I can’t pair the Mini One PM to my Homey SHS. I’ve tried anything: resetting the Mini several times, pairing via the official Sonoff-app, pairing via the official standard Zigbee-app (from Homey), removing the device and reconnecting to the power and last but not least, moving my Homey Bridge close to the Mini. Again and again the same result: Homey doesn’t find the Mini and quits the pairing process.
What can I possibly do to make it work? Or, which Sonoff device (smart metered switch) works well with Homey?
Do you have other zigbee devices connected succesfully?
When the number exceeds 15, you’d pair it next to a router device, not next to the bridge.
Possible interference issues with 2.4GHz wifi signal, did you fix the 2.4GHz wifi channel to preferrably 1 or 6 or 11?
And did you adjust Homey zigbee channel?
Check here: https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/zigbee
Knowledge base guidance for Homey Bridge zigbee:
Make sure your Zigbee network is as stable as possible with the following tips.
Pair Zigbee routers first
Zigbee has three types of devices: coordinators, routers, and end devices.
Homey is the coordinator. All other devices are either routers or end devices. Generally, Zigbee devices that are mains-powered, i.e., they are connected to your home’s electrical system, are routers. Battery-powered devices are end devices.
With Homey Bridge, it’s crucial to start by connecting Zigbee routers first. That way, you’ll be able to pair further Zigbee devices without issues.
Homey Bridge can handle up to 15 direct ‘children’. These are either routers or end devices that are connected directly to Homey Bridge.
If you want to connect more than 15 Zigbee devices to Homey Bridge, you can, but you need to pair the routers first. That way, the end devices will connect to your Homey indirectly, via the routers that relay the commands.
The routers should be strategically placed throughout the network’s range. These devices will then allow more end devices to be paired to Homey.
Resolving pairing issues
If you’re unable to add more than 15 Zigbee devices to Homey Bridge, it’s likely because you started building your Zigbee network with non-routing end devices.
These devices cannot relay Zigbee commands to the other Zigbee devices you wish to pair. Therefore, it’s not possible to continue expanding your network.
In such cases, we recommend the following actions:
Reset your Zigbee network at tools.developer.homey.app/tools/zigbee.
Start rebuilding your Zigbee network by adding as many Zigbee router devices as possible.
Add non-routing end devices.
Don’t build too big
With Homey Bridge, you can create a stable Zigbee network of 30-40 devices using Zigbee routers.
We do not recommend creating bigger Zigbee networks with your Homey. Adding more devices will increase network stress and may negatively impact communication, reliability, and speed.
The limits of what is workable depend a lot on your specific situation.
If you notice Zigbee performance dropping after extending your network to a larger-than-recommended number of devices, you are probably pushing the limits of the Zigbee network in your home.
Hi Peter, thank you very much for the quickly reply! I suppose I’ve 15 or more zigbee devices however the most of them connected through their own apps but I don’t know if that makes a difference.
I surely appreciate your advice and hints so I will check them! I’ll let you know.
All of them connecting through my Homey Bridge, so I think it’s necessary for me to reset the network?
But I don’t know precisely what’s the next step: must I first reroute my devices and then restore my Homey SHS backup? Doesn’t the restore undo my rerouting?
At last I’ve succeeded! I saw in the overview that I had 2 devices that were no longer in use, so I’ve deleted them and then it was possible to pair my Mini
Also I saw in the overview that I was wrong in believing every device was linked at the Homey Bridge: a lot of devices were linked to the bridge via another zigbee router. The number of devices directly linked to the bridge is therefore less than 15.
BUT… another problem occurs: the Mini shows faulty energy measurements Or better said, it shows numbers that don’t change at all regardless the load, and make no sense (65535V and 65535A, -1W, 0kWh).
Or better said, it shows numbers that don’t change at all regardless the load, and make no sense (65535V and 65535A, -1W, 0kWh).