# \[APP\]\[Pro\]\[SHS\] Zigbee Monitor - notice and repair unresponsive Zigbee routers automatically **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** advancedflow\ **Created:** [November 12, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-shs-zigbee-monitor-notice-and-repair-unresponsive-zigbee-routers-automatically/162152 "2026-11-12T22:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sander\_Jacobsen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sander_jacobsen/32/13457_2.png) [@Sander\_Jacobsen](https://community.homey.app/u/Sander_Jacobsen)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-shs-zigbee-monitor-notice-and-repair-unresponsive-zigbee-routers-automatically/162152/1 "2026-11-12T22:23:05Z")
**Zigbee device suddenly not responding until you restart Homey? Zigbee Monitor notices it first — and lets a flow fix it.** Zigbee routers are your mains-powered lamps, plugs and relays: they pass on the signals of all your other Zigbee devices. When one of them gets stuck, it often still looks _available_ in Homey, but it no longer reacts — and devices behind it can drop out too. Usually you only notice when a light doesn’t turn on… and the fix is restarting the app or Homey. ### What it does - **Tests every router actively** — every few minutes (default 10) it gives each router its _current_ state again (on/off or dim). Nothing changes, but the command really travels over Zigbee, so a router that stopped responding is noticed right away - **No false alarms from a single hiccup** — one failure is re-tested after a minute; only several failures in a row count as _does not respond_ - **Works with routers of any app** — Philips Hue without bridge, IKEA Home smart, Aqara & Xiaomi, Tuya, SONOFF, Innr and more. Homey marks mains-powered Zigbee devices as routers; Zigbee Monitor finds them automatically - **Notifications** when a router stops and starts responding again, and a log of all events in the app settings - **One overview device** with a red dot when a router does not respond - **Flow cards** — _[router] does not respond_ · _A router of [app] does not respond_ · _[router] responds again_ · _[router] responds_ (tests right away) · _A router of [app] still does not respond_ · _Zigbee Monitor is running longer than [minutes] minutes_ · _Test [router] / the routers of [app] / all routers now_ ### Repair it automatically with a flow Apps can’t restart other apps or Homey themselves, but a flow can with Homey’s own cards. Example Advanced Flow (one lane per app): ```auto WHEN A router of [Philips Hue] does not respond THEN Restart app [Philips Hue] → wait 30 seconds AND A router of [Philips Hue] still does not respond AND Zigbee Monitor is running longer than 60 minutes (prevents a restart loop) THEN Notification + Restart Homey ELSE Notification "repaired by restarting the app" ``` On my own Homey it caught three routers (Hue and IKEA) that stopped responding at night — the flow restarted the apps and they were back within 30 seconds, before anyone noticed. ### Getting started 1. Install the app 2. Optional: **Settings → Apps → Zigbee Monitor → Configure** to choose which routers to monitor, the interval and the notifications 3. Add the **Zigbee Monitor** overview device and build the repair flow above 4. Tip: to get notifications as push messages, turn them on in **Homey → Settings → Notifications → Zigbee Monitor** ### Install 👉 **[Zigbee Monitor in the Homey App Store (test)](https://homey.app/a/nl.jacobsen.zigbeemonitor/test/)** — feedback is very welcome! Works on Homey Pro (2023 or later), Homey Pro mini and Homey Self-Hosted Server. _Note: the app uses the Homey Web API permission to find your routers and send them their current state. Most lamps and plugs ignore a command that doesn’t change anything; if a device does react to it, switch off monitoring for that router in the settings. No cloud, everything stays on your Homey._ ### Links - **Source code:** [GitHub - sanderjacobsen/zigbeemonitor](https://github.com/sanderjacobsen/zigbeemonitor) - **Buy me a coffee:** [https://ko-fi.com/sanderjacobsen](https://ko-fi.com/sanderjacobsen) Questions, ideas or bugs? Just reply in this topic. 🙂