How to install Zigbee2MQTT for 'non-standard' Zigbee adapters

Setup, Configuration and Use Installation
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I’m using an Ethernet attached Ember Coordinator.

Service description for the Ember gateway:

[Unit]
Description=socat-for-zigbee
After=network.target
[Service]
ExecStart=socat -dd pty,link=/dev/ttyzbbridge,raw,user-late=openhab,group-late=dialout tcp:192.168.1.170:8888
Restart=always
RestartSec=30
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Now trying to install Zigbee2MQTT via openhabian-config.

Problem:
openHABian doesn’t offer /dev/ttyzbbridge as an option and doesn’t offer the possibility to enter a user defined device path:

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The device offered is a Z-Wave stick.

Question:
How do I install Zigbee2MQTT on openHABian for /dev/ttyzbbridge?

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Is there a solution to this? I have a similar problem.

Only my Z-Wave USB stick is displayed - but not the Ethernet Zigbee adapter,

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Edit the configuration.yaml file or set the adapter from the Z2M GUI by going to Settings → Serial. I’ve never tried it myself, as I have a USB controller.

I’m guessing that the openHABian dialogue relies on mDNS Zeroconf discovery, which may not be supported by your ZBBridge.

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@Selter, @anon71759204:
My original code within openhabian was just for usb-adaptors and showed the entries under /dev/serial/by-id in a radio dialogue.

But afaik @moody_blue made a PR to add support for network adapters. I never tried it, but if you got problems he might be able to help.

Otherwise you can just select any usb-adapter and edit the configuration.yaml manually. After that you have to reboot to start z2m.

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Thanks for the reply

I hope that selecting the USB-Z-Wave-Device will not affect my Z-Wave setup.

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That won’t happen. After installation z2m will not be able to connect to the adapter and thus the service will not start. So, no problem.
But don’t you see a dialogue to enter the network address?

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Unfortunately the installation of Z2M fails …

[openHABian] Checking for root privileges... OK
[openHABian] Loading configuration file '/etc/openhabian.conf'... OK
[openHABian] openHABian configuration tool version: [openHAB3]{2023-12-12T18:59:04+01:00}(8e591be)
[openHABian] Checking for changes in origin branch openHAB3... OK
[openHABian] Switching to branch openHAB3... OK
[openHABian] Checking openHAB Signing Key expiry.
[openHABian] Checking expiry date of apt keys... OK
[openHABian] Updating Linux package information... OK
[openHABian] Downloading Zigbee2MQTT... FAILED (download)
[openHABian] We hope you got what you came for! See you again soon ;)

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I made a PR recently, if you update openhabian for the develop version it should support ethernet adapters.

Edit: now available in openHABian v1.9.3

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@Selter :

so better first delete the unsuccessful leftovers

  • sudo rm -rf /opt/zigbee2mqtt
  • sudo openhabian-config
    – 01 select branch
    – latest
  • and then install z2m with the network option from @moody_blue

Let us know if it works

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