Not Reachable

[djdehaan]

Hi, have a ZiGate+ and a number of clients. Domoticz is running on Win10, ZiGate+ connected via USB. I noticed not all of the clients were working anymore. So I updated the plugin to 6.3.012 and the ZiGate firmware to 03a0. Also, I cleared the WiFi from channel 11 (the coordinator is on channel 25). Now I do have a connection with some clients that at first were not, but they remain listed in the plugin (under Health) as: Not Reachable. LQI is 4 with one and 67 (=pretty good) with another. Both respond to commands but both r listed as "Not reachable". What is happening here?

Regards,
Dirk Jan

[pipiche]

Firmware 03a0 from Zigate seems not so reliable from what I've seen on their github https://github.com/fairecasoimeme/ZiGatev2/issues

[djdehaan]

I downgraded to 322 and now it works indeed! Thanks, 3ao is bad indeed.

[djdehaan]

Hi Pipiche, is that firmware any better now? I still see many issues on the Github!

[pipiche]

Unfortunately the Zigate manufacturer seems to have leave the project in a dead way. I tried several time, but unfortunately no way.

So to not leave the plugin dead we have invest and make it compatible with the zigpy layers and then support Texas Instrument chipset, SilicoLabs and deCon

The plugin is still supporting Zigate, but we are in a much better shape with the SonOff USB Dongle

[gizmocuz]

ZiGate is a Zigbee gateway? Like a Zigbee USB stick you can use with Zigbee2MQTT correct?
If the project is abandoned, maybe switch to a USB stick solution?

[waltervl]

Zigate stick firmware is abandoned. Better buy a Sonoff USB stick and connect it to Zigbee4Domoticz.

I did it a couple of years ago and never regretted it. Way better performance.

[djdehaan]

I decided to switch to indeed a Sonoff USB stick and also Zigbee2MQTT. I have too much trouble keeping the plugin alive on my windows server running Domoticz. It is not possible at all anymore to run the plugin somehow, and the Zigate devices seem to have lost connection to all devices. Which means I have to reconnect anyway, open up all wall switches and re-pairing.

[gizmocuz]

Yes, that's why it's good to switch something independent like Zigbee2MQTT. Working great!