Zigbee dongle for Aqara devices

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Hi everyone,

I would like to use some devices of the Aqara Zigbee product line, but if possible I would like to avoid the Xiaomi gateway. Are there some recommended USB dongles that are proven to work with those devices and with OH?

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Just replied on a similar thread, have a look at zigbee2mqtt, they got various usb sticks listed as option.
I got a few Xiaomi sensors working with it.

Edit: just make sure that the stick supports the right zigbee version as aqara just launched zigbee 3 variants of their sensors.

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Deconz binding with the conbee2 stick does also work like a charm.

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You have three options:

  1. Zigbee Binding
  2. zigbee2mqtt
  3. Deconz binding

Please refer to the corresponding pages to check the supported sticks.

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Hi all and thank you for the answers. I will check it out!

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Im using Sonoff Zigbee flashed with Tasmota via MQTT binding, works really good.

/Sas

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Just one warning: The widely used cc2531 is only stable up to ten devices.
I had a lot of trouble with it, so donā€™t use it if you want to expand your network.

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Iā€™m using zzah! With zigbee2mqtt, itā€™s super stable!
Went from a cc2531.

https://electrolama.com/projects/zig-a-zig-ah/

Itā€™s probably not compatible with oh zigbee binding, but I havenā€™t had time to try it.

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Can I ask what you experienced with 10+ devices?
I got currently 8 or so on it, but plan to expand soon (i run though another router (ikea) to expand coverage).

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Hi!
My device started to become unreliable and some messages just did not go through and it would stop receiving. Then I had to restart the coordinator and it would work for a few days.

I went on the Internet and read that it wonā€™t be good to coordinate larger networks. I think around 50 devices is the maximum, but my coordinate gave in way earlier (20 devices).

If you have one, Iā€™d use it until you run into problems, unless your devices are super criticalā€¦

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" * Adapters based on the CC2530 or CC2531 chip are not powerful and not recommended for networks larger than 20 devices."

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Thanks! Signed up for the zzah wait-list just in case. Shipping will be pricy but letā€™s see. Will run my stick till I get issues as you suggested.