I use exactly the same Sonoff Zigbee Dongle (stick) as yours.
In my experiments to force the stick to enter the pairing state, i periodically looked at the log, but never saw the corresponding states of the stick.
My difficulties with setting up and launching the stick into the pairing and device detection mode were successfully resolved thanks to several actions:
- setting the correct stick port settings in the form:
/dev/serial/by-id/usb-Itead_Sonoff…
- purchasing devices that are obviously compatible with the stick.
The combination of these 2 points, as well as your valuable advice to pay attention to the information about the stick state in the log allowed me to make sure that the stick works correctly, and the zigbee-device search functionality is really implemented where I expected.
But i noticed such a feature that the state of the functional status of the stick - PAIRING - is displayed in the log ONLY when pairing with a COMPATIBLE device is in progress.
In my opinion, this is not informative enough ((