Forming a new Zigbee network – Nabu Casa

Prerequisites

Home Assistant installed on your board (for example on a Home Assistant Green, Home Assistant Yellow or on a Raspberry Pi) with the latest updates installed.
Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 dongle and USB extension cable.

Step 1

Plugging the extension cable into Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1

Notice

USB 3.0 ports and USB 3.0 drives can cause interference with 2.4 GHz protocols, including the ones provided by Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1.

It is important to use the USB extension cable and to position the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 away from possible interference sources.
This video shows the effect of interference.

Plug the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 into the USB extension cable.
Plug the extension cable into your Home Assistant instance.
If you are using the standalone Home Assistant Container installation method, make sure Connect ZBT-1 is mapped to the container.

Step 2

Locating the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 integration

Step 3

Picking your firmware

Step 4

Completing the Zigbee setup

Select Submit to complete the setup of the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 integration.
Your Connect ZBT-1 is now a Zigbee coordinator.

Step 5

Configuring the Zigbee Home Automation integration

Step 6

Creating a network

Step 7

Adding devices to an area

Step 8

Adding Zigbee devices

Notice

USB 3.0 ports and USB 3.0 drives can cause interference with 2.4 GHz protocols, including the ones provided by Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1.

It is important to use the USB extension cable and to position the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 away from possible interference sources.
This video shows the effect of interference.

Select 1 device and select Add devices via this device. ZHA will now search for Zigbee devices in pairing mode.
Put your Zigbee device into pairing mode.