Solving Zigbee Problems in Home Assistant | Ultimate Guide
Published at : 23 Dec 2025
Setting up Zigbee in Home Assistant can be a challenge. In this video, I answer the most common questions on issues that you might get when you are setting up Zigbee and your Zigbee devices in Home Assistant using a Sonoff Dongle-P, a Sonoff Dongle-E, a SkyConnect, or a Conbee 2 stick. This Home Assistant Zigbee Tutorial should solve the issues that you might get when setting up Zigbee.
00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:03 I cannot connect to any of the Zigbee dongles in Home Assistant 00:02:37 I don't see the dongle in the hardware overview in Home Assistant 00:03:41 Using ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT simultaneously 00:04:58 Zigbee2MQTT doesn't connect to my Sonoff ZBDongle-E or SkyConnect 00:05:35 Zigbee2MQTT doesn't connect to my Sonoff ZBDongle-P 00:05:52 Zigbee2MQTT doesn't connect to my Conbee stick 00:06:05 Devices are visible in Zigbee2MQTT, but not in Home Assistant 00:07:11 My battery-powered Zigbee devices lose connection 00:08:16 If I pair my battery-powered Zigbee device successfully near my dongle, it doesn't work in the final location 00:09:16 Conclusion on how to solve your Zigbee Issues