Hi, all. I am a new Homey (self-hosted) user. I’ve successfully added most of my things, but I am struggling with adding a dozen recessed Zigbee floor lights in the patio.
I have 12 of these: LED Recessed floor light Smart Home Zigbee 3.0 Floor IP67 round 110mm RGBW+ 4,9W 300lm 230V 120° Brushed iron Aluminium . No one light is more than 3m from another. They are all connected on the same circuit, so when I reset the lights via 5x power cycle, all 12 lights reset. These lights stay in pairing mode for three minutes after power-on.
When I try to add them (via the nearby Homey Bridge), one random light is added, and then I can’t seem to add any of the others. Sometimes, a second light will start to connect, but then time-out or otherwise fail. The light that does get added works beautifully. Here’s how it looks in the app:
Might anyone have ideas on how I can get all 12 lights connected?
Note: Range doesn’t seem to be a problem. The first time I added a light, it was the one second-farthest from me, about 11 meters away.
Thanks in advance,
Eric
You’re going to have to put each light into pairing mode individually to get it working with Homey.
Thanks, Robert. Just to clarify: Each light must be powered on and put into pairing mode individually? Homey won’t be able to add the lights if they’re all in pairing mode simultaneously?
(I ask, because it is impossible for me to power these lights independently. They’re surface-mounted in stone tile.)
Well, Homey cannot pair more than one device at a time, and even if the unpaired lights stay in pairing mode after adding one of them, history has taught us that subsequent pairing attempts will often fail.
So yes, you will have to add each light independently. If that’s not possible, you may want to consider upgrading to a better Zigbee implementation, like Zigbee2MQTT, and use the Homey app for it.
However, I assume that you have a way of swapping out the lights in case one breaks?
If you have a Hue bridge, you can also use it to connect the Paulmann lights. Even third party lights work on a Hue bridge, as long as they use generic Zigbee clusters (most do). Philips Hue has a way better implementation for lights IMO, it supports pairing multiple lights at once and their app is also just better for managing your lighting system
Really? Wow. I had different expectations. Thanks for setting me straight.
I assume that you have a way of swapping out the lights in case one breaks?
Yes, absolutely. but Paulmann rates these as “electrician-replaceable.” They use gel-filled connectors for waterproofing, and while I could tackle that myself to replace a dead light, I will seek most any other solution before removing and re-seating the 11 lights that I can’t pair. 
Oh? Yes, I do have a Hue Bridge Pro, though it’s some distance from the patio. If I add some Hue bulbs between the bridge and the patio, might that do the trick? Or should I temporarily relocate the Hue Bridge Pro to the patio? Thanks!
Yes, if you add some Hue bulbs inbetween, there should be Zigbee range. Note that they will need to stay connected to the Hue bridge network, then you can connect them using the Philips Hue app for Homey, just like any Hue light.
Yea it’s one of the leftovers of ancient times I guess.
With zigbee2mqtt you can put all of your new zigbee devices in pairing mode, and when you enable the “Join” toggle, each device will pop up in z2m in a few moments / minutes (depending on the number of devices).
“Pairing one device at a time ought to be enough for anybody” — Unnamed Athom Engineer 
Update: Without moving any of my Hue devices closer to the patio, I was able to add nine of 12 lights on the first try with the Hue app. Encouraging! Unfortunately, my second and third attempts (having to reset all 12 lights before each try) only resulted in one light being added, whereas the fourth attempt added four lights. I am going to move some Hue bulbs closer to these lights and see if that helps.
If not, then it looks like I’ll be getting zigbee2mqtt.
Thanks for all the help, peeps! 
Okay, I think you only need to bring the patio lights closer during pairing. After that, the lights that do have good range are able to function as a router for the out of range lights. This means that you can move the patio lights back afterwards
