Zigbee2mqtt: Problems with zigbee2mqtt and HUE

Created on 20 Jun 2018 · 16Comments · Source: Koenkk/zigbee2mqtt

Is it possible that zigbee2mqtt influences my HUE ZigBee network?

When I toggle a few HUE devices with my Xiaomi button sometimes different HUE devices fail to switch on or off.

Switching with a HomeMatic button everthing works fine.

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kaelsaes

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So you have 2 networks in your house? A hue network and a zigbee2mqtt network. This can cause interference.

Koenkk on 20 Jun 2018

If it helps to give an example of two ZigBee networks working alongside each other, I have a 31 bulb hue network and a 40 item Xiaomi network, with both working side by side without issues for several months.

jarrah31 on 20 Jun 2018

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@Koenkk
What is your recommendation? Should I control my HUE bulbs also with zigbee2mqtt?

kaelsaes on 20 Jun 2018

@jarrah31
Thanks for your information.
Did you manage the ZigBee channel of both networks?

kaelsaes on 21 Jun 2018

Nope, just using them out of the box as such. Don't know much about ZigBee networks and didn't realise there was a potential for them to clash.

jarrah31 on 21 Jun 2018

@jarrah31 whats your setup? e.g.

31 hue bulbs connected with hue bridge
40 xiaomi devices with xiaomi gateway

Koenkk on 21 Jun 2018

@kaelsaes are you sure it's not a problem with how your automations are setup? I don't see how a change in controller (if there was influence between networks) would cause same devices to behave differently.

ciotlosm on 21 Jun 2018

For now yes, but I plan to move all Xiaomi devices onto zigbee2mqtt.

jarrah31 on 21 Jun 2018

@ciotlosm
My HUE installation is working well since 2 years.
After installation of zigbee2mqtt with a Xiaomi button in our living room some HUE bulbs sporadically don't toggle when the button is pressed.
The same HUE bulbs work like a charm when a HomeMatic button is used.

That's why I thought that maybe the 2 ZigBee networks interfer ?!?

What ZigBee channel is zigbee2mqtt using? HUE normally uses channel 25.

kaelsaes on 21 Jun 2018

@jarrah31 @Koenkk

Maybe HUE and Xiaomi gateway don't interfer.
But in my installation it seems that HUE and zigbee2mqtt interfers.

kaelsaes on 21 Jun 2018

@kaelsaes Good point - I'll be moving my Xiaomi devices over to Z2M soon so will report back on how it goes.

jarrah31 on 21 Jun 2018

@kaelsaes If you changed which button triggers the lights, it's an extra change besides your gateway change. How is your zigbee stick setup? Does it have permit_join true or false?

It is true that two zigbee networks might have some influence to each other but I would expect overcrowding the frequency to be a problem and that is more to do with transmitters than with receiver.

You can try triggering your lights from home assistant and avoid buttons to check if it has different behaviour.

ciotlosm on 21 Jun 2018

@ciotlosm

Thx

kaelsaes on 21 Jun 2018

@kaelsaes were you able to find the cause of your issue?

ciotlosm on 22 Jun 2018

Not really, but after flashing the C2531 and restarting HUE bridge and zigbee2mqtt it seems to work fine.

kaelsaes on 24 Jun 2018

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Hei
I know it one year later but a had the same problem this on week ago and while searching for solutions found this topic.
Just to share my solution, what was causing the interference on my HUE hub was that the router channel was set to 11 when I restarted it.
Just changed from auto to channel 6.
After trying different setups I got this one: Zigbee2MQTT channel 11, HUE channel 25 and router channel 6.
So far bit more then one week and no problem at all.
Hope this helps someone in future.
Some information about interference: https://support.metageek.com/hc/en-us/articles/203845040-ZigBee-and-WiFi-Coexistence