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Installation Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus
Posted: Tuesday 19 August 2025 20:47
by MikeVanD
after troubles with zwave and rfxcom (
viewtopic.php?t=43852), I wanted to start without docker and so I did today.
Domoticz is up and running and rfxcom and zwave are still not functioning, but I'm going to start fresh with them too.
So I was told Zigbee is the way to go and thus I ordered 'Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus' and started the installation (
https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/instal ... installing)
In 4 hours time, I've not gone past the point that
'pnpm start' gives the error:
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Starting Zigbee2MQTT without watchdog.
Error: listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 0.0.0.0:8080
I've tried dozens of solutions but none of them work
I'm almost starting to regret zigbee, so can anybody help me to a step-by-step install guide for this dongle in Domoticz?
Re: Installation Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus
Posted: Tuesday 19 August 2025 20:55
by waltervl
The advised way is the docker way to prevent these kind of issues...
Re: Installation Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus
Posted: Tuesday 19 August 2025 21:00
by MikeVanD
and I wanted to avoid docker to avoid other problems...
oh well installed ubuntu already again and I'm gonna try docker again
Re: Installation Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus
Posted: Tuesday 19 August 2025 22:09
by jvdz
Just set the frontend port of zigbee2mqtt to a different port:
https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/config ... ntend.html
Re: Installation Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus
Posted: Tuesday 19 August 2025 23:39
by MikeVanD
I wish... I tried that
At this moment I want to set fire to the server and Domoticz and Zigbee
this is the third time I started with a clean server with docker and stubborn me tried it twice before that without docker.
I haven't been this far, but it is only square 1... It is a good thing my neighbours are on holiday.
I've got the broker running (i hope) without errors:
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[+] Running 2/2
✔ Container zigbee2mqtt-mqtt-1 Started 0.3s
✔ Container zigbee2mqtt Started 0.2s
When I access the page at http://<ip-address>:8080 there is a time-out
tips anybody?
Re: Installation Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus
Posted: Wednesday 20 August 2025 13:49
by gizmocuz
What a strange remark ... avoid docker to avoid other problems !
First, get mosquitto working (MQTT broker), this can be the most challenging
Test, with MQTT Explorer, if you can connect to the broker without issues
Next, install zigbee2mqtt
Make a folder, like zigbee2mqtt
create a docker-compose.yml file with the contents like below:
services:
zigbee2mqtt:
container_name: zigbee2mqtt
image: koenkk/zigbee2mqtt:latest-dev
restart: unless-stopped
volumes:
- ./data:/app/data
- /run/udev:/run/udev:ro
ports:
# Frontend port
- 8081:8080
networks:
- backend
environment:
- TZ=Europe/Amsterdam
devices:
- /dev/serial/by-id/yyyyyyyyyyy:/dev/ttyACM0
privileged: true
Replace /dev/serial/by-id/yyyyyyyyyyy with the real USB device ID of the zigbee dongle
Test if all is working by issuing:
If no errors are shown, you should be able to browse to port 8081
There is a guide available on our wiki
https://wiki.domoticz.com/Zigbee2MQTT