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Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2

Name: Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2
Brand: Sonoff
SKU: ZBDongle-E
Price: 38.95 AUD
Availability: InStock

$38.95

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Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2

Product description

The Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2 is a powerful and versatile universal Zigbee Gateway that will help automate your smart home devices using the popular Zigbee protocol. This is the latest model as of August 2022, and it replaces the older ZBDongle-P model with a smaller and more compact design.

This dongle is compatible with a wide range of popular smart home automation platforms, including Home Assistant, OpenHAB and Domoticz. It can be used with Zigbee2MQTT or ZHA. This allows you to easily control and automate your devices without the need for vendor-specific gateway devices. It works great with most Zigbee devices, including popular brands like Sonoff, Aqara, Philips Hue, Huawei, IKEA, Tuya, and many more.

Using community built firmware this device can also support Matter and Thread on Home Assistant, you can find more details in our blog post on this. This support is currently considered experimental, but will mature over the coming months.

The dongle is based on the Silicon Labs Mighty Gecko EFR32MG21 Zigbee chipset, which is also used in other popular smart home devices such as the Sonoff ZBBridge, Home Assistant Yellow, and Home Assistant SkyConnect. This means that it will enjoy great driver support on all major automation platforms. To improve performance of your Zigbee network, it is strongly recommended to use a USB extension cable to reduce any interference from the host computer. This will help to ensure a stable and reliable connection to your Zigbee devices.

Finally, it can also be flashed with router firmware and be used to extend the range and device capacity of your network. This allows you to expand your Zigbee mesh network and connect more devices, and improve signal quality in the furthest corners of your home. The Sonoff ZBDongle-E is a great choice for anyone looking unleash the true power of Zigbe with a vendor agnostic network to automate and control their smart home devices using Zigbee sensors and devices.

Specifications

MODEL: ZBDongle-E
MAIN CHIP: EFR32MG21 Arm Cortex-M33 wireless MCU @ 80 MHz with 64KB RAM, 768KB flash, +20 dBm radio for Zigbee 3.0 and Thread support
FIRMWARE: EZNET 6.10.3
SERIAL CHIP: CH9102F
OUTPUT GAIN: Default 20dBm
FLOW CONTROL: Software Flow Control
POWER INPUT: DC5V (100mA Max)
WIRELESS: Zigbee 3.0 802.15.4
WORKING TEMPERATURE: -10ºC~40º
SHELL LENGTH: 52mm
SHELL MATERIAL: Aluminum alloy
DIMENSION: 75 x 25.5 x 13.5mm
COMPATABILITY: Linux, Ubuntu, Raspbian, Windows, Mac OS

Related Links

For normal use we recommend using the Sonoff factory firmware that ships on the dongle, however if you wish to flash router firmware or play around with experimental firmware, here are some links to get you started:

Blog on setting up experimental support for Matter and Thread:
https://dialedin.com.au/blog/sonoff-zbdongle-e-rcp-firmware

Sonoff Firmware:
https://github.com/itead/Sonoff_Zigbee_Dongle_Firmware/tree/master/Dongle-E

Python flashing utilities:
https://github.com/NabuCasa/universal-silabs-flasher

https://github.com/Elelabs/elelabs-zigbee-ezsp-utility

ITead flashing guide:
https://sonoff.tech/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SONOFF-Zigbee-3.0-USB-dongle-plus-firmware-flashing-.pdf

Shipping & Returns

All orders will ship next business day with fast tracked shipping.

All stock ships from our location in Melbourne, Vic (unless item is listed as pre-order or special order item).

Shipping Rates (Australia)

Free standard shipping on orders over $99 excluding orders with bulky items
$10 Flat rate standard shipping on most orders (2-6+ days to most locations)
$15 Express shipping (1-2+ days to metro locations)
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Calculated based on order weight. (estimate 5-14 days).

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Support

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Return Policy

We want you to be 100% satisfied with your order, we accept returns for any reason including change of mind. Please contact us with in 30 days of delivery of your order to initiate a return. Once your return is approved we will provide instructions on how to return your items.

Once your items have been received and inspected you will receive a full refund (excluding original postage costs) back to your original payment method. Items must be unused and include all original packaging to be eligible for a refund.