Hi, I’m about to try to develop my first Zigbee driver to enable a soil sensor from Hobeian (Purchased from AliExpress). The device synks up with Homey Pro 2013 as an unknown device. After an interview I get these values; "ids": { "modelId": "ZG-303Z", "manufacturerName": "HOBEIAN" }, …

Hi Michael, v5.5.164 just published - fixed the issue where HOBEIAN ZG-303Z wasn’t being matched to the soil_sensor driver. Please update and re-pair the device.

It was added previously: https://github.com/dlnraja/com.tuya.zigbee/blob/21555d5ad06d4138d7156fd424108acdf91f0011/docs/support/PR47_GITHUB_RESPONSE.txt#L23 I guess your LLM has removed it again?

From what I can read in the code you are still waiting for; Next Action: Awaiting manufacturer ID confirmation "modelId": "ZG-303Z", "manufacturerName": "HOBEIAN" //Michael

Ref com.tuya.zigbee/docs/support/PR47_SOIL_MOISTURE_REVIEW.md at 21555d5ad06d4138d7156fd424108acdf91f0011 · dlnraja/com.tuya.zigbee · GitHub The HOBEIAN ZG-303Z has 2 AAA batteries. Not CR2032.

I found a scan made for the implementation in Home Assistant if it help; "data": { "version": 1, "ieee": "**REDACTED**", "nwk": "0xFDCA", "manufacturer": "HOBEIAN", "model": "ZG-303Z", "friendly_manufacturer": "HOBEIAN", "friendly_model": "ZG-303Z", "name": "HOBEIA…

I can see that the code is checked in the main branch any my Homey has the 5.5.153 version installed so it should work but it is still identified as unknown. Please tell me what I can do to support you with finding out what could be wrong. I have tested with two different units.

it’s better to do an new interview to be sure that we have the good device to implement . go on Homey Developer Tools and on your device clique on 3 dot and the interview button

The interview is in my first post.

Hi Michael, The HOBEIAN ZG-303Z is fully supported in the latest version (v5.5.162). The device is in the soil_sensor driver with: manufacturerName: HOBEIAN productId: ZG-303Z To fix the “unknown device” issue: Make sure you have the latest app version installed (v5.5.162) Remove the device fr…

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