ZigBee Controller Not Working (SONOFF ZBDongle-P)

[alphaDev23]

Using homegenie_1.4.0-beta.64_linux-x64.zip on an Ubuntu 20.04 and a SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus Gateway, Universal Zigbee USB Gateway. The ZigBee device appears as a 'Bus 003 Device 100: ID 10c4:ea60 Silicon Labs CP210x UART Bridge' device on the system. The selected driver is 'Ember (Silcon Labs)' but the controller remains in an inactive state (red).

modinfo cp210x
filename:       /lib/modules/5.4.0-155-generic/kernel/drivers/usb/serial/cp210x.ko
license:        GPL v2
description:    Silicon Labs CP210x RS232 serial adaptor driver
srcversion:     4797AC2D722D7970DB8A4DD

Is there a HomeGenie package that needs to additionally be installed, is this a driver issue, or other?

[genemars]

Hi, do you know what controller version is? ZBDongle-P or ZBDongle-E?

The first one requires the Texas Instruments driver to be selected.
If it's the Ember one, then I just read on the Sonoff website that it requires software flow control set.
In that case I'll try to add in the next release a UI option to select the baud rate and flow control that cannot currently be modified and are set to 115200 and None respectively.

[alphaDev23]

Controller version is ZBDongle-P. When I select the device port and then the driver (CC25XX), the UI does not connect to the driver (wait icon circles without returning and when I refresh the screen, the red indicator remains).

Thoughts?

[genemars]

Maybe is a permissions issue or this kind of dongle not compatible with HG driver.
Anyway I've just added the "flow control" option to the settings page.

[alphaDev23]

I'm running 1.4 in a docker container with "privileged" set to true, so it should not be a permissions issue. The updated flow control is in "v1.4.0-beta.65"? If flow control needs to be adjusted, what are or where do I find these settings? I'm unfamiliar with the technical details of ZigBee.

[genemars]

Same place where you set the port and the driver to use.

[alphaDev23]

I tried none, hardware, and software control with the CC25XX driver and it would not come back connected. That is, it exhibited the same behavior as the original post.

[genemars]

This is the library that HomeGenie is using for ZigBee I/O:
https://github.com/Mr-Markus/ZigbeeNet
It has no updates in the last 3 years, so I guess Sonoff dongle is not supported.

[genemars]

I've removed the flow control option from the UI to keep things simple since most controllers works with the default option.

But just in case someone needs to change it, the fc option along with a new one for baud rate can be changed editing the system_config.xml file directly.

Flow control options value can be one of the following:

0 = None (default)
1 = XON/XOFF (Software)
2 = RTS/CTS (Hardware)

[alphaDev23]

I found a ZigBee controller that uses EFR32MG21 and software control. Will this work with HomeGenie? See also, https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Universal-Assistant-ZBDongle-EFR32MG21/dp/B0BG1LJ687/ref=sr_1_28?crid=3RDCLH3CNKS7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xfFEitihTiGU5eql5n0JRWkuPaxfiSOueUI0VPkKb5YX5ltFpAtQDE_87bjTOkJqRmbqEbyw3JD7iuM9anT1ColSX_qqs5vfS5eZbDJk3Ah9JppiiSmarIqWQtUkqnkxFDBjUtTn9aLjB4pXb9xiyw.MzoIM4KYGmxkketQBs5Pjzfr2EnB1tyVMd5fE-mI_oc&dib_tag=se&keywords=zigbee%2Bcontroller%2Busb&qid=1705201457&sprefix=zigbee%2Bcontr%2Caps%2C140&sr=8-28&th=1

[genemars]

Don't know if it will work because I never tried it. The notes on the ZigBeeNet repository say it should work (knowing the proper settings).
I am currently using a ConBee II dongle which I can tell it works pretty well.