Zigate plugin moving to a new era

[Gamester17]

zigpy-znp works with ITead's "SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus" (CC2652P based model) however would recommend upgrade to latest firmware first:

https://itead.cc/product/sonoff-zigbee- ... ngle-plus/ -> https://sonoff.tech/product-review/sono ... tutorials/

https://github.com/zigpy/zigpy-znp

Many Zigbee coordinators from other manufacturers use same CC2652P/CC2652R/CC2652RB chips are compatible with the same firmware are listed here:

https://github.com/Koenkk/Z-Stack-firmw ... _3.x.0/bin

https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/information/ ... pters.html

Suggest should maybe even mention in your documentation that highly recommend updating to the latest firmware before testing any TI based adapter:

https://github.com/Koenkk/Z-Stack-firmw ... /README.md

https://github.com/Koenkk/Z-Stack-firmw ... ANGELOG.md

https://github.com/Koenkk/Z-Stack-firmw ... /README.md

Anyone who bought a pre-flashed Texas Instruments based Zigbee Coordinator will get a lot of bug-fixes if update to a later version of Z-Stack firmware.

Flashing new firmware to Texas Instruments based adapters with CC2652/CC2538/CC1352 chips is done by putting into bootloader mode then use one of:

https://github.com/xyzroe/ZigStarGW-MT = ZigStar GW Multi tool (multi platform GUI tool)

https://github.com/electrolama/llama-bsl = llama-bsl (multi platform Python based command line tool, a fork of cc2538-bsl with added features)

https://github.com/JelmerT/cc2538-bsl = CC2538-BSL (multi platform Python based command line tool)

https://www.ti.com/tool/FLASH-PROGRAMMER = Texas Instruments SmartRF Flash Programmer 2 (Windows only)

[pipiche]

BTW guys, if you have some time and you are willing to do some translation you are more than welcome. Contact me in MP

Mainly the purpose is to provide a translated version of the WebUI .
- German if we have some German users
- English (might be good as we are not native english)
- ...

[Gamester17]

BTW guys, if you have some time and you are willing to do some translation you are more than welcome. Contact me in MP

Mainly the purpose is to provide a translated version of the WebUI .
- German if we have some German users
- English (might be good as we are not native english)
- ...

Any chance you could set up a translation system/framework via strings.po files that use Weblate to help users act as translators contribute translations?

https://weblate.org

https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/admin/install.html

https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/devel/gettext.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weblate

If have string.po file for each language and have workflow to update them regularly from your profile on Webplate then easier to translate for all. Ex:

/Localization/Language-Translations/english_en_gb.po
/Localization//Language-Translations/english_en_us.po
/Localization//Language-Translations/french_fr_fr.po
/Localization//Language-Translations/french_fr_ca.po
/Localization//Language-Translations/german_de_de.po
/Localization//Language-Translations/swedish_sv_se.po
/Localization//Language-Translations/norwegian_nb_no.po
/Localization//Language-Translations/danish_da_dk.po

The best is probably to always use english_en_gb.po (English Great Britain / United Kingdom) as the primary language and have all translate from it.

GNU gettext PO file format standard is used in used by the gettext i18n system is the most widely used format for translating open source software:

https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/ma ... Files.html

https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.html#gettext

https://docs.weblate.org/en/latest/formats.html

https://docs.transifex.com/formats/gettext

To help with translation we as contributing users would have to sign up at Weblate at ex. https://project-xyx.weblate.cloud/accounts/register/

I think that you then have to add volunteering users (usernames on Webplate) to your translation teams for each new language that you add.

I only have experience of Weblate (and previously Transifex) and PO file format from contributing to Kodi (formerly XBMC) and LibreELEC to Swedish:

https://kodi.tv/article/switching-trans ... o-weblate/

https://libreelec.tv/2021/11/20/transifex-weblate/

https://kodi.wiki/view/Translations

https://kodi.wiki/view/Language_support

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=363590

[pipiche]

Thanks for your hint,

I was much more looking for a more simple thing counting on the Domoticz user community.
We have about 400 to 500 short statements they are all arrange per language.

Currently we have French/English/Dutch/Spanish

If the Plugin users are comfortable with that. that is fine for me

[pipiche]

@pfloryann here are the information to follow

https://github.com/zigbeefordomoticz/wi ... rsion-6.md

[pipiche]

I have a deCONZ and currently use https://github.com/Smanar/Domoticz-deCONZ so I am not really in need of a new solution. But if I understand correctly that solution relies on deCONZ own implementation (via rest). Their webinterface shows little "fun" stuff, to see that I need to run the X-window application (and thus an X-server etc etc - not as fun as seeing things directly in a webinterface)

Perhaps it would be possible to convince Smanar to join the development of https://github.com/zigbeefordomoticz/Do ... tree/zigpy using zigpy-deconz?

https://github.com/Smanar/Domoticz-deCONZ is also written in Python and if joined the https://github.com/zigbeefordomoticz/Do ... tree/zigpy project then Domoticz users would have a unified Zigbee plugin all written in Python which did not rely on third-party applications or closed source code libraries.

This could be indeed a path. We are however focussing on zzh ( based on Z-Stack ZNP) for the time. There is indeed a zigpy-deconz module which should do the trick , but didn't investigate yet.

@pipiche After the Texas Instruments ZNP module is stable I would love for you to next prioritize focusing on a "bellows" for Silabs support in your plugin.

https://github.com/zigpy/bellows/

Partly because zigpy developer Adminiuga's own primary production/testing focus uses bellows so then he would then probably have a personal interest in assisting your project, and partly because Silicon Labs is the worlds largest manufacturer of Zigbee MCU/SoC chips and a IEEE 802.15.4 industry leader.

https://github.com/Adminiuga

https://www.silabs.com/wireless/zigbee

Note! bellows works best with newer released Silabs EFR32 chips but all using their EmberZNet Serial API version 8 protocol (EZSP v8) work however and recommended is to use EmberZNet NCP 6.7.9 firmware or later so the general tip is to buy one based on as new of a Silicon Labs EFR32 chip as possible.

Zigbee coordinator adapters using Silicon Labs chips with EmberZNet firmware also ranks among the least expensive as well as most available worldwide.

For reference, all these Silabs based adapters works with bellows as long as updated to EmberZNet 6.7.9 coordinator NCP firmware or newer for EZSP v8:

• Elelabs Zigbee USB Adapter model ELU013 (based on EFR32MG12) - https://elelabs.com/products/elelabs-usb-adapter.html
• Elelabs Zigbee Raspberry Pi Shield model ELR023 (based on EFR32MG12) - https://elelabs.com/products/elelabs-zigbee-shield.html
• POPP ZB-STICK model 701554) (rebranded Elelabs ELU013, based on EFR32MG12) - https://www.popp.eu/zb-stick/
• POPP ZB-SHIELD model 701561 (rebranded Elelabs ELR023, based on EFR32MG12) - https://www.popp.eu/zb-shield/
• ITead Zigbee 3.0 dongle model 9888010100045 (based on EFR32MG21. Note that the board missing EMF shielding so signal reception has been shown to be very sensitive to EMI (electromagnetic interference) unless use a long USB extension cable and/or add basic EMF shielding on your own) - https://www.itead.cc/zigbee-3-0-usb-dongle.html
• USB-stick or a DIY ESP32/ESP8266 based bridge/gateway using SM-011 V1.0 (ZYZBP008) module (based on EFR32MG21) https://modkam.ru/?p=1889 (description in Russian, use a translator) and https://github.com/zigpy/zigpy/discussions/586
• Defaro Sprut Stick 2 Pro (based on EFR32MG21. Description in Russian, use a translator) - https://spruthub.ru/device/defaro-sprut-stick-2-pro
• EByte E180-ZG120B evaluation board if bootloader is first reflashed to standard Silabs Gecko Bootloader via JTAG (based on EFR32MG12) - https://github.com/zigpy/zigpy/discussions/584
• DIY "Billy EZSP" ESP32 or ESP8266 based bridge/gateway using IKEA TRÅDFRI ICC-A-1 Module ripped from an IKEA Tradfri Series device with hacked firmware - https://github.com/MattWestb/IKEA-TRADF ... A-1-Module
• tube0013 style DIY open-source-hardware Zigbee to Ethernet gateways based on ESP32 running ESPHome or Tasmota with serial-bridge configuration. - https://github.com/tube0013/tube_gateways
• Tube's EFR32 Series2 Ethernet/USB Gateway (based on ESP32 with MGM210P Zigbee radio module with EFR32MG21) - https://www.tubeszb.com/product/efr32_g ... egory_id=2
• Tuya TYGWZ-01 / Lidl Silvercrest Smart Gateway (Zigbee bridge with wired Ethernet port) hacked with serial-to-ip server. - https://paulbanks.org/projects/lidl-zigbee/ha.html
• ZB-GW03 eWeLink Ethernet Zigbee Gateway (also sold rebranded under EACHEN and SmartWise brands + others). - https://community.home-assistant.io/t/z ... zha/341223
• Sonoff ZBBridge Zigbee WiFi Bridge gateway re-flashed with Tasmota or ESPHome (though note this hardware is not recommended as a remote Zigbee Coordinator since EZSP serial connection over Wi-Fi does not make for a stable solution) - https://community.home-assistant.io/t/s ... ead/187346
• Xiaomi Gateway 3 (ZNDMWG03LM and ZNDMWG02LM) on stock firmware but hacked with AlexxIT project (though note this hardware is not recommended as a remote Zigbee Coordinator since EZSP serial connection over Wi-Fi does not make for a stable solution). - https://github.com/AlexxIT/XiaomiGatewa ... 2mqtt-mode
• Cortet ZM3588S-USB and Cortet ZM357S-USB EM35x USB Sticks by CEL (note that these are based on Silabs much older EM3588 and EM357 "Ember" families of chips so not recommended for new purchase as no new firmware is maintained and released for these old hardware chips) see - https://github.com/walthowd/husbzb-firmware and https://github.com/grobasoz/zigbee-firmware
• Nortek GoControl QuickStick Combo Model HUSBZB-1 (note that this is based on Silabs much older EM3581 "Ember" family chip so not recommended for new purchase as no new firmware is maintained and released for these old hardware chips) see - https://github.com/walthowd/husbzb-firmware and https://github.com/grobasoz/zigbee-firmware
• Bitron Video/Smabit BV AV2010/10 USB-Stick (note that this is based on Silabs much older EM3587 "Ember" family chip so not recommended for new purchase as no new firmware is maintained and released for these old hardware chips), see https://github.com/walthowd/husbzb-firmware and https://github.com/grobasoz/zigbee-firmware
• Telegesis ETRX357USB if reflashed (note that this is based on older Silabs much EM357 / EM357x "Ember" family chip so not recommended for new purchase as no new firmware is maintained and released for these old hardware chips), see https://github.com/walthowd/husbzb-firmware and https://github.com/grobasoz/zigbee-firmware

bellows works best with any Zigbee coordinator based on Silicon Labs EFR32 Zigbee NCP SoC from EFR32MG21/MGM210 and EFR32MG12/MGM12 series:

• https://www.silabs.com/wireless/zigbee/ ... -2-modules
• https://www.silabs.com/wireless/zigbee/ ... ies-2-socs
• https://www.silabs.com/wireless/zigbee/ ... -1-modules
• https://www.silabs.com/wireless/zigbee/ ... ies-1-socs

Understand that EFR32MG12/MGM12 series and older chips will not get support for the upcoming EmberZNet 7.x firmware/SDK release, (Silicon Labs had planned for a new SDK version sooner but with chip shortage the upcoming EFR32MG23 and EFR32MG24 series which it is optimized for has been delayed).

Anyway, firmware is maintained by community can be updated with Elelabs EZSP Firmware Update Utility or Zigbee firmware updater image by walthowd:

• https://github.com/Elelabs/elelabs-zigbee-ezsp-utility
• https://github.com/walthowd/husbzb-firmware
• https://github.com/grobasoz/zigbee-firmware/
• https://github.com/xsp1989/zigbeeFirmware/
• https://github.com/zha-ng/EZSP-Firmware

Direct link to zigpy wiki page where MattWestb documented recommended application firmware version for different Silabs EZSP Zigbee coordinators:

https://github.com/zigpy/zigpy/wiki/Coo ... ordinators

PS: Always remember to always use a long USB extension cable to avoid EMF from devices/cables regardless of which Zigbee Coordinator that you are using!

We have started to look after bellows to get open to Silicon Labs Coordinators. This will take a while. We are waiting for a sample.

[pipiche]

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[pfloryann]

This is just to let you know that the Zigate plugin has moved to a new GitHub ownership and has been renamed. In order for your to continue getting the latest update make sure to do the following

Go to the Zigate plugin folder and do the following commands

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git remote set-url origin https://github.com/zigbeefordomoticz/Domoticz-Zigbee

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git pull

That is all.

The plugin has been renamed to Zigbee for Domoticz as the upcoming version will managed TI CCxxx chipset through the zigpy libraries. The current development are done on an zzh key from Lama electronics

for you at that time using Zigate, there is not a single change for you, just the fact that we hope the community to be bigger and then benefit from additional developppers

Hi Pipiche, i tried with these commands but return this message:

"Your configuration specifies to merge with the ref 'refs/heads/beta'
from the remote, but no such ref was fetched."

i using Plugin: 5.2.325 beta branch, Zigate v1, domoticz 2022.1 (build 14382)


What i need to do? Thanks

[pipiche]

beta doesn't exist any more. you have either to move to beta6 or stable6 and in such cases please do follow the wiki

https://github.com/zigbeefordomoticz/wi ... rsion-6.md

[pfloryann]

Hi, i followed this steps and i have error:

2022-07-18 10:30:05.814 Error: Zigate: (Zigate) failed to load 'plugin.py', Python Path used was '/home/pi/domoticz/plugins/Domoticz-Zigate/:/usr/lib/python37.zip:/usr/lib/python3.7:/usr/lib/python3.7/lib-dynload:/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages:/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages:/usr/lib/python3.7/dist-packages'.
2022-07-18 10:30:05.837 Error: Zigate: Traceback (most recent call last):
2022-07-18 10:30:05.837 Error: Zigate: File "/home/pi/domoticz/plugins/Domoticz-Zigate/plugin.py", line 94, in <module>
2022-07-18 10:30:05.837 Error: Zigate: from Classes.Transport.Transport import ZigateTransport
2022-07-18 10:30:05.837 Error: Zigate: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Classes.Transport.Transport'

[pipiche]

This looks like a setup issue or access rights ...

can you do

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cd /home/pi/domoticz/plugins/Domoticz-Zigate/
touch Domoticz.py
python3 plugin.py

what is the results ?


then you can do

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rm Domoticz.py

[pfloryann]

The Result after python3 plugin.py

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "plugin.py", line 94, in <module>
from Classes.Transport.Transport import ZigateTransport
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'Classes.Transport.Transport'

[pipiche]

so check your installation and setup, you have something wrong.
the files are not correctly installed with git clone command, you don't have the correct access rights or something like that

[pfloryann]

I solved it, the cause was domoticz autostart and the plugin installed incomplete.

Thank you!

[pipiche]

great.