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Friends of hue switch with Zigate

Posted: Friday 02 October 2020 1:03
by WillemK
Hi,

Anyone got a Friends of Hue (FOH) switch with Zigate zigbee stick to work? I bought such a FOH switch but I can't get it recognized.

Thanks in advance for any suggestion.

Willem

Re: Friends of hue switch with Zigate

Posted: Friday 02 October 2020 8:47
by pipiche
It is somehow hard to give you answer, but are you sure the FOH is on the right channel where the ZiGate key is listening.

I found this on google which might help you https://phoscon.de/en/support#pairing-f ... hue-switch

Re: Friends of hue switch with Zigate

Posted: Saturday 03 October 2020 0:15
by WillemK
Thanks for the reply. Yes, I did check this. The ZiGate appears not to react on the pairing command from the FOH switch. Tried with the Windows gui for the ZiGate as well, but no luck.

Re: Friends of hue switch with Zigate

Posted: Saturday 03 October 2020 11:46
by pipiche
Yes, but did you try to make sure that the FOH is on the same channel as the ZiGate ?

Re: Friends of hue switch with Zigate

Posted: Sunday 04 October 2020 2:17
by WillemK
Yes, I did try that. The channel is 25 which means that I need to press the lowest-right button on the wall switch for more than 7 seconds to start pairing. Double checked but no luck. Suggestions are welcome.

Re: Friends of hue switch with Zigate

Posted: Tuesday 06 October 2020 15:52
by WillemK
The FOH Switch is not recognized in any way by the Zigate zigbee usb. Maybe the Zigate is not (yet) compatible with FOH devices?

Re: Friends of hue switch with Zigate

Posted: Tuesday 06 October 2020 17:18
by pipiche
can you give me a pointer where to buy it , I'll consider to order one for test/integration purposes.

The needs here is to sniff what is happening

Re: Friends of hue switch with Zigate

Posted: Tuesday 06 October 2020 17:46
by WillemK
Hi, thanks for the reply. Great!
Here is where I bought it:
https://www.robbshop.nl/dubbele-wandzen ... sqr=friend&
It contains this module:
https://www.vimar.com/en/int/catalog/pr ... code/03906

Re: Friends of hue switch with Zigate

Posted: Tuesday 06 October 2020 18:41
by pipiche
Is there battery inside the switch , or are they self-generated energy.

Re: Friends of hue switch with Zigate

Posted: Tuesday 06 October 2020 23:17
by WillemK
No batteries.

Re: Friends of hue switch with Zigate

Posted: Wednesday 07 October 2020 9:35
by pipiche
So yes, not support from Zigate at that time. This is also called Green Zigbee. I understood that Zigate V2 might/would support it, but no news for now on when the V2 will be available.

Re: Friends of hue switch with Zigate

Posted: Wednesday 07 October 2020 22:15
by WillemK
Aha, thanks for the reply. I was afraid of that. These devices appear one after another, so the makers of Zigate should hurry to implement support for these kind of devices.