ConBee II - Universal Zigbee 3.0 USB Gateway, incl. deCONZ & Phoscon App, Home Automation, Home Assistant, ioBroker, Zigbee2MQTT

The ConBee II works flawlessly with my dedicated Home Assistant setup on a Dell 5050. Easy to set up, great range, and seamless integration with Zigbee devices using Zigbee2MQTT and deCONZ. Solid choice for smart home automation!

Easy setup with home assistant, worked well for pairing a few aqara devices thus far.

update March 10 2024- i am really quite happy because it does not ever cause problems, it just works. have used it every day since Jan 23rd 2022.original review June 17 2022- here is some example python code to control zigbee devices via the conbee II deconz rest api- but first run the conbee II instlaller it will install the deconz app/service and the phoscon appimport requests, pprint# ***** you must have the deconz app or service running for this to work ******# - on windows: from start menu run the deCONZ app - it defaults to port 80# - on pi from cmd line w/ ui: > /usr/bin/deCONZ --http-port=8008runThis = 0windows = 0portWin = '80'portPi = '8008'if windows == 1:ipAddr = 'http : // <ip address here>:' + portWinkey = 'A0xxxxxxEE'outlet1 = '1'else:ipAddr = 'http : // <ip address here>:' + portPikey = '7ExxxxxxA2'outlet1 = '1'if (runThis == 0):# ---------------- get api key# # 1) start the 'phoscon app' from the 'deconz app' ui# # 2) enable 'authenticate app' in 'phoscon app'-gateway-advanced# # 3) set runThisApi = 0 and run the code and you will receive an api keypayload = {"devicetype": "my application"}r = requests.post(ipAddr+'/api/', json=payload)# [{'success': {'username': '4E2BA46CB6'}}]if (runThis == 1):# ---------------- turn socket onpayload = {"on": True}r = requests.put(ipAddr+'/api/'+key+'/lights/'+outlet1+'/state', json=payload)if (runThis == 2):# ---------------- turn socket offpayload = {"on": False}r = requests.put(ipAddr+'/api/'+key+'/lights/'+outlet1+'/state', json=payload)if (runThis == 3):# ---------------- light stater = requests.get(ipAddr+'/api/'+key+'/lights')pprint.pprint(r)pprint.pprint(r.json())

Nice little adapter for zigbee devices.. However, as everyone who buys this should know, is that you need a USB extension cable for it to work. Meaning if you plug it into your raspberry pi or laptop or nuc... It's not going to detect none of your zigbee devices... Something about interference with the signals coming from the pin or nuc or laptop. SO, WHY DON'T THEY PACKAGE WITH AN EXTENSION CABLE? Or make this adapter work "better" (as it should - meaning without the cable)? Anyway, once you get it connected a few feet away from your pi or laptop etc. It detects everything with problems...I connected an ikea bulb and aqara motion detector and everything is fine. I use home assistant and as a first time user it was tough getting deconz working (configuration). Sure all the info is there but these developers and hardcore diy home automation guys assume you know their lingo etc.Anyway it's working fine.. Will update after playing around more with it.

I originally purchased the Aqara Hub M2 for my Aqara sensors (window/door, temp, water, motion). Problem was that the Hub did not pass on my water sensors to Home Assistant. That was a deal breaker for me. I then tried the Sonoff stick, and had similar issues, except the Motion Sensor would not show any updates/changes and I had lots of troubles with pairing. I then tried the Conbee and everything showed up nicely!Setup was not super smooth (did not automatically get detected), but I eventually figured it out. Adding devices was pretty easy. The web UI is nice, but definitely needs some enhancements (annoying help pop ups always show up when you go into Conbee).Overall, I am happy because I accomplished my goal.

Seems to be very reliable with the Home Assistant deCONZ integration. The software does still need improvement though. It mostly works but a few times I had to remove devices and add them back to get it to read them properly.

if you are looking at this, then you are looking into home automation, so you already know that there are 3 major connections, WiFi, Zigbee and Z-Wave, this does great for the Zigbee connections, I have mostly sensors as zigbee devices because of the lower power usage increasing battery life. This USB Stick did also help with the battery life compared to when I was in Smart Things. I am using this with in Home Assistant and it works great.