right! I just didn't show that incase people were using other tools so that I could demonstrate the first screen you might get, but good advice!

Thanks dude!

Quite possibly, join the discord and I'm sure someone can help you out!

Hey Mohan, That's a tough question to answer! If your happy with what you have now then I'd be inclined to just say to stick to what you have, however having never used the eWelink app myself (I always flash straight away) it's hard for me to say. Does the eWelink app require internet connectivity to work? If so then that would be an advantage of using Tasmota!

1. Sonoff zigbee devices do not function properly under ewelink. See snzb-03 example, while under Tasmota in HA same devices work flawlessly... 2. You never know when the Chinise cloud stops crashing, and it never does so far.. 3. Device limit gone 4. You can have devices of different manufacturers on single network

@@powerofwisdom2336 you mean flashing the bridge will let me add an unlimited amount of zigbee devices?

Responsiveness is great in my experience so far but I guess it could be dependant on your environment and devices!

Hey Paul, thanks for the kind words! You should be able to use the Tradfri stuff but I haven't tested it so not 100% sure but they should in theory work!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks Paul!

Hi - can you confirm what firmware and ncp-uart files you used to get this working? I have tried just now with latest version in Tasmotizer (10.1.0) and ncp-uart-sw_6.7.8_115200.ota, but when I flash the latter using the over-the-air firmware uploader, it says "invalid file signature". I have tried resetting and reflashing tasmota from scratch, I get the same thing over and over. I thought the latest version of Tasmota zbbridge firmware was a problem, but noticed you posted this in the last day so wondered how you got it working? Thanks in advance!

Hello, thanks! It's via WiFi, so you can place it where ever you want!

Thanks! You can apparently use pins or sewing needles to do it too, that might be worth a try!

@@EverythingSmartHome I used staples after straightening one end to fit the holes and folding over the other to double it to fit the female end of the DuPont wire.

Hello and thank you for watching! If you are happy with the way it works then I wouldn't suggest changing. One advantage of this is the placement of the bridge. You aren't tied to having it plugged into your HA server you can place this anywhere in your home but other than that no real difference

@@EverythingSmartHome could I have more than one sonoff hubs in different rooms all connected to home assistant? I'd need to cover distant rooms and don't want to have zigbee routers all around the house. Thanks.

Thank you! Yes that's right!

Hey Syed, thanks! What is the output from the console when the failure happens? Feel free to hop on discord if you need help!

Same here got XMD : Bootloader timeout

Thanks! Re-pair your devices and then leave them for a while, ZigBee takes a little while to work out its pathways

@@EverythingSmartHome Thanks man

I think you would just use mains powered devices which would form a mesh and eventually reach your bridge. You have probably already sorted this.

Hello, thanks! Sorry not sure what you mean, the devices are exposed the same as any other devices are so it shouldn't be any different.

Hello! Sorry I'm not sure the question and not sure if I'm the best person to answer since I never used the eWelink app at all, I flashed as soon as I opened it!

Hey James, thanks appreciate it! That's strange, if you want to hop into our discord server I'll be happy to try and help fix it!

Did u got a orange box ? Instead of white box version ?

Do you mean the actual box it came in? The Sonoff I have is white but the box was orange

@@Bhitiwat I was referring to the version no. printed on the board

Same issues here, version 1.1. With color box orange. Flash was successful, when locating then inputting network and password with option of changing device name and saving. The bridge powers off and blink blue for a bit and powers off. Reflashed a couple of times with the same results. Did you get yours up successfully?

removing the "erase before flashing" option shows progress on the blue backup bar. Writing to the sonoff device does not work well

Thanks!! Is there any reason you need or want to upgrade? If everything is working correctly then this is one of those times I would recommend just leaving firmware alone if it works, and that's coming from someone who loves to update 😅

@@EverythingSmartHome I wanted to update to 6.7.8 because I am an update freak and want the latest firmware most of the times (as long as it works of course). In this case, I took into consideration the changelog for 6.7.6 that said "contains a bug that can cause battery of IKEA and Philips remotes to drain". So, since I have 2 IKEA and 2 Hue remotes in my home, I thought it would be better to get on the 6.7.8 version. But the upload fails constantly and maybe this is due to the Tasmota version I installed (9.3.1). As you say in your pinned comment the latest versions have issues and it is advisable to flash a previous version (you recommend 9.1 while others say that 9.2 is fine too). So, the question is: in order to downgrade to Tasmota 9.1 will I have to go through the same flashing process as in your video (USB flasher, cables and all)? Should I download a previous version and choose that .bin file to flash the ZB Bridge with? Edit: I went to "Configure template" page via the Tasmota UI, I changed the Template parameters "Based on" from "Generic (18)" to "Sonoff ZbBridge (75)" and I was able to upgrade my firmware to the "ncp-uart-sw-6.7.8_115200.ota".

​@@manouallou2189 please be sure to type this command on your console and hit enter: Backlog weblog 3; SetOption65 1; Module 75; In particular the "Module 75;" is key to could to flash a new firmware!

Hi Paul, assume you are on Windows? Did you.double check your RX and TX lines? Feel free to jump into Discord and I can try help

@@EverythingSmartHomethanks for your reply, yer triple checked everything, I found another thread similar problem where they changed the ttl usb and cured it. So ive ordered the Same as yours. I had tapped the 3v line on to the log pad on the pcb accidently so hope I havnt cooked anything. I t still works in eewee so fingers crossed thanks for your help

You have likely used a non data cable

@@EverythingSmartHome Fixed it, i needed a specific driver for my usb adapter

Hello! Make sure to check your TX and RX lines are the correct way round as per the video and make sure you are grounding IO0 on startup too! If your still stuck feel free to hop in the discord server!

@@EverythingSmartHome redid the wiring today and BAAMMM..... ZHA integrated. Why doesn't KZfaq have a button give like a 100 likes. Thanks a lot for the video and responding to my comment.

Hey that's awesome, glad you got it! 🙌

You don't need to but it's way better than using the stock firmware still

Check the driver that's being loaded

@@EverythingSmartHome Thanks, I used the driver windows assigned to it. Any idea where I might be able to get the correct driver?

For the ZigBee bridge you don't need to setup MQTT at all to work with HA since it has a direct integration

@@EverythingSmartHome do you know if it will work for homebridge this way?

Which version of Tasmota you on?

Sorry I'm not sure what you mean?

@@EverythingSmartHome why is there a need to flash it? What can it do without flashing?

Much greater compatibility with other devices and more choice over the software, better integration with HA are the main ones

@@EverythingSmartHome do you know if this would work with a Yale smart lock without flashing?

No idea sorry

Good to know thanks!

@@EverythingSmartHome you are welcome!

Unfortunately don't have one to test but I'd say there is hopefully a good chance of it working! If you take the plunge please let me know 😅

Hello! Hmm that's strange, never had that issue before. Is the bridge far away from your access point and on the edge of the WiFi? Which firmware versions did you flash also?

@@EverythingSmartHome Thanks mate ! It seems uploaded the older 6.7.6 version previously, which had the bug ' original stable version for EZSP v8 compatible hosts, contains a bug that can cause battery of IKEA and Philips remotes to drain'. I think my IKEA tradfri remotes disconnected as the bug drained the battery empty... Will test thoroughly on new FW 6.7.8. Thanks again ! :)

Hi Craig, which version of the firmware are you using?

Could you fix that?

Haha thanks buddy!

What's up with it??

@@EverythingSmartHome Zigbee radio flash ota does not work. 9.2 last good firmware.

Thanks for the update on that, useful to know!