Hello,
I brought eleabs zigbee dongle, and tried to add it to my Synology DSM7 (using oh3.1 on docker).
I already has one usb with zwave, connected it to the second USB and even to the one in front, but the system does not recognize it. I don’t see /dev/ttyACM1 (the /dev/ttyACM0 is the zwave dongle).
Do I need to install special driver in order the will work (something like this: Index of /iperf-arp-scan/DSM_7.0/apollolake)
My zwave dongle works great.
After connecting the zigbee dongle I see in lsusb -i new entry:
[177114.067964] usb 1-3: new full-speed USB device number 4 using xhci_hcd
[177114.209819] Got empty serial number. Generate serial number from product.
(I can’t find device Id for running the modprobe cp210x command
and after that I see zwave stick not reacting well…
Currently zwave alone working great on my Synology (with script that runs on boot).
But if I’m already creating new computer why not to install openhab on it…
Tip is to run OpenHAB in a VM (Virtual Machine) on Synology instead of running in Synology DSM OS.
It is third-party drivers which Synology does not allow in their DSM OS but with a VM you get around that by using USB-port pass-though and then installing the drivers in whichever OS you run on the VM.
With a VM you also get the added benefits of VM snapshots for quick backup and restore at upgrades.
As far as I see I assume the best thing to do is to create a VM on my synology and then install my openHab with docker on it.
It is much more easy to manage openhab on docker…
I have OpenHAB with DSM 7.0 running into a Docker container. It was a bit painful at the beginning but now it works.
See the discussion here:
I have two USB dongles: zwave AEOTEC Z-Stick gen 5 and zigbee ConBee 2. These two dongles do not require additional drivers with DSM 7.0. The two devices appear as /dev/ttyACM0 and /dev/ttyACM1.
I will try to use your zigbee USB stick. Can you show you thing configuration of the zigbee please (I saw few threads saying it is not compatible with openhab zigbee binding)?
With a Synology, you do not have many alternatives. Synology VMM would probably be a better option for you since you can install both OpenHAB and Deconz in the same virtual machine. Moreover updating software will be much easier.
Concerning Docker, I have several containers running without any problem (my DS218+ has 6 Gbytes of RAM). It took me 5 minutes to install the Deconz container (available in the register).